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Raid 1 Volume 12TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 107% (2nd of 1015)

Based on 65 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 47%Average: 107% Great: 138%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 12TB averaged 6.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 1 Volume 12TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 9.21MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.32MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 12TB is 91.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 12TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 72.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 171MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 65 samples)
Rank 2107%
Min Avg Max
40.5 Read 183 241
72.6 Write 171 227
32.3 Mixed 72.5 123
58.5 SusWrite 184 238
111% 153 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.63 4K Read 9.21 30.5
1.66 4K Write 4.36 6.29
0.33 4K Mixed 1.32 2.3
611% 4.96 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
9.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 251 254 251 253 250 MB/s
146% Outstanding
Read 244
Write 194
Mixed 70.6
SusWrite 251
138% 190 MB/s
4K Read 44.2
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 1.3
2,101% 17.2 MB/s
11TB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 240 242 238 242 243 MB/s
143% Outstanding
Read 242
Write 229
Mixed 160
SusWrite 240
160% 218 MB/s
4K Read 45
4K Write 6.7
4K Mixed 1.3
2,144% 17.7 MB/s
10TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 236 238 236 242 238 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 222
Write 100
Mixed 83.9
SusWrite 228
116% 158 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 1.1
298% 2.7 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 203 206 204 206 205 MB/s
118% Outstanding
Read 196
Write 141
Mixed 112
SusWrite 204
120% 163 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 1.3
1,477% 12.3 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 158 154 161 160 158 MB/s
95.2% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 164
Mixed 55.7
SusWrite 158
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 1
270% 2.53 MB/s
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Gaming 103%
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Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 104%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE - $190

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel  $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples267x
Core i9-7900XIntel  $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples253x
Core i7-7800XIntel  $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples129x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples256x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples73x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples72x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples59x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples53x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples44x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples20x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 91%, 1,779 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $1,239

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