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RAID 0 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 129% (1st of 1015)

Based on 51 user benchmarks.  Model: H/W RAID 0
Poor: 31%Average: 129% Great: 193%

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Outstanding average bench

The H/W RAID 0 4TB averaged 28.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the H/W RAID 0 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 229MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.48MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the H/W RAID 0 4TB is 162%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the H/W RAID 0 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.51MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 104MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 51 samples)
Rank 1129%
Min Avg Max
39 Read 229 345
31.6 Write 208 329
30 Mixed 104 231
34.7 SusWrite 213 370
138% 189 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.45 4K Read 1.21 3.9
0.4 4K Write 1.51 5.28
0.15 4K Mixed 0.48 1.18
131% 1.06 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 010D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 216 229 230 232 223 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 226
Write 191
Mixed 90.4
SusWrite 224
133% 183 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
101% 0.7 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 96 103 109 105 114 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 317
Write 327
Mixed 117
SusWrite 104
158% 217 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
162% 1.17 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 8136
SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 218 220 227 222 223 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 182
Mixed 60.8
SusWrite 221
117% 162 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
82% 0.57 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 010D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 213 217 215 216 215 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 186
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 215
109% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.2
71% 0.57 MB/s
892GB free
Firmware: 010D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 184 189 187 187 187 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 157
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 184
96% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
56% 0.5 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 89 94 96 96 93 MB/s
87.4% Excellent
Read 214
Write 146
Mixed 81.9
SusWrite 91.2
98% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
130% 0.8 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 98 103 102 102 98 MB/s
78.4% Very good
Read 175
Write 97.2
Mixed 36.6
SusWrite 98.6
74% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.3
69% 0.5 MB/s
422GB free
Firmware: 8136
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 39 39 41 41 42 MB/s
22.1% Poor
Read 37.6
Write 32
Mixed 29
SusWrite 39.4
26% 34.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
85% 0.53 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 152%
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Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation
Workstation 151%
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Motherboard: MSI MEG Z390 GODLIKE (MS-7B10) - $600

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel  $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples777x
Core i9-9900KSIntelBench 99%, 12,840 samples108x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples42x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples296x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,000Bench 210%, 158,856 samples97x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples87x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples91x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples80x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $320Bench 327%, 38,669 samples48x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples30x
CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 4x16GBCorsairBench 91%, 18,655 samples27x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples23x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $1,659

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