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PERC 6/i 292GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 72.8% (117th of 1015)

Based on 29 user benchmarks.  Model: DELL PERC 6/i
Poor: 12%Average: 72.8% Great: 124%

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Good average bench

The Dell PERC 6/i 292GB averaged 27.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.87MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.06MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Dell PERC 6/i 292GB is 113%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Dell PERC 6/i 292GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 54.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 72MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 29 samples)
Rank 11772.8%
Min Avg Max
16.3 Read 182 239
4.5 Write 72 241
6.8 Mixed 73.5 226
2.6 SusWrite 54.1 130
70.3% 95.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 1.06 2.2
0.1 4K Write 1.47 5.5
0.1 4K Mixed 0.87 1.4
168% 1.13 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
247GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 61 60 60 60 MB/s
81.1% Excellent
Read 223
Write 60.7
Mixed 68
SusWrite 60.1
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 1
169% 0.97 MB/s
115GB free
Firmware: 1.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 77 78 77 78 MB/s
79.4% Very good
Read 200
Write 75.5
Mixed 73.8
SusWrite 76.9
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 1.2
208% 1.2 MB/s
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 45 43 48 58 MB/s
73.5% Very good
Read 210
Write 58.6
Mixed 68.3
SusWrite 46.3
70% 95.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 1
168% 0.93 MB/s
259GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 17 19 20 19 20 MB/s
68.4% Good
Read 221
Write 26
Mixed 55.6
SusWrite 18.1
59% 80.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.8 MB/s
238GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 19 23 23 22 21 MB/s
65.8% Good
Read 207
Write 52.9
Mixed 61.7
SusWrite 22.9
63% 86.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.9
150% 0.87 MB/s
248GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 44 45 45 45 MB/s
61.7% Good
Read 170
Write 43
Mixed 59.5
SusWrite 44.5
58% 79.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 1.4
244% 1.4 MB/s
241GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 6.8 17 13 13 18 MB/s
11.6% Very poor
Read 28
Write 8.8
Mixed 16
SusWrite 12.5
12% 16.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.1
23% 0.17 MB/s
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Typical PERC 6/i 292GB Builds (Compare 5 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge T710

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples1x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56601stBench 66%, 2,343 samples1x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples1x
GPU
HD 7470AMDBench 2%, 14,835 samples1x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples1x
NVS 310NvidiaBench 1%, 4,920 samples1x
SSD
S3 1T00 1TBSandiskBench 95%, 12,396 samples1x
Trion 100 240GBOCZ  $95Bench 67%, 9,561 samples1x
PERC 6/i 2TBDellBench 72%, 40 samples1x
RAM
36KSF1G72PZ-1G4K1 8x8GBUnknownBench 46%, 6 samples1x
HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 00AD00B380AD HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 00AD00B380AD HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 00AD00B380AD HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 00AD00B380AD HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 00AD00B380AD HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 00AD00B380AD HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 00AD00B380AD HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9... 144GBUnknownBench 35%, 1 sample1x
HMT151R7TFR4C-H9 12x4GBHynixBench 64%, 20 samples1x
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