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Raid 5 Volume 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 127% (1st of 1015)

Based on 51 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 5 Volume
Poor: 20%Average: 127% Great: 231%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 5 Volume 3TB averaged 27.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 5 Volume 3TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 4.69MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.89MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 5 Volume 3TB is 211%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 5 Volume 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 34.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 42.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 51 samples)
Rank 1127%
Min Avg Max
44.7 Read 397 754
2.92 Write 42.4 139
5.2 Mixed 54.5 162
2.93 SusWrite 34.2 66
95.9% 132 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 4.69 14.7
0.1 4K Write 0.85 3.48
0.08 4K Mixed 0.89 1.63
310% 2.14 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 17 33 35 44 40 MB/s
156% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 40.1
Mixed 48.8
SusWrite 32.8
114% 157 MB/s
4K Read 10.3
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 3.8
912% 5.8 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 32 33 31 31 31 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 500
Write 40.9
Mixed 64.8
SusWrite 31.4
116% 159 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 1
216% 1.3 MB/s
546GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 238 221 222 230 238 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 204
Write 144
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 229
109% 151 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.3
154% 1.57 MB/s
54GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 47 47 46 46 46 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 377
Write 38.5
Mixed 55
SusWrite 46.3
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 7.2
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 1
424% 2.97 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 47 45 48 50 44 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 353
Write 32.1
Mixed 47.3
SusWrite 47.2
87% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.63 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 63%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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System: Lenovo ThinkServer TS140

CPU
Xeon E3-1225 v3Intel  $170Bench 69%, 4,850 samples110x
Xeon E3-1226 v3Intel  $256Bench 71%, 2,019 samples68x
Core i3-4130Intel  $43Bench 52%, 49,509 samples27x
GPU
HD Graphics P4600IntelBench 3%, 2,141 samples72x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples24x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples17x
SSD
PLUS 240GBSandiskBench 45%, 86,316 samples25x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples8x
RAM
HMT41GU7BFR8A-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 57%, 149 samples11x
HP698650-154-KEF 4x4GBKingstonBench 55%, 62 samples10x
HMT41GU7BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 56%, 297 samples10x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $170

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