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VIRTUAL DISK 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 78.9% (83rd of 1015)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: Dell VIRTUAL DISK
Poor: 16%Average: 78.9% Great: 127%

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Good average bench

The Dell VIRTUAL DISK 4TB averaged 21.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Dell VIRTUAL DISK 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.73MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.34MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Dell VIRTUAL DISK 4TB is 111%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Dell VIRTUAL DISK 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 70.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 106MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 8378.9%
Min Avg Max
27.7 Read 161 225
2 Write 114 233
4.7 Mixed 70.2 200
7.8 SusWrite 106 245
82.6% 113 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 1.34 3.1
0.1 4K Write 2.19 5.22
0.05 4K Mixed 0.73 1.5
177% 1.42 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
953GB free
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 213 211 212 211 211 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 215
Write 195
Mixed 90.5
SusWrite 210
130% 178 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 1.3
337% 2.77 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 146 131 151 172 170 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 197
Write 177
Mixed 99.7
SusWrite 151
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 2.9
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 1.2
341% 2.93 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 98 111 105 157 110 MB/s
90.1% Outstanding
Read 199
Write 180
Mixed 92
SusWrite 114
107% 146 MB/s
4K Read 3.1
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 1.2
346% 2.93 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 114 102 114 117 121 MB/s
68.9% Good
Read 127
Write 146
Mixed 66.3
SusWrite 112
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.9
256% 2.23 MB/s
3.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 24 30 27 21 28 MB/s
52.3% Above average
Read 156
Write 22.8
Mixed 32.1
SusWrite 25.9
43% 59.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.5
113% 0.67 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 63%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
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Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge T410

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples10x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56601stBench 66%, 2,343 samples6x
CPU: Intel Xeon E56201stBench 58%, 5,965 samples6x
GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples5x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples3x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples3x
SSD
PERC 6/i Adapter 898GBDellBench 94%, 4 samples3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples2x
PERC 6/i Adapter 3TBDellBench 75%, 6 samples2x
RAM
HMT31GR7CFR4C-PB 8x8GBHynixBench 86%, 188 samples3x
HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 4x8GBHynixBench 61%, 135 samples3x
36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 8x4GBUnknownBench 37%, 22 samples3x
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