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Raid VD 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 109% (1st of 1015)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: MARVELL Raid VD
Poor: 77%Average: 109% Great: 169%

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Outstanding average bench

The Marvell Raid VD 1TB averaged 9.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Marvell Raid VD 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 5.81MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.87MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Marvell Raid VD 1TB is 92.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Marvell Raid VD 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 124MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 110MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 1109%
Min Avg Max
150 Read 198 281
16.2 Write 124 194
72 Mixed 110 196
119 SusWrite 209 300
118% 160 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.76 4K Read 5.81 29.3
1.34 4K Write 2.82 5.7
0.22 4K Mixed 0.87 1.8
391% 3.16 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: MV.R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 300 308 319 322 319 MB/s
169% Outstanding
Read 281
Write 16.2
Mixed 196
SusWrite 300
148% 198 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 5.7
4K Mixed 1.8
1,526% 12.3 MB/s
926GB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 214 213 211 212 208 MB/s
128% Outstanding
Read 232
Write 194
Mixed 75
SusWrite 213
130% 178 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1.3
289% 2.2 MB/s
864GB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 209 208 209 209 210 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 202
Write 144
Mixed 87.6
SusWrite 205
117% 160 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 1.2 MB/s
608GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
85.5% Excellent
Read 153
Write 145
Mixed 136
109% 145 MB/s
4K Read 1.17
4K Write 2.36
4K Mixed 0.29
125% 1.28 MB/s
711GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
78.3% Very good
Read 171
Write 102
Mixed 96.1
92% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.76
4K Write 1.34
4K Mixed 0.22
81% 0.77 MB/s
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 104 115 123 132 132 MB/s
77.3% Very good
Read 150
Write 143
Mixed 72
SusWrite 119
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
163% 1.27 MB/s

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Typical Raid VD 1TB Builds (Compare 258 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 29%
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Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Killer - $154

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples139x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples29x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples19x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples22x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples18x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples12x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples7x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples6x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples10x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples5x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $490

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