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Array 1 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 55.8% (239th of 1015)

Based on 76 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Array 1
Poor: 32%Average: 55.8% Great: 102%

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Average average bench

The Amd-raid Array 1 500GB averaged 44.2% 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 1.38MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.01MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Array 1 500GB is 70.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Array 1 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 88.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 76 samples)
Rank 23955.8%
Min Avg Max
53.3 Read 107 203
14.3 Write 113 198
33.9 Mixed 66.5 121
33.9 SusWrite 88.1 168
68.8% 93.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.39 4K Read 1.24 4.61
1.19 4K Write 3.01 4.95
0.09 4K Mixed 1.38 4.56
260% 1.87 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
60GB free
Firmware: 9.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 76 75 73 68 MB/s
41.6% Average
Read 69.1
Write 61.2
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 75
48% 64.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 0.1
98% 1.3 MB/s
16GB free
Firmware: 9.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 47 47 46 47 MB/s
28.1% Poor
Read 50.6
Write 49.5
Mixed 44.3
SusWrite 46.7
36% 47.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
143% 1.07 MB/s
40GB free
Firmware: 9.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 49 50 49 50 MB/s
28% Poor
Read 47.5
Write 60.6
Mixed 45.8
SusWrite 49.4
38% 50.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.2
202% 1.3 MB/s
59GB free
Firmware: 9.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 19 26 28 30 29 MB/s
19.5% Very poor
Read 41.6
Write 65.5
Mixed 33.8
SusWrite 25.6
31% 41.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.2
94% 1.2 MB/s
302GB free
Firmware: 9.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 24 25 24 25 MB/s
9.66% Terrible
Read 12.7
Write 25.3
Mixed 8.5
SusWrite 21
12% 16.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.1
17% 0.1 MB/s
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Gaming 64%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF B450M-PRO GAMING

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $113Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples571x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $123Bench 73%, 179,588 samples145x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples112x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $200Bench 71%, 428,800 samples114x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $339Bench 90%, 645,160 samples103x
RX 580AMD  $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples99x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $24Bench 66%, 424,288 samples56x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $31Bench 276%, 367,854 samples48x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples45x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples109x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples74x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples52x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $337

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