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SoftRAID 4TB

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Effective Speed -60%Effective Speed -60%Average Score -22%Read -64%, Write -44%, 4K Read 40%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed -59%, 4K Mixed 32%, SusWrite -55%Peak Score -51%Read -103%, Write -86%, 4K Read 26%, 4K Write -23%, Mixed -86%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite -95%Value & Sentiment -19%User Rating -19%Nice To Haves +165% Age 165%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 55% (246^th of 1014)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: OWC SoftRAID

Poor: 53%Average: 55% Great: 57%

Average average bench

The OWC SoftRAID 4TB averaged 45.0% 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 1.1MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.2MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 49.8MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 94.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 24655%

Min	Avg	Max
91.1	Read 94.5	97.9
92.1	Write 94.6	97
49.4	Mixed 49.8	50.3
93.7	SusWrite 96.8	99.8
61.4% 83.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.1	4K Read 1.2	1.3
1.9	4K Write 1.95	2
1.1	4K Mixed 1.1	1.1
208% 1.42 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

AUS-User, 3 years ago.

1TB free

Firmware: RAID

SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 98 99 101 98 101 MB/s

56.9% Above average

Write 97

Mixed 50.3

SusWrite 99.8

63% 86.2 MB/s

4K Read 1.3

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 1.1

213% 1.47 MB/s

AUS-User, 3 years ago.

1TB free

Firmware: RA

SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 92 95 92 93 95 MB/s

53.1% Above average

Write 92.1

Mixed 49.4

SusWrite 93.7

60% 81.6 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 1.1

203% 1.37 MB/s

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