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Raid 0 Volume 502GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 105% (2nd of 1015)

Based on 74 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 48%Average: 105% Great: 181%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 502GB averaged 5.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 0 Volume 502GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.9MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 502GB is 133%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 0 Volume 502GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 120MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 162MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 74 samples)
Rank 2105%
Min Avg Max
87 Read 208 409
82 Write 162 242
49 Mixed 120 215
54.4 SusWrite 164 264
121% 164 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.48 4K Read 2.66 10.2
2.87 4K Write 4.01 5.65
0.41 4K Mixed 0.9 1.62
285% 2.52 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
406GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 146 158 206 156 212 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 254
Write 215
Mixed 90.1
SusWrite 169
133% 182 MB/s
4K Read 5.4
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 1.2
442% 3.7 MB/s
293GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 214 210 213 214 215 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 207
Write 196
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 213
126% 173 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 1.8
360% 2.73 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 160 161 160 161 157 MB/s
90.7% Outstanding
Read 156
Write 150
Mixed 86
SusWrite 160
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.2
233% 1.87 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 151 157 158 154 MB/s
82% Excellent
Read 131
Write 138
Mixed 78.5
SusWrite 154
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1
201% 1.7 MB/s
28GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 105 105 107 105 MB/s
47.1% Average
Read 56.2
Write 84.4
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 106
51% 70.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 7.7
4K Mixed 0.6
251% 3.1 MB/s
411GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 56 51 66 71 94 MB/s
46.1% Average
Read 92.8
Write 73
Mixed 44
SusWrite 67
51% 69.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.8
179% 1.63 MB/s
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 91 94 95 78 30 MB/s
40.9% Average
Read 61
Write 76.4
Mixed 42.4
SusWrite 80.2
48% 65 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.8
204% 2 MB/s
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Desktop 89%
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Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Killer SLI/ac

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples461x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples210x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples104x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples120x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples112x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples68x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples43x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples34x
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples44x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $488

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