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Raid VD 9TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 217% (1st of 1015)

Based on 23 user benchmarks.  Model: MARVELL Raid VD
Poor: 162%Average: 217% Great: 287%

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Outstanding average bench

The Marvell Raid VD 9TB averaged 116.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Marvell Raid VD 9TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.34MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 395MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Marvell Raid VD 9TB is 125%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Marvell Raid VD 9TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 215MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 323MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 23 samples)
Rank 1217%
Min Avg Max
234 Read 395 531
145 Write 323 425
65.1 Mixed 215 381
216 SusWrite 367 484
238% 325 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.89 4K Read 2 7.6
3 4K Write 5.34 7.1
0.35 4K Mixed 0.83 1.7
274% 2.72 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
8.5TB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 465 470 508 481 479 MB/s
287% Outstanding
Read 531
Write 399
Mixed 145
SusWrite 472
281% 387 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 1.5
349% 3.03 MB/s
651GB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 443 452 472 451 444 MB/s
223% Outstanding
Read 326
Write 293
Mixed 92.3
SusWrite 452
210% 291 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.6
222% 2 MB/s
8.5TB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 380 381 387 383 387 MB/s
208% Outstanding
Read 345
Write 271
Mixed 118
SusWrite 380
202% 278 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 1.7
379% 3.2 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 214 213 220 213 219 MB/s
174% Outstanding
Read 388
Write 301
Mixed 120
SusWrite 216
186% 256 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 6.8
4K Mixed 1.1
352% 3.47 MB/s
8.5TB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 282 283 294 293 298 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 309
Write 164
Mixed 109
SusWrite 285
158% 217 MB/s
4K Read 2.9
4K Write 7.1
4K Mixed 1.1
374% 3.7 MB/s
8TB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 283 276 282 285 280 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 286
Write 247
Mixed 97.2
SusWrite 278
165% 227 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 7
4K Mixed 0.9
305% 3.23 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 65%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 57%
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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE IV BLACK EDITION

CPU
Core i7-4930KIntel  $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples286x
Core i7-4960XIntel  $1,189Bench 78%, 5,121 samples122x
Core i7-4820KIntel  $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples109x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples47x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples46x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples42x
SSD
840 Evo 1TBSamsung  $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples37x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples25x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples20x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples16x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples12x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 64%, 1,972 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $421

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