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RAID5 9TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 79.6% (81st of 1015)

Based on 34 user benchmarks.  Model: H/W RAID5
Poor: 30%Average: 79.6% Great: 122%

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Good average bench

The H/W RAID5 9TB averaged 20.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the H/W RAID5 9TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 5.54MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 145MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the H/W RAID5 9TB is 92.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the H/W RAID5 9TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.19MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 53.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34 samples)
Rank 8179.6%
Min Avg Max
21.2 Read 145 248
15 Write 101 213
15.3 Mixed 53.5 122
19.7 SusWrite 143 223
80.6% 111 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 5.54 16
0.1 4K Write 0.19 0.4
0.07 4K Mixed 0.2 0.5
257% 1.98 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
934GB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 223 225 229 227 225 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 210
Write 105
Mixed 50.6
SusWrite 223
107% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
80% 0.57 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 0957
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 198 210 207 211 210 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 220
Write 180
Mixed 85
SusWrite 207
126% 173 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.3
74% 0.47 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0957
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 180 190 175 192 194 MB/s
95.5% Outstanding
Read 149
Write 95.4
Mixed 47.4
SusWrite 181
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 9.6
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
426% 3.33 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0957
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 188 185 191 189 184 MB/s
90.3% Outstanding
Read 130
Write 151
Mixed 48.8
SusWrite 181
93% 128 MB/s
4K Read 14
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
609% 4.8 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 138 135 139 131 MB/s
83.9% Excellent
Read 158
Write 113
Mixed 89.1
SusWrite 135
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.3
66% 0.4 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0957
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 88 99 112 99 125 MB/s
75.8% Very good
Read 162
Write 63.5
Mixed 45.9
SusWrite 100
68% 92.8 MB/s
4K Read 9.1
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
405% 3.17 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Dell Inspiron 660

CPU
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples474x
Core i5-3340Intel  $278Bench 66%, 8,792 samples160x
Core i3-3240IntelBench 55%, 37,789 samples131x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples422x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples103x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples91x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples34x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples25x
CS900 240GBPNY  $20Bench 73%, 61,417 samples24x
RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples107x
HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 52%, 14,558 samples102x
M378B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 54%, 6,893 samples78x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 27% - Poor Total price: $80

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