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Lacie

Rugged RAID 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 89.1% (28th of 1015)

Based on 39 user benchmarks.  Model: LaCie Rugged RAID
Poor: 49%Average: 89.1% Great: 125%

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Very good average bench

The Lacie Rugged RAID 4TB averaged just 10.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Lacie Rugged RAID 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.7MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lacie Rugged RAID 4TB is 75.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Lacie Rugged RAID 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 92.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 140MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 39 samples)
Rank 2889.1%
Min Avg Max
4.2 Read 140 313
24.2 Write 156 280
19.5 Mixed 92.4 212
94.9 SusWrite 180 248
104% 142 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 2.4 9.6
0.6 4K Write 3.59 7.4
0 4K Mixed 0.7 1.7
244% 2.23 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
45GB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 231 231 231 231 231 MB/s
96.2% Outstanding
Read 104
Write 87.2
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 230
88% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 1.4
304% 2.77 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 253 251 250 249 252 MB/s
85.6% Excellent
Read 47.8
Write 210
Mixed 112
SusWrite 248
114% 154 MB/s
4K Read 6.8
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
448% 3.57 MB/s
767GB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 132 131 135 133 132 MB/s
79.1% Very good
Read 143
Write 117
Mixed 73.5
SusWrite 131
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 6.9
4K Mixed 1.7
354% 3.17 MB/s
96GB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 110 110 114 113 113 MB/s
79.1% Very good
Read 168
Write 195
Mixed 116
SusWrite 106
108% 147 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 0.8
246% 2.1 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 113 158 210 210 214 MB/s
76.4% Very good
Read 90.2
Write 212
Mixed 103
SusWrite 173
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 6.9
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 0.7
462% 4.27 MB/s
18GB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 126 130 130 118 MB/s
61.4% Good
Read 89.7
Write 100
Mixed 62
SusWrite 123
69% 93.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 5.3
4K Mixed 0.9
219% 2.23 MB/s
352GB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 133 141 124 97 142 MB/s
49.6% Average
Read 48.5
Write 70.7
Mixed 91.3
SusWrite 124
62% 83.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.2
70% 0.63 MB/s
678GB free
Firmware: 1153
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 174 129 85 64 97 MB/s
34.5% Below average
Read 4.2
Write 49.8
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 116
46% 61.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.3
58% 0.5 MB/s
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Workstation 52%
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System: Asus Zephyrus GX501GI

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples126x
GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 78%, 3,293 samples124x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples1x
SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples79x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 225%, 6,967 samples14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples5x
RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GBMicronBench 76%, 1,600 samples65x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 Hynix HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 24GBMicronBench 71%, 236 samples29x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 859B CT16G4SFRA266.M8FB 24GBMicronBench 57%, 4 samples3x
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