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RAID5 12TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 86.6% (39th of 1015)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: H/W RAID5
Poor: 27%Average: 86.6% Great: 130%

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Very good average bench

The H/W RAID5 12TB averaged just 13.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the H/W RAID5 12TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 4.99MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 167MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the H/W RAID5 12TB is 104%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the H/W RAID5 12TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.39MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 64.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 3986.6%
Min Avg Max
23 Read 147 240
20.7 Write 118 205
13.5 Mixed 64.8 124
13.9 SusWrite 167 228
90.6% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 4.99 46.3
0.1 4K Write 0.39 3.2
0.07 4K Mixed 0.29 1.2
247% 1.89 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4TB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 216 228 227 206 235 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 147
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 220
104% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.2
53% 0.33 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 0957
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 156 156 154 166 165 MB/s
81.9% Excellent
Read 128
Write 88.3
Mixed 47.5
SusWrite 157
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.3
159% 1.23 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 0957
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 138 78 165 178 MB/s
80.1% Excellent
Read 130
Write 127
Mixed 52.5
SusWrite 146
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 13
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.2
570% 4.5 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0957
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 131 164 155 165 170 MB/s
76.3% Very good
Read 118
Write 83.3
Mixed 38.4
SusWrite 148
70% 96.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.3
106% 0.83 MB/s
10TB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1 4.1 30 13 14 22 MB/s
18.2% Very poor
Read 49.5
Write 20.7
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 13.9
20% 26.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.2
65% 0.47 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 13%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 12%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision T3600

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel  $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples1,061x
Xeon E5-1650 0Intel  $230Bench 73%, 10,189 samples444x
Xeon E5-1603 0IntelBench 60%, 3,589 samples237x
GPU
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples162x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples137x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples117x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples83x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples62x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung  $89Bench 112%, 129,044 samples48x
RAM
M393B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsung-00CEBench 85%, 1,049 samples147x
HMT351R7CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynix-00ADBench 83%, 808 samples130x
M393B1K70DH0-CK0 4x8GBSamsung-00CEBench 79%, 545 samples73x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $373

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