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VIRTUAL DISK 299GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 62.1% (180th of 1015)

Based on 81 user benchmarks.  Model: Dell VIRTUAL DISK
Poor: 28%Average: 62.1% Great: 94%

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Above average average bench

The Dell VIRTUAL DISK 299GB averaged 37.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.89MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.21MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Dell VIRTUAL DISK 299GB is 66%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Dell VIRTUAL DISK 299GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 54.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.87MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 81 samples)
Rank 18062.1%
Min Avg Max
59.2 Read 151 213
29.1 Write 67.5 119
27.6 Mixed 76.6 151
20.5 SusWrite 54.3 75.2
64.8% 87.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.51 4K Read 1.21 1.5
0.3 4K Write 0.87 1.2
0.3 4K Mixed 0.89 1.3
166% 0.99 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
279GB free
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 75 76 76 76 MB/s
78% Very good
Read 196
Write 74.5
Mixed 88.9
SusWrite 75.7
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 1.1
203% 1.2 MB/s
234GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 55 56 55 55 57 MB/s
70.5% Very good
Read 190
Write 56.9
Mixed 67
SusWrite 55.7
68% 92.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.9
180% 1.07 MB/s
241GB free
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 71 71 70 71 MB/s
70.4% Very good
Read 175
Write 68.4
Mixed 72.9
SusWrite 70.1
71% 96.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 1.1
199% 1.17 MB/s
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 40 46 34 14 17 MB/s
51.3% Above average
Read 145
Write 42.7
Mixed 7.8
SusWrite 33.5
41% 57.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.6
110% 0.6 MB/s
247GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 72 70 68 73 MB/s
45.3% Average
Read 86.7
Write 59.7
Mixed 61.2
SusWrite 70.9
52% 69.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 1.1
178% 1 MB/s
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 39 40 39 41 33 MB/s
28.3% Poor
Read 60.6
Write 37.5
Mixed 43.1
SusWrite 37.7
33% 44.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.8
135% 0.77 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,344,116 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
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Workstation
Workstation 18%
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System: Dell Precision WorkStation T3500

CPU
Xeon W3530Intel  $290Bench 65%, 5,773 samples478x
Xeon W3550IntelBench 66%, 7,649 samples330x
Xeon X5670IntelBench 73%, 9,061 samples243x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples172x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples157x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples126x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples145x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples75x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples54x
RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples652x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples577x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples324x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $377

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