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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 77.5% (88th of 1015)

Based on 17 user benchmarks.  Model: raid0
Poor: 34%Average: 77.5% Great: 110%

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Good average bench

The raid0 500GB averaged 22.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the raid0 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.73MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.91MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the raid0 500GB is 76%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the raid0 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 98.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.64MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)
Rank 8877.5%
Min Avg Max
18.2 Read 137 213
43 Write 133 197
38 Mixed 102 141
34.4 SusWrite 98.8 151
87.1% 118 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.31 4K Read 0.64 0.9
1.2 4K Write 2.91 6.02
0.41 4K Mixed 0.73 1.2
162% 1.43 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: n/a
115% Outstanding
Read 203
Write 197
Mixed 121
129% 174 MB/s
4K Read 0.72
4K Write 2.36
4K Mixed 0.93
177% 1.34 MB/s
396GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: PIO DMA 16 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 213
Write 170
Mixed 116
124% 166 MB/s
4K Read 0.77
4K Write 4.02
4K Mixed 0.79
194% 1.86 MB/s
331GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 149 150 151 152 MB/s
92.1% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 163
Mixed 89.8
SusWrite 150
105% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 1.2
252% 2.17 MB/s
279GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 129 152 160 163 163 MB/s
87.5% Excellent
Read 154
Write 144
Mixed 63.9
SusWrite 151
93% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
211% 1.47 MB/s
292GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 61 61 60 62 MB/s
34% Below average
Read 58.3
Write 47
Mixed 38
SusWrite 59.8
37% 50.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.1
191% 1.27 MB/s
448GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 37 15 20 40 35 MB/s
15.4% Very poor
Read 18.2
Write 43
Mixed 40.4
SusWrite 34.4
26% 34 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.6
165% 1.6 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus P5K PRO

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel  $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples12x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel  $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples11x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel  $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples10x
GPU
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples10x
GTX 550-TiNvidia  $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples7x
GTX 670Nvidia  $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples5x
SSD
XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBAdata  $82Bench 242%, 74,184 samples3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples3x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $45Bench 106%, 237,241 samples3x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples36x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples12x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $183

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