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Raid 1 Volume 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

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Average Bench: 121% (1st of 1010)

Based on 247 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 57%Average: 121% Great: 194%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB averaged 21.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.77MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.65MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB is 136%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 148MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 184MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 247 samples)
Rank 1121%
Min Avg Max
67.2 Read 230 391
71.9 Write 184 315
47.1 Mixed 148 257
48 SusWrite 188 336
138% 188 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 2.77 15
1.1 4K Write 2.89 4.69
0.23 4K Mixed 0.65 1.4
241% 2.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 212 215 216 218 218 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 215
Write 192
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 215
128% 176 MB/s
4K Read 15.3
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 1.6
902% 7.2 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 183 178 184 185 184 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 203
Write 195
Mixed 92.5
SusWrite 181
123% 168 MB/s
4K Read 15.8
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 1.7
931% 7.33 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 153 137 139 165 152 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 175
Mixed 85
SusWrite 154
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 14.9
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 1.7
888% 6.93 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 180 192 183 169 175 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 175
Mixed 49.5
SusWrite 178
106% 146 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.1
196% 1.2 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 161 162 160 161 159 MB/s
91.8% Outstanding
Read 160
Write 147
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 160
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.2
210% 1.4 MB/s
724GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 142 143 124 117 MB/s
71.8% Very good
Read 115
Write 109
Mixed 56.7
SusWrite 134
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 2.9
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.2
293% 2.07 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 13,164,812 HDDs tested.

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Typical Raid 1 Volume 6TB Builds (Compare 2,368 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 132%
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Desktop
Desktop 144%
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Workstation
Workstation 145%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE - $289

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel  $904Bench 110%, 6,771 samples809x
Core i7-7820XIntel  $476Bench 106%, 9,395 samples717x
Core i7-7800XIntel  $355Bench 97%, 5,064 samples201x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $770Bench 152%, 233,414 samples1,080x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $490Bench 124%, 356,406 samples315x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $330Bench 99%, 419,404 samples152x
SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $165Bench 282%, 28,760 samples339x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $136Bench 216%, 56,006 samples227x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $360Bench 279%, 7,204 samples196x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 96%, 7,223 samples90x
4x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 10,448 samples84x
2x16GBUnknownBench 64%, 2,907 samples45x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $2,128

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