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Raid 1 Volume 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 116% (1st of 1015)

Based on 395 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 53%Average: 116% Great: 193%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB averaged 16.4% 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 2.87MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.81MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB is 139%. 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 117MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 172MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 395 samples)
Rank 1116%
Min Avg Max
60.3 Read 215 377
56.8 Write 172 292
41.4 Mixed 117 246
81.1 SusWrite 187 325
127% 173 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.33 4K Read 2.87 14.7
1.18 4K Write 3.03 5
0.25 4K Mixed 0.81 1.5
266% 2.24 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 206 113 108 153 79 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 300
Write 30.6
Mixed 70.6
SusWrite 137
98% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.4
233% 1.53 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 209 211 208 212 211 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 217
Write 210
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 210
126% 174 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 1.1
280% 2.53 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 144 135 140 143 148 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 244
Write 175
Mixed 67.8
SusWrite 142
114% 157 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 1
242% 2.07 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 181 181 184 185 185 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 195
Write 180
Mixed 85.5
SusWrite 182
117% 161 MB/s
4K Read 10.6
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1.4
660% 5.13 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 181 185 186 185 185 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 166
Mixed 85.7
SusWrite 183
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 12.7
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 1.4
755% 5.97 MB/s
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Typical Raid 1 Volume 6TB Builds (Compare 3,486 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 116%
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Desktop
Desktop 124%
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Workstation
Workstation 129%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X299-DELUXE - $461

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel  $970Bench 88%, 10,108 samples1,109x
Core i7-7820XIntel  $574Bench 88%, 13,443 samples974x
Core i7-7800XIntel  $440Bench 83%, 11,054 samples317x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 130%, 395,296 samples1,511x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 103%, 554,017 samples395x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $415Bench 78%, 677,712 samples211x
SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $139Bench 281%, 46,172 samples439x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 216%, 102,087 samples277x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $249Bench 273%, 9,027 samples260x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $175Bench 93%, 21,662 samples137x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 19,608 samples93x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $75Bench 87%, 106,449 samples55x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $2,553

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