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Logical Volume 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 68.1% (140th of 1015)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: LSI Logical Volume
Poor: 21%Average: 68.1% Great: 133%

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Above average average bench

The LSI Logical Volume 8TB averaged 31.9% 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 0.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.55MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the LSI Logical Volume 8TB is 112%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the LSI Logical Volume 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 48MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 92.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 14068.1%
Min Avg Max
2.5 Read 143 233
1.5 Write 96.2 230
4.2 Mixed 48 176
6 SusWrite 92.5 237
69.2% 94.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 1.55 6.1
0.1 4K Write 2.13 5.8
0.1 4K Mixed 0.59 1.3
170% 1.42 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
6TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 25 24 22 25 23 MB/s
23.8% Poor
Read 59.6
Write 15.5
Mixed 20.4
SusWrite 23.3
22% 29.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.2
57% 0.37 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,307,154 HDDs tested

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Typical Logical Volume 8TB Builds (Compare 1,946 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 32%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: HP Z840 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v41stBench 66%, 1,252 samples132x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v31stBench 63%, 2,624 samples117x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 v41stBench 72%, 529 samples99x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples150x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples103x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples94x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples52x
MTFDDAK512MBF-1A 512GBCrucialBench 89%, 258 samples48x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples38x
RAM
M393A2K40BB1-CRC 8x16GBSamsungBench 113%, 218 samples43x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 8x16GBSamsungBench 112%, 591 samples39x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples39x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $95

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