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Raid 1 Volume 16TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 140% (1st of 1014)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 53%Average: 140% Great: 208%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 16TB averaged 40.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 1 Volume 16TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.67MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.16MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 16TB is 155%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 16TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 85.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 174MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 1140%
Min Avg Max
48 Read 226 635
21.3 Write 174 332
18.7 Mixed 85.9 345
35.5 SusWrite 257 421
135% 186 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 3.67 13.4
0.4 4K Write 3.89 6.5
0.4 4K Mixed 1.16 2.1
354% 2.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
9TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 419 412 414 431 424 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 201
Write 251
Mixed 60.6
SusWrite 421
168% 233 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1.5
302% 2.23 MB/s
8.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 304 303 292 297 290 MB/s
170% Outstanding
Read 291
Write 278
Mixed 76.8
SusWrite 296
170% 235 MB/s
4K Read 13.4
4K Write 5.7
4K Mixed 1.8
864% 6.97 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 239 237 241 240 244 MB/s
128% Outstanding
Read 206
Write 220
Mixed 71.9
SusWrite 239
134% 184 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1.7
335% 2.07 MB/s
8TB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 301 298 309 316 310 MB/s
118% Outstanding
Read 110
Write 160
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 300
110% 153 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 0.8
231% 2.37 MB/s
15TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 170 145 162 171 203 MB/s
66.9% Good
Read 59.4
Write 118
Mixed 45.5
SusWrite 174
72% 99.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1.2
211% 1.3 MB/s
15TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 56 61 53 55 54 MB/s
52.7% Above average
Read 128
Write 50.5
Mixed 93.5
SusWrite 54.1
61% 81.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 0.5
197% 2.5 MB/s
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Gaming 103%
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Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 110%
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Motherboard: Asrock X299 Professional Gaming i9

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel  $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples18x
Core i7-7820XIntel  $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples18x
Core i7-7800XIntel  $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples14x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples20x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples9x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples6x
SSD
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $320Bench 327%, 38,669 samples9x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples8x
Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)WD  $135Bench 121%, 28,136 samples6x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples25x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples25x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples15x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $1,198

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