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Synology

iSCSI Storage 550GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 24% (895th of 1015)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: SYNOLOGY iSCSI Storage
Poor: 7%Average: 24% Great: 44%

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Very poor average bench

The Synology iSCSI Storage 550GB averaged 75.9% 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 2.31MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Synology iSCSI Storage 550GB is 37.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Synology iSCSI Storage 550GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 39.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 42.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 89524%
Min Avg Max
8.8 Read 39.7 80
6.8 Write 51.3 156
7.5 Mixed 36.6 79.7
10 SusWrite 42.1 86.4
31.4% 42.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 3 6.53
1.4 4K Write 4.16 7.7
0.4 4K Mixed 2.31 6.3
459% 3.16 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
17GB free
Firmware: 4.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 73 74 75 74 74 MB/s
44.4% Average
Read 80
Write 77.5
Mixed 79.7
SusWrite 71.3
57% 77.1 MB/s
4K Read 6.1
4K Write 6.3
4K Mixed 6.3
1,071% 6.23 MB/s
400GB free
Firmware: 3.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 61 55 61 61 MB/s
38.2% Below average
Read 69
Write 66.6
Mixed 50.6
SusWrite 60
46% 61.6 MB/s
4K Read 6
4K Write 7.7
4K Mixed 2.3
648% 5.33 MB/s
489GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 92 94 73 78 103 MB/s
34.8% Below average
Read 34.5
Write 156
Mixed 32.5
SusWrite 86.4
56% 77.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.4
84% 0.77 MB/s
392GB free
Firmware: 4.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 35 38 38 39 35 MB/s
26.3% Poor
Read 51.6
Write 39.6
Mixed 44.5
SusWrite 37.4
32% 43.3 MB/s
4K Read 4.4
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 4.5
765% 4.43 MB/s
432GB free
Firmware: 3.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 17 23 25 18 16 MB/s
11.4% Very poor
Read 18.6
Write 20.2
Mixed 19
SusWrite 20.4
14% 19.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
180% 1.23 MB/s
484GB free
Firmware: 4.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 21 21 23 21 MB/s
9.08% Terrible
Read 8.8
Write 24.8
Mixed 16.7
SusWrite 22.3
14% 18.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.9 MB/s
212GB free
Firmware: 4.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 9.5 10 11 11 10 MB/s
6.52% Terrible
Read 10.6
Write 6.8
Mixed 7.5
SusWrite 10
6% 8.73 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 2.1
383% 2.9 MB/s

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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 55%
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Workstation 9%
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System: Microsoft Surface Pro 6

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples805x
Core i7-8650UIntelBench 52%, 42,414 samples506x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 52%, 19,808 samples367x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples1,678x
SSD
KUS030202M-B000 256GBSamsungBench 111%, 4,804 samples372x
KUS020203M-B000 128GBSamsungBench 96%, 2,816 samples282x
BC501 NVMe 256GBSkhynixBench 97%, 1,830 samples239x
RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples933x
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 14,211 samples381x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples236x
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