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RAID10 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 103% (2nd of 1015)

Based on 16 user benchmarks.  Model: H/W RAID10
Poor: 69%Average: 103% Great: 129%

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Outstanding average bench

The H/W RAID10 2TB averaged 3.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the H/W RAID10 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.35MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 205MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the H/W RAID10 2TB is 60.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the H/W RAID10 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.47MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 113MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)
Rank 2103%
Min Avg Max
99.2 Read 203 405
18.6 Write 113 170
28.7 Mixed 96.5 185
176 SusWrite 205 225
113% 154 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.43 4K Read 2.35 8.44
0.38 4K Write 0.47 0.65
0.2 4K Mixed 0.35 0.6
145% 1.06 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
336GB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 143 173 202 189 182 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 405
Write 20.7
Mixed 28.7
SusWrite 178
114% 158 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
130% 0.83 MB/s
464GB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 231 231 230 229 226 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 226
Write 86.3
Mixed 66.5
SusWrite 225
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
81% 0.5 MB/s
517GB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 190 231 233 233 234 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 224
Write 133
Mixed 75.8
SusWrite 216
118% 162 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
77% 0.47 MB/s
469GB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 214 226 225 227 227 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 204
Write 136
Mixed 71.5
SusWrite 223
116% 159 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.6
103% 0.57 MB/s
411GB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 214 209 211 216 225 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 213
Write 121
Mixed 71.8
SusWrite 214
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.6
105% 0.6 MB/s
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Gaming 86%
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Desktop 85%
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Workstation 77%
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Motherboard: Asus X99-A II - $294

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel  $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples694x
Core i7-6850KIntel  $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples194x
Core i7-5820KIntel  $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples189x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples214x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples180x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples108x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples67x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples63x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples40x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples29x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples23x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $887

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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