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Raid 0 Volume 950GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 122% (1st of 1015)

Based on 440 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 62%Average: 122% Great: 198%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 950GB averaged 21.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 0 Volume 950GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.07MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.57MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 950GB is 136%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 0 Volume 950GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 86.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 193MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 440 samples)
Rank 1122%
Min Avg Max
88.7 Read 225 398
67.1 Write 193 307
25.3 Mixed 86.3 185
83.5 SusWrite 199 319
128% 176 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.57 6.37
1.32 4K Write 3.43 6.3
0.35 4K Mixed 1.07 1.7
248% 2.02 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
363GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 195 194 195 193 194 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 204
Write 186
Mixed 79.2
SusWrite 194
121% 166 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 1.1
228% 1.93 MB/s
302GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 371
Write 24.8
Mixed 35.4
SusWrite 26.1
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.6
145% 0.9 MB/s
387GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 98 99 99 99 99 MB/s
60.9% Good
Read 114
Write 101
Mixed 50.9
SusWrite 97.7
66% 90.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 1.2
247% 2.03 MB/s
217GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 146 122 130 166 151 MB/s
57.7% Above average
Read 62.9
Write 177
Mixed 26.3
SusWrite 138
73% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.4
94% 0.9 MB/s
507GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 97 97 97 95 MB/s
54.8% Above average
Read 93.6
Write 100
Mixed 49.1
SusWrite 96.4
62% 84.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 1.2
249% 2.07 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 18%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
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System: HP Z620 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel  $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples150x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 01stBench 55%, 2,873 samples147x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples129x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples169x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples113x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples95x
SSD
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples72x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples68x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples60x
RAM
9965525-138.A00LF 12x8GBKingstonBench 111%, 25 samples24x
18JDF1G72PZ-1G6E1 8x8GBMicronBench 97%, 23 samples20x
M393B1K70DH0-CK0 4x8GBSamsungBench 83%, 405 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $345

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