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SoftRAID 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2023.

Average Bench: 158% (1st of 1015)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: OWC SoftRAID
Poor: 130%Average: 158% Great: 181%

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Outstanding average bench

The OWC SoftRAID 8TB averaged 57.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the OWC SoftRAID 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 7.03MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.36MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OWC SoftRAID 8TB is 51.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the OWC SoftRAID 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 84.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.83MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 1158%
Min Avg Max
117 Read 216 303
153 Write 228 251
75.2 Mixed 84.5 94.1
327 SusWrite 333 338
156% 215 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2 4K Read 7.03 13.3
1 4K Write 1.83 3
0 4K Mixed 1.36 3.3
478% 3.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
6.5TB free
Firmware: RAID
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 329 340 320 334 332 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 204
Write 249
Mixed 86.5
SusWrite 332
158% 218 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0
118% 1.13 MB/s
6.5TB free
Firmware: RAID
SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 331 341 333 335 338 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 117
Write 240
Mixed 94.1
SusWrite 334
143% 196 MB/s
4K Read 7.8
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.1
355% 2.97 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,489,615 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 129%
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Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $185

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,691x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $176Bench 98%, 128,080 samples4,321x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,453x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,264x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,090x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,477x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,856x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $105Bench 385%, 327,441 samples1,114x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples871x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples776x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples735x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $116Bench 89%, 144,399 samples651x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $1,007

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