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RAID1 3TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 68.8% (135th of 1015)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: H/W RAID1
Poor: 56%Average: 68.8% Great: 82%

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Above average average bench

The H/W RAID1 3TB averaged 31.2% 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 0.51MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.8MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the H/W RAID1 3TB is 25.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the H/W RAID1 3TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 76.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 104MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 13568.8%
Min Avg Max
97.6 Read 122 183
19.3 Write 104 179
11 Mixed 76.1 164
94.9 SusWrite 114 156
76.6% 104 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.29 4K Read 0.8 1.16
0.3 4K Write 1.48 1.9
0.18 4K Mixed 0.51 1
118% 0.93 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 3:300030 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 179
Mixed 164
132% 175 MB/s
4K Read 0.84
4K Write 1.62
4K Mixed 0.18
85% 0.88 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 02101060
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 162 145 160 158 160 MB/s
82% Excellent
Read 130
Write 19.3
Mixed 27.8
SusWrite 156
60% 83.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
83% 0.5 MB/s
284GB free
Firmware: 02101040
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 129 130 128 128 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 97.6
Write 89.9
Mixed 20.7
SusWrite 129
61% 84.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
149% 1.13 MB/s
737GB free
Firmware: 02101060
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 94 95 96 96 MB/s
64.9% Good
Read 131
Write 119
Mixed 90.8
SusWrite 94.9
81% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
174% 1.17 MB/s
402GB free
Firmware: 02101040
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 96 100 97 100 99 MB/s
58.8% Above average
Read 109
Write 105
Mixed 11
SusWrite 95.9
58% 80.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
170% 1.27 MB/s
668GB free
Firmware: 0957
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 91 95 99 93 MB/s
56.1% Above average
Read 99.8
Write 100
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 95.4
65% 89 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
186% 1.27 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,515,561 HDDs tested

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Typical RAID1 3TB Builds (Compare 5,343 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 31%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 27%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 5810

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 72%, 10,197 samples1,259x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples978x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 83%, 3,842 samples424x
GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples424x
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples395x
Quadro M2000NvidiaBench 21%, 5,678 samples293x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples109x
SM871 2.5 7mm 256GBSamsungBench 94%, 1,320 samples109x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples65x
RAM
HMA451R7MFR8N-TF 4x4GBHynixBench 90%, 1,961 samples359x
HMA41GR7MFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 96%, 1,319 samples216x
9ASF1G72PZ-2G3B1 4x8GBMicronBench 93%, 857 samples196x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 27% - Poor Total price: $80

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