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PERC H700 500GB

PERC H700 500GB
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Effective Speed -80%Effective Speed -80%Average Score -68%Read -86%, Write -48%, 4K Read -38%, 4K Write -101%, Mixed -90%, 4K Mixed -49%, SusWrite -68%Peak Score +14% Read -9%, Write 15%, 4K Read 94%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed 70%, SusWrite -36%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +35% Age 35%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

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Average Bench: 48.8% (323^rd of 1015)

Based on 6 user benchmarks. Model: DELL PERC H700

Poor: 6%Average: 48.8% Great: 75%

Popular builds with this HDD

Dell PowerEdge R710 (1)

Below average average bench

The Dell PERC H700 500GB averaged 51.2% 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 0.56MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.62MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Dell PERC H700 500GB is 68.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Dell PERC H700 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 41.7MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.99MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)

Rank 32348.8%

Min	Avg	Max
7.5	Read 83.7	183
2.2	Write 92.4	207
7.3	Mixed 41.7	74.9
14.9	SusWrite 89.7	143
56.1% 76.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0	4K Read 0.62	2
0.1	4K Write 0.99	2.2
0.04	4K Mixed 0.56	1.7
106% 0.72 MB/s

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

CAN-User, 3 years ago.

436GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2.10

SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 166 138 135 130 175 MB/s

52.2% Above average

Write 207

Mixed 57.7

SusWrite 143

82% 112 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.6

4K Mixed 0.6

113% 0.87 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

400GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2.10

SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 7 5.9 60 4.8 4.5 MB/s

6.43% Terrible

Write 2.2

Mixed 9.5

SusWrite 14.9

6% 8.52 MB/s

4K Read 0.1

4K Write 0.1

4K Mixed 0.1

17% 0.1 MB/s

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge R710

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples	5x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56701stBench 67%, 4,676 samples	4x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	5x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	2x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples	2x

SSD
PERC 6/i 3TBDellBench 73%, 7 samples	3x
PERC 6/i 2.5TBDellBench 86%, 5 samples	2x
Vertex 3 120GBOCZ $42Bench 69%, 25,948 samples	2x

RAM
M393B1K70CH0-YH9 00CE00B380CE M393B1K70CH0-YH9 01980097 9965516-045.A00LF 00CE00B380CE M393B1K70CH0-YH9 00CE00B380CE M393B1K70CH0-YH9 01980097 9965516-045.A00LF 01980097 9965516-045.A00LF 01980097 9965516-045.A0... 144GBUnknownBench 37%, 3 samples	2x
HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 12x8GBHynixBench 64%, 55 samples	1x
HMT151R7BFR4C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 63%, 132 samples	1x

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PERC H700 500GB

Average Bench: 48.8% (323^rd of 1015)

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PERC H700 500GB

Average Bench: 48.8% (323rd of 1015)

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