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RAID 1 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 57.4% (214th of 1015)

Based on 34 user benchmarks.  Model: H/W RAID 1
Poor: 16%Average: 57.4% Great: 103%

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Average average bench

The H/W RAID 1 1TB averaged 42.5% 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 0.68MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.96MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the H/W RAID 1 1TB is 87.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the H/W RAID 1 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 61.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 85.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34 samples)
Rank 21457.4%
Min Avg Max
24.2 Read 109 197
16.8 Write 85.3 176
21.1 Mixed 61.4 157
11.1 SusWrite 86.1 181
62.9% 85.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.96 2.3
0.08 4K Write 1.36 2.3
0.13 4K Mixed 0.68 1.1
141% 1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
644GB free
Firmware: 8136
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 176 178 174 176 173 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 148
Mixed 82.8
SusWrite 175
109% 150 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
138% 1.07 MB/s
866GB free
Firmware: 0105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 161 161 145 140 140 MB/s
92.1% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 146
Mixed 38.9
SusWrite 150
91% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
122% 1.03 MB/s
192GB free
Firmware: 0106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 146 145 147 148 149 MB/s
89.5% Excellent
Read 166
Write 158
Mixed 134
SusWrite 146
112% 151 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.1
216% 1.47 MB/s
81GB free
Firmware: 0106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 89 91 90 91 MB/s
68.5% Good
Read 149
Write 113
Mixed 102
SusWrite 90.1
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.07 MB/s
643GB free
Firmware: 8136
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 96 97 97 96 MB/s
62.6% Good
Read 122
Write 95.6
Mixed 72.6
SusWrite 96.2
71% 96.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
109% 0.83 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: 0106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 30 29 27 30 28 MB/s
25.6% Poor
Read 60.4
Write 28.1
Mixed 27.5
SusWrite 28.4
27% 36.1 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.6
154% 0.93 MB/s
152GB free
Firmware: 0003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 28 29 28 28 28 MB/s
23.5% Poor
Read 53.3
Write 28.7
Mixed 26
SusWrite 27.7
25% 33.9 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.8
198% 1.27 MB/s
361GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 28 35 35 35 MB/s
20% Poor
Read 34.5
Write 38.1
Mixed 24.8
SusWrite 34.9
24% 33.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
110% 0.73 MB/s
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Gaming 61%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples849x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples174x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples172x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples126x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples106x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples86x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $99Bench 96%, 217,115 samples54x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples39x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples34x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $540

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