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Raid 1 Volume 161GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 74.8% (111th of 1015)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 35%Average: 74.8% Great: 143%

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Good average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 161GB averaged 25.1% 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 0.79MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.28MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 161GB is 108%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 161GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 45.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 87.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 11174.8%
Min Avg Max
54.5 Read 189 496
50.1 Write 141 227
52 Mixed 87.3 166
21.6 SusWrite 45.6 58.8
85.2% 116 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.17 4K Read 1.28 3.9
0.61 4K Write 2.02 3.48
0.12 4K Mixed 0.79 1.3
179% 1.36 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 46 34 5.2 16 71 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 496
Write 227
Mixed 82.7
SusWrite 33
152% 209 MB/s
4K Read 3.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.2
351% 2.7 MB/s
75GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 53 56 54 54 54 MB/s
71.7% Very good
Read 196
Write 182
Mixed 83.8
SusWrite 54.1
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1.1 MB/s
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 51 59 47 53 58 MB/s
66.7% Good
Read 180
Write 145
Mixed 80.3
SusWrite 52
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.2
212% 1.27 MB/s
103GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 60 62 63 61 MB/s
44.9% Average
Read 97
Write 172
Mixed 70.9
SusWrite 58.8
73% 99.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.3
238% 1.53 MB/s
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Typical Raid 1 Volume 161GB Builds (Compare 1,781 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 62%
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Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation
Workstation 49%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples601x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples574x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples160x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples262x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples155x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples146x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples110x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples48x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples43x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $528

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