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Raid 1 Volume 12TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 164% (1st of 1015)

Based on 30 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 97%Average: 164% Great: 223%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 12TB averaged 64.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 1 Volume 12TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.94MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.95MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 12TB is 125%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 12TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 154MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 254MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 30 samples)
Rank 1164%
Min Avg Max
38.5 Read 298 484
111 Write 254 432
46.5 Mixed 154 653
146 SusWrite 270 451
179% 244 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 3.94 37.8
1.1 4K Write 3.77 7.01
0.28 4K Mixed 0.95 1.9
339% 2.89 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
11TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 472 478 478 478 475 MB/s
263% Outstanding
Read 442
Write 94.6
Mixed 82
SusWrite 476
198% 273 MB/s
4K Read 3.2
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 2.3
502% 3.87 MB/s
11TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 54 56 57 63 61 MB/s
58.7% Above average
Read 147
Write 55.5
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 57.6
58% 78.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 1
173% 1.03 MB/s
11TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 35 36 31 32 MB/s
50% Average
Read 140
Write 118
Mixed 49.7
SusWrite 34.5
63% 85.6 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1 MB/s
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Gaming 89%
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Desktop 90%
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Workstation 76%
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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples2,821x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples518x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples958x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples865x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples813x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples208x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples183x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples387x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples219x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $887

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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