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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 76.1% (98th of 1015)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: M18X_RAID0
Poor: 22%Average: 76.1% Great: 112%

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Good average bench

The M18X_RAID0 1TB averaged 23.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the M18X_RAID0 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.62MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 149MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the M18X_RAID0 1TB is 89.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the M18X_RAID0 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 83.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.57MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 9876.1%
Min Avg Max
9.2 Read 121 195
40.6 Write 149 211
26.7 Mixed 83.8 159
68.4 SusWrite 126 190
88.1% 120 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.57 0.9
0.7 4K Write 1.75 2.3
0 4K Mixed 0.62 1.1
125% 0.98 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
465GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 156 146 154 161 164 MB/s
85.2% Excellent
Read 142
Write 138
Mixed 76.3
SusWrite 155
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.4 MB/s
819GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 184 188 193 187 192 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 72.7
Write 182
Mixed 66.9
SusWrite 190
93% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
200% 1.4 MB/s
621GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 153 163 163 165 165 MB/s
70% Good
Read 83.5
Write 93
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 161
69% 94.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
113% 0.7 MB/s
594GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 101 107 79 78 83 MB/s
46.4% Average
Read 74.8
Write 138
Mixed 34.3
SusWrite 87.2
61% 83.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
83% 0.53 MB/s
890GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 46 52 61 57 95 MB/s
22.3% Poor
Read 9.2
Write 40.6
Mixed 26.7
SusWrite 68.4
27% 36.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0
30% 0.37 MB/s

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Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 57%
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Workstation
Workstation 9%
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System: Alienware M18xR1

CPU
Core i7-2670QMIntel  $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples34x
Core i7-2860QMIntel  $469Bench 62%, 4,317 samples16x
Core i7-2960XMIntelBench 65%, 863 samples12x
GPU
GeForce GTX 560MNvidiaBench 7%, 6,267 samples34x
GeForce GTX 580MNvidiaBench 13%, 434 samples23x
GTX 680MNvidiaBench 19%, 1,365 samples11x
SSD
MX300 750GBCrucial  $160Bench 89%, 24,471 samples5x
MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 77%, 2,468 samples5x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples4x
RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-DI 4x4GBNanyaBench 52%, 422 samples10x
HMT351S6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 51%, 254 samples7x
NT2GC64B88G0NS-DI 4x2GBNanyaBench 48%, 68 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 42% - Average Total price: $360

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