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RAID5 12TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 108% (1st of 1015)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: PM RAID5
Poor: 84%Average: 108% Great: 121%

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Outstanding average bench

The PM RAID5 12TB averaged 7.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PM RAID5 12TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.43MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 196MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PM RAID5 12TB is 36.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PM RAID5 12TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.78MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.27MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 1108%
Min Avg Max
149 Read 196 238
113 Write 156 213
50.1 Mixed 110 194
138 SusWrite 190 210
120% 163 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.29 4K Read 2.43 18.8
0.2 4K Write 0.78 1.69
0.1 4K Mixed 0.27 0.5
145% 1.16 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
7.5TB free
Firmware: 0959
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 198 212 213 213 212 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 212
Write 183
Mixed 109
SusWrite 209
131% 178 MB/s
4K Read 3.5
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.3
183% 1.33 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0959
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 172 170 168 165 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 238
Write 148
Mixed 50.1
SusWrite 170
110% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.2
73% 0.6 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0959
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 199 200 200 200 199 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 194
Mixed 125
SusWrite 199
132% 180 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.4
846% 6.73 MB/s
7TB free
Firmware: 0959
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 209 200 213 213 213 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 161
Mixed 95.9
SusWrite 210
119% 163 MB/s
4K Read 3.1
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.3
166% 1.2 MB/s
9.5TB free
Firmware: 0957
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 209 215 213 213 212 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 156
Mixed 73
SusWrite 204
112% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
91% 0.6 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0959
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 140 137 150 135 133 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 220
Write 113
Mixed 68.6
SusWrite 138
98% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.3
86% 0.67 MB/s
7TB free
Firmware: 0959
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 199 207 208 207 207 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 153
Write 158
Mixed 90.1
SusWrite 204
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.3
77% 0.63 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,335,866 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 31%
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Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation 28%
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System: Apple MacPro6,1

CPU
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel  $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples19x
Xeon E5-2697 v2IntelBench 69%, 1,265 samples18x
Xeon E5-1680 v2IntelBench 84%, 1,289 samples9x
GPU
FirePro D700 (FireGL V)AMDBench 28%, 183 samples24x
FirePro D500 (FireGL V)AMDBench 21%, 226 samples20x
FirePro D300 (FireGL V)AMDBench 23%, 196 samples12x
SSD
SM1024G PCIe 1TBAppleBench 169%, 404 samples14x
SM0256G PCIe 251GBAppleBench 149%, 1,022 samples7x
SM0512G PCIe 500GBAppleBench 162%, 1,474 samples7x
RAM
0x4D33393342324737304442302D434D412020 4x16GBUnknownBench 108%, 26 samples6x
0x31384A534631473732415A2D314739453220 4x8GBUnknownBench 105%, 50 samples5x
0x484D54343247523742465234432D52442020 4x16GBUnknownBench 109%, 39 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $635

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