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Raid VD 3TB

Raid VD 3TB
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Effective Speed -18%Effective Speed -18%Average Score -13%Read -7%, Write -25%, 4K Read 3%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed 11%, 4K Mixed -23%, SusWrite -38%Peak Score +25% Read 23%, Write -11%, 4K Read 57%, 4K Write 11%, Mixed 95%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite -13%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +9% Age 9%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

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Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 74.5% (110^th of 1015)

Based on 55 user benchmarks. Model: MARVELL Raid VD

Poor: 38%Average: 74.5% Great: 113%

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Good average bench

The Marvell Raid VD 3TB averaged 25.5% 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 0.88MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Marvell Raid VD 3TB is 74.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Marvell Raid VD 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 88.1MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 109MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 55 samples)

Rank 11074.5%

Min	Avg	Max
82.8	Read 145	244
35.7	Write 109	162
25.9	Mixed 88.1	183
12.6	SusWrite 109	173
83% 113 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.53	4K Read 0.88	1.62
0.68	4K Write 1.78	2.74
0.19	4K Mixed 0.68	1.1
145% 1.11 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 2 years ago.

300GB free

Firmware: MV.R00-0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 167 171 168 168 169 MB/s

97.2% Outstanding

Write 140

Mixed 42.6

SusWrite 169

94% 130 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.5

140% 1.23 MB/s

CAN-User, 14 months ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: MV.R

SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 150 149 150 150 MB/s

86.4% Excellent

Write 132

Mixed 110

SusWrite 149

100% 136 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.9

4K Mixed 1.1

209% 1.6 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

3TB free

Firmware: MV.R

SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 143 141 143 144 143 MB/s

77.6% Very good

Write 89.4

Mixed 73.6

SusWrite 142

80% 108 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 1

184% 1.27 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

1TB free

Firmware: MV.R

SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 121 122 122 121 MB/s

69.5% Good

Write 128

Mixed 85.8

SusWrite 122

84% 114 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 1.1

212% 1.57 MB/s

USA-User, 21 months ago.

82GB free

Firmware: MV.R00-0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 35 40 42 39 35 MB/s

42.7% Average

Write 30.8

Mixed 34

SusWrite 37.4

39% 53.4 MB/s

4K Read 1.3

4K Write 0

4K Mixed 0.2

76% 0.5 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asrock FM2A88M Extreme4+ R2.0

CPU
Athlon X4 880KAMD $105Bench 46%, 8,721 samples	6x
A10-7700K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 45%, 11,026 samples	3x
A10-7870K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 46%, 9,821 samples	3x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	5x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x
RX 570AMD $170Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	2x

SSD
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $30Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	2x
SSDNow UV400 120GBKingston $30Bench 67%, 80,916 samples	2x
Array 1 239GBAmd-raidBench 65%, 1,211 samples	2x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	3x
RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 62%, 6,144 samples	2x
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 1x8GBUnknownBench 27%, 3,584 samples	2x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $135

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Marvell

Raid VD 3TB

Average Bench: 74.5% (110^th of 1015)

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Motherboard: Asrock FM2A88M Extreme4+ R2.0

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Average Bench: 74.5% (110th of 1015)

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Very poor consistency

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Motherboard: Asrock FM2A88M Extreme4+ R2.0

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