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Raid VD 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 112% (1st of 1015)

Based on 193 user benchmarks.  Model: MARVELL Raid VD
Poor: 56%Average: 112% Great: 186%

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Outstanding average bench

The Marvell Raid VD 4TB averaged 12.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Marvell Raid VD 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.85MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.99MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Marvell Raid VD 4TB is 129%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Marvell Raid VD 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 106MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 169MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 193 samples)
Rank 1112%
Min Avg Max
62.8 Read 196 371
43 Write 169 281
49.2 Mixed 106 235
48 SusWrite 193 388
122% 166 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.99 6.09
0.5 4K Write 2.81 4.93
0 4K Mixed 0.85 2.13
229% 1.88 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 333 335 331 337 339 MB/s
183% Outstanding
Read 307
Write 186
Mixed 89.3
SusWrite 332
166% 228 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 0.9
217% 1.9 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 164 165 164 167 166 MB/s
88.1% Excellent
Read 143
Write 105
Mixed 101
SusWrite 164
95% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
199% 1.5 MB/s
37GB free
Firmware: MV.R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 135 127 141 133 132 MB/s
74.7% Very good
Read 127
Write 120
Mixed 94.2
SusWrite 133
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
283% 2.13 MB/s
985GB free
Firmware: MV.R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 116 113 119 119 MB/s
70.9% Very good
Read 130
Write 103
Mixed 48.7
SusWrite 116
72% 99.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 2.2
392% 2.77 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: MV.R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 105 103 100 105 109 MB/s
49.4% Average
Read 68.3
Write 72.9
Mixed 51
SusWrite 104
54% 74 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
51% 0.5 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: MV.R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 72 71 73 74 MB/s
35.1% Below average
Read 49.8
Write 76.9
Mixed 54.7
SusWrite 72.5
47% 63.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
55% 0.53 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,336,148 HDDs tested

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Gaming 7%
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Desktop 60%
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Workstation 7%
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System: HP ProDesk 600 G1 SFF

CPU
Core i5-4570Intel  $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples1,270x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples1,124x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples301x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples2,241x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples401x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples311x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples233x
BX500 240GBCrucial  $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples93x
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples85x
RAM
M378B5173DB0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 51%, 14,844 samples70x
M378B5173QH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 51%, 13,591 samples62x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples60x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $141

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