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RAID10 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 96.3% (6th of 1015)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: H/W RAID10
Poor: 66%Average: 96.3% Great: 129%

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Excellent average bench

The H/W RAID10 6TB averaged just 3.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the H/W RAID10 6TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 187MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 162MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.17MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 94MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 696.3%
Min Avg Max
140 Read 187 226
80.2 Write 132 208
54.9 Mixed 94 146
91.4 SusWrite 162 228
105% 144 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.72 1.5
0.49 4K Write 1.17 3.5
0.15 4K Mixed 0.3 0.4
84.6% 0.73 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
304GB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 228 224 228 230 232 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 222
Write 208
Mixed 86.2
SusWrite 228
135% 186 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
122% 0.9 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 168 168 169 169 169 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 226
Write 112
Mixed 77.8
SusWrite 166
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.4
138% 1.53 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 0959 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
96.4% Outstanding
Read 193
Write 143
Mixed 146
121% 161 MB/s
4K Read 0.54
4K Write 0.58
4K Mixed 0.23
59% 0.45 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0960 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
77.5% Very good
Read 155
Write 116
Mixed 105
94% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.57
4K Write 0.49
4K Mixed 0.15
49% 0.4 MB/s
759GB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 96 95 100 86 96 MB/s
66.2% Good
Read 140
Write 80.2
Mixed 54.9
SusWrite 91.4
67% 91.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.3
55% 0.37 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,308,097 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 62%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock B75 Pro3-M - $85

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples136x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples78x
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples37x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples42x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples40x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples27x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples27x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples27x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples19x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples12x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GBCorsairBench 51%, 607 samples7x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $410

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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