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Raid 5 Volume 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 72.1% (118th of 1015)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 5 Volume
Poor: 10%Average: 72.1% Great: 113%

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Good average bench

The Intel Raid 5 Volume 2TB averaged 27.8% 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 Read Speed 4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 232MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 5 Volume 2TB is 103%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 5 Volume 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 15.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 26.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 11872.1%
Min Avg Max
29.6 Read 232 603
2.5 Write 26.2 53.5
6.8 Mixed 36.7 55.3
0.7 SusWrite 15.1 37.6
56.5% 77.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.09 4K Read 4 17.2
0.06 4K Write 0.48 0.8
0.05 4K Mixed 0.48 0.9
229% 1.65 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
926GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
182% Outstanding
Read 603
Write 31.2
Mixed 39.2
162% 225 MB/s
4K Read 4.66
4K Write 0.45
4K Mixed 0.18
223% 1.76 MB/s
916GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 37 40 38 37 35 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 353
Write 25
Mixed 37.7
SusWrite 37.6
82% 113 MB/s
4K Read 17.2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.8
820% 6.27 MB/s
367GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
88.9% Excellent
Read 297
Write 13.8
Mixed 32.2
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.29
4K Mixed 0.21
50% 0.33 MB/s
702GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 18 19 19 21 MB/s
79.9% Very good
Read 259
Write 53.5
Mixed 53.7
SusWrite 19
70% 96.4 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.9
217% 1.37 MB/s
704GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 21 22 23 20 19 MB/s
33.3% Below average
Read 95.2
Write 47.5
Mixed 47.8
SusWrite 21.1
39% 52.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
75% 0.43 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 5.6 6.6 6.6 6.7 8.6 MB/s
27.3% Poor
Read 87.1
Write 18.1
Mixed 23.6
SusWrite 6.8
25% 33.9 MB/s
4K Read 4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.9
282% 1.9 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 MB/s
15.1% Very poor
Read 49.8
Write 2.5
Mixed 6.8
SusWrite 0.7
11% 14.9 MB/s
4K Read 7.3
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.3
339% 2.57 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 5.8 5 6 6 5.7 MB/s
10.3% Very poor
Read 29.6
Write 19.4
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 5.7
15% 19.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
101% 0.7 MB/s

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Typical Raid 5 Volume 2TB Builds (Compare 2 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 109732U

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples1x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2603 01stBench 47%, 237 samples1x
GPU
Quadro 5000NvidiaBench 10%, 751 samples2x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples2x
RAM
M378B5173EB0- M378B5173EB0- M378B5173EB0- M378B5173EB0- M391B5273DH0- M391B5273DH0- Hynix HMT125U7BFR8C Hynix HMT125U7BFR8C 28GBSamsungBench 58%, 1 sample1x
M378B1G73EB0- M378B1G73EB0- M378B1G73EB0- M378B1G73EB0- M378B5173EB0- M378B5173EB0- M378B5173EB0- M378B5173EB0- 48GBSamsungBench 75%, 1 sample1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $28

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