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3+0 Stripe/RAID0 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 116% (1st of 1015)

Based on 20 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0
Poor: 69%Average: 116% Great: 167%

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Outstanding average bench

The AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 960GB averaged 16.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.18MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.18MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 960GB is 97.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 109MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 204MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 20 samples)
Rank 1116%
Min Avg Max
106 Read 218 317
68.8 Write 204 301
54.8 Mixed 109 259
46 SusWrite 204 297
135% 184 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.28 4K Read 1.9 23.8
2.59 4K Write 5.18 7.1
0.36 4K Mixed 1.18 3.6
306% 2.75 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
855GB free
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 280 286 296 300 299 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 303
Write 301
Mixed 86.1
SusWrite 291
178% 245 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 1.7
347% 3.03 MB/s
850GB free
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 301 300 293 300 301 MB/s
151% Outstanding
Read 229
Write 240
Mixed 62
SusWrite 297
150% 207 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 1.3
288% 2.73 MB/s
538GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 119 126 149 163 158 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 229
Write 204
Mixed 84.2
SusWrite 138
119% 164 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.5
4K Mixed 0.8
220% 2.33 MB/s
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Typical 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 960GB Builds (Compare 66 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 46%
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Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: Asrock FM2A55M-HD+ R2.0

CPU
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples13x
A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD  $175Bench 43%, 12,658 samples13x
A4-6300 APUAMD  $51Bench 40%, 10,924 samples6x
GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples10x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples10x
Radeon HD 8370DAMDBench 2%, 5,124 samples5x
SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial  $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples6x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples6x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples4x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX  $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples6x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 41% - Average Total price: $64

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