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Raid 5 Volume 20TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 120% (1st of 1015)

Based on 27 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 5 Volume
Poor: 27%Average: 120% Great: 254%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 5 Volume 20TB averaged 19.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 5 Volume 20TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 11.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.91MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 5 Volume 20TB is 227%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 5 Volume 20TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 61.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 56.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 27 samples)
Rank 1120%
Min Avg Max
17.7 Read 340 543
9.7 Write 61.5 300
14.2 Mixed 56.4 123
9.6 SusWrite 81.9 431
98% 135 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 11.3 20.7
0.82 4K Write 2.79 6.4
0.1 4K Mixed 1.91 4.1
734% 5.33 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
16TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 14 15 15 14 14 MB/s
134% Outstanding
Read 450
Write 13
Mixed 27.2
SusWrite 14.5
91% 126 MB/s
4K Read 13.9
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 2.4
879% 6.03 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 30 29 30 30 30 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 314
Write 28.3
Mixed 39.8
SusWrite 29.4
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 2
1,028% 7.5 MB/s
18.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 10 10 11 12 15 MB/s
82.8% Excellent
Read 275
Write 11.5
Mixed 24.8
SusWrite 11.1
58% 80.6 MB/s
4K Read 7.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.3
497% 3.73 MB/s
12TB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 8.6 8.9 9.4 9.1 9.1 MB/s
34.7% Below average
Read 110
Write 11.3
Mixed 19
SusWrite 9.1
27% 37.4 MB/s
4K Read 6.9
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
288% 2.3 MB/s
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Typical Raid 5 Volume 20TB Builds (Compare 955 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples349x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples273x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples79x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples136x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples76x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples28x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $578

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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