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Thunderbolt 3 12TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 194% (1st of 1015)

Based on 43 user benchmarks.  Model: G-RAID Thunderbolt 3
Poor: 110%Average: 194% Great: 265%

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Outstanding average bench

The G-raid Thunderbolt 3 12TB averaged 94.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the G-raid Thunderbolt 3 12TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 2.15MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the G-raid Thunderbolt 3 12TB is 155%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the G-raid Thunderbolt 3 12TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 203MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 334MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 43 samples)
Rank 1194%
Min Avg Max
176 Read 338 458
88.2 Write 334 444
58.5 Mixed 203 317
47.6 SusWrite 334 469
222% 302 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.5 4K Read 17.1 37.5
0.2 4K Write 4.66 7.1
0.48 4K Mixed 2.15 6.3
1,036% 7.96 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
8.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 380 389 388 389 390 MB/s
211% Outstanding
Read 350
Write 368
Mixed 102
SusWrite 388
219% 302 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.5
311% 2.1 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 269 330 338 354 320 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 288
Write 329
Mixed 282
SusWrite 324
227% 306 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 6.6
4K Mixed 2.7
1,576% 12.3 MB/s
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Gaming 110%
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Desktop 91%
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Workstation 100%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $184Bench 88%, 746,287 samples5,990x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples2,125x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples936x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1,114x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,073x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples743x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples540x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples493x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples407x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples847x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples306x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $925

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Intel Core i5-12400F $128Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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