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RAID 0 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 101% (2nd of 1014)

Based on 36 user benchmarks.  Model: H/W RAID 0
Poor: 27%Average: 101% Great: 184%

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Outstanding average bench

The H/W RAID 0 2TB averaged 1.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the H/W RAID 0 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.07MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 187MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the H/W RAID 0 2TB is 157%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the H/W RAID 0 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 80.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.26MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 36 samples)
Rank 2101%
Min Avg Max
25.9 Read 181 330
6.7 Write 152 286
1.7 Mixed 80.6 189
13.9 SusWrite 187 359
110% 150 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 1.07 6.4
0.2 4K Write 1.26 4.6
0 4K Mixed 0.36 0.8
107% 0.89 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 309 319 334 344 346 MB/s
184% Outstanding
Read 322
Write 130
Mixed 114
SusWrite 320
162% 221 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
89% 0.6 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 318 315 320 319 324 MB/s
172% Outstanding
Read 291
Write 123
Mixed 50.7
SusWrite 310
140% 194 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
105% 0.77 MB/s
964GB free
Firmware: 0003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 304 310 313 309 311 MB/s
161% Outstanding
Read 262
Write 218
Mixed 108
SusWrite 300
162% 222 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
99% 0.7 MB/s
405GB free
Firmware: 0106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 246 245 253 250 252 MB/s
133% Outstanding
Read 220
Write 210
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 244
126% 175 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.2
52% 0.4 MB/s
89GB free
Firmware: 010D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 178 174 179 179 176 MB/s
132% Outstanding
Read 282
Write 232
Mixed 121
SusWrite 178
149% 203 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.3
84% 0.6 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 194 198 197 204 199 MB/s
127% Outstanding
Read 243
Write 233
Mixed 123
SusWrite 198
146% 199 MB/s
4K Read 2.9
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
189% 1.37 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 8136
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 196 195 196 184 198 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 197
Write 77.5
Mixed 37.9
SusWrite 194
92% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.3
67% 0.5 MB/s
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Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,659x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,461x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples1,022x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples765x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples556x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples545x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples282x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples227x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples225x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples632x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples557x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples439x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $476

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