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RAID5 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 68.8% (135th of 1015)

Based on 29 user benchmarks.  Model: H/W RAID5
Poor: 13%Average: 68.8% Great: 128%

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Above average average bench

The H/W RAID5 6TB averaged 31.2% 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 2.12MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 124MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the H/W RAID5 6TB is 115%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the H/W RAID5 6TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.22MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 60.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 29 samples)
Rank 13568.8%
Min Avg Max
13.3 Read 123 238
2.7 Write 99 203
9.8 Mixed 60.8 154
3.3 SusWrite 124 222
74.5% 102 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.15 4K Read 2.12 33.6
0.06 4K Write 0.22 0.7
0.05 4K Mixed 0.18 0.5
113% 0.84 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4.5TB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 212 237 245 241 247 MB/s
128% Outstanding
Read 224
Write 182
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 222
118% 164 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
55% 0.37 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 208 207 207 209 206 MB/s
98.8% Outstanding
Read 142
Write 115
Mixed 71
SusWrite 202
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 2.9
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
173% 1.23 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 0956
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 156 116 149 154 199 MB/s
95.6% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 109
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 153
85% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
55% 0.37 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 0957
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 179 230 239 235 242 MB/s
89.6% Excellent
Read 92.2
Write 171
Mixed 38.4
SusWrite 221
94% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
55% 0.37 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0961
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 77 80 71 78 51 MB/s
58.8% Above average
Read 138
Write 90
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 67.5
59% 80.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
63% 0.43 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 9075
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 96 97 98 77 99 MB/s
47.9% Average
Read 76.9
Write 99.6
Mixed 50.2
SusWrite 90.3
58% 79.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.6 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0960
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 92 105 76 100 100 MB/s
41.8% Average
Read 53.9
Write 58.3
Mixed 34.7
SusWrite 91.9
44% 59.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.1
39% 0.33 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 22%
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Desktop
Desktop 70%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
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Motherboard: Asus P7P55D-E

CPU
Core i5 760Intel  $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples257x
Core i7 860Intel  $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples156x
Core i7 870Intel  $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples142x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples70x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples45x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples43x
SSD
AGILITY3 60GBOCZBench 42%, 14,293 samples23x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples21x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples20x
RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples325x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples230x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples90x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $159

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