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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 178% (1st of 1014)

Based on 28 user benchmarks.  Model: G-RAID with Thunderbolt
Poor: 127%Average: 178% Great: 207%

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Outstanding average bench

The G-raid with Thunderbolt 12TB averaged 77.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the G-raid with Thunderbolt 12TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.35MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.24MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the G-raid with Thunderbolt 12TB is 80.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the G-raid with Thunderbolt 12TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 110MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 28 samples)
Rank 1178%
Min Avg Max
216 Read 317 381
217 Write 313 374
73.8 Mixed 110 263
147 SusWrite 304 384
190% 261 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.9 4K Read 2.24 3
2 4K Write 2.8 3.5
0.64 4K Mixed 1.35 1.5
295% 2.13 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 362 362 368 367 369 MB/s
205% Outstanding
Read 350
Write 304
Mixed 102
SusWrite 366
203% 281 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.4
297% 2.13 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 357 359 360 361 360 MB/s
203% Outstanding
Read 347
Write 346
Mixed 104
SusWrite 360
210% 289 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1.4
337% 2.57 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 371 375 374 373 373 MB/s
200% Outstanding
Read 326
Write 342
Mixed 101
SusWrite 372
207% 285 MB/s
4K Read 3
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.5
345% 2.47 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 307 322 313 303 312 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 371
Write 317
Mixed 112
SusWrite 311
202% 278 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.4
301% 2.17 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 325 318 328 340 329 MB/s
186% Outstanding
Read 318
Write 329
Mixed 107
SusWrite 328
197% 271 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.4
292% 2.13 MB/s
6TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 271 275 275 260 274 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 353
Write 362
Mixed 111
SusWrite 269
199% 274 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.4
293% 2.07 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 218 218 217 218 224 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 312
Write 350
Mixed 107
SusWrite 218
179% 247 MB/s
4K Read 2.6
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.3
310% 2.33 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 228 225 232 217 230 MB/s
128% Outstanding
Read 223
Write 242
Mixed 97.2
SusWrite 224
143% 197 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1.4
296% 2.2 MB/s
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Xeon Silver 4114IntelBench 65%, 539 samples61x
Xeon Silver 4108IntelBench 60%, 331 samples61x
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 41081stBench 59%, 156 samples28x
GPU
Quadro P4000NvidiaBench 67%, 12,628 samples92x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples48x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples43x
SSD
MZVLB512HAJQ-000H2 512GBSamsungBench 240%, 2,013 samples24x
MZVLB1T0HBLR-000H1 1TBSamsungBench 264%, 8,018 samples21x
MZVLB512HBJQ-000H1 512GBSamsungBench 240%, 17,828 samples20x
RAM
M393A2K40BB2-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 57%, 231 samples18x
M393A1K43BB1-CTD 4x8GBSamsungBench 81%, 410 samples14x
HMA82GR7AFR4N-VK 4x16GBHynixBench 94%, 150 samples12x
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