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RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 76.1% (98th of 1015)

Based on 22 user benchmarks.  Model: LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G
Poor: 29%Average: 76.1% Great: 142%

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Good average bench

The LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 1TB averaged 23.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 7.33MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.88MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 1TB is 112%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 34.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.74MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)
Rank 9876.1%
Min Avg Max
43.5 Read 196 656
6.2 Write 78.7 237
11.9 Mixed 79.9 176
3.2 SusWrite 34.7 94.3
71.9% 97.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.04 4K Read 7.33 97.3
0.1 4K Write 0.74 5.8
0.06 4K Mixed 0.88 10.1
417% 2.98 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
681GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 120 52 63 63 50 MB/s
142% Outstanding
Read 399
Write 237
Mixed 96.3
SusWrite 94.3
150% 207 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 10.1
1,346% 6.23 MB/s
718GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 35 34 35 35 38 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 406
Write 127
Mixed 176
SusWrite 45
140% 189 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 3.2
1,274% 8.73 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 45 46 40 46 MB/s
65.9% Good
Read 184
Write 42.3
Mixed 60.2
SusWrite 44.3
61% 82.7 MB/s
4K Read 5.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.8
331% 2.33 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 39 40 41 41 41 MB/s
50.8% Above average
Read 137
Write 38.3
Mixed 49
SusWrite 40.3
49% 66.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.77 MB/s
906GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.90
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 38 33 36 39 37 MB/s
47.4% Average
Read 130
Write 38.5
Mixed 27.6
SusWrite 35.9
42% 57.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.2
61% 0.47 MB/s
705GB free
Firmware: 2.12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 30 29 29 29 MB/s
37% Below average
Read 99.5
Write 27.2
Mixed 27.5
SusWrite 29.5
34% 45.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
85% 0.53 MB/s
907GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.40
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 25 19 17 27 27 MB/s
34.4% Below average
Read 96.5
Write 22.2
Mixed 38.3
SusWrite 23.4
33% 45.1 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
92% 0.57 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 47%
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System: Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX300 S7

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples2x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-4650 01stBench 63%, 86 samples1x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples1x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples1x
SSD
Sata III 240GBIntensoBench 68%, 2,859 samples1x
RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 6TBLSIBench 173%, 2 samples1x
RAM
M393B2G70BH0- M393B2G70QH0- M393B2G70QH0- M393B2G70BH0- M393B2G70QH0- M393B2G70QH0- M393B2G70BH0- M393B2G70QH0- M393B2G70QH0- M393B2G70BH0- M393B2G70... 192GBSamsungBench 67%, 3 samples1x
M393B2G70BH0- 4x16GBSamsungBench 80%, 218 samples1x
HMT42GR7AFR4C HMT42GR7AFR4C Samsung M393B1K70DH0- HMT42GR7AFR4C HMT42GR7AFR4C Samsung M393B1K70DH0- HMT42GR7AFR4C HMT42GR7AFR4... 320GBHynixBench 75%, 5 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $117

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