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Raid 0 Volume 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 88.7% (29th of 1015)

Based on 1,303 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 37%Average: 88.7% Great: 174%

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Very good average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB averaged just 11.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.38MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.08MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB is 138%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 61.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 139MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,303 samples)
Rank 2988.7%
Min Avg Max
58.6 Read 169 349
48.5 Write 145 297
25.3 Mixed 61.2 112
55.2 SusWrite 139 269
93.8% 129 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 2.08 11.5
1.14 4K Write 3.05 5.7
0.5 4K Mixed 1.38 2.6
296% 2.17 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
465GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 419 422 420 419 425 MB/s
227% Outstanding
Read 364
Write 315
Mixed 81.1
SusWrite 420
213% 295 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 2.8
1,294% 9.33 MB/s
106GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 275 275 273 274 275 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 306
Write 285
Mixed 141
SusWrite 274
184% 251 MB/s
4K Read 6.1
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 2.4
634% 4.87 MB/s
142GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 276 51 54 53 54 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 374
Write 342
Mixed 134
SusWrite 133
179% 246 MB/s
4K Read 11.6
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 2.8
904% 6.77 MB/s
35GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 148 146 147 150 MB/s
87.5% Excellent
Read 157
Write 108
Mixed 50.5
SusWrite 148
84% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.2
206% 1.37 MB/s
73GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 189 191 187 190 192 MB/s
86.7% Excellent
Read 112
Write 109
Mixed 52
SusWrite 189
84% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1.1
231% 1.87 MB/s
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 102 97 138 141 175 MB/s
81% Excellent
Read 165
Write 191
Mixed 59.6
SusWrite 116
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 1.3
256% 2.1 MB/s
42GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 67 65 67 65 65 MB/s
42.7% Average
Read 82.4
Write 65.1
Mixed 41.1
SusWrite 65.5
47% 63.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1
203% 1.7 MB/s
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Gaming 7%
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Desktop 60%
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Workstation 7%
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System: HP EliteBook 8570w

CPU
Core i7-3720QMIntel  $100Bench 65%, 9,911 samples228x
Core i7-3740QMIntel  $220Bench 64%, 14,369 samples197x
Core i7-3630QMIntel  $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples170x
GPU
Quadro K1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 4,204 samples493x
Quadro K2000MNvidiaBench 6%, 4,288 samples297x
Radeon HD 7700MAMDBench 7%, 733 samples37x
SSD
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples39x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples29x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung  $100Bench 112%, 129,044 samples20x
RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 13,765 samples20x
16KTF51264HZ-1G6M1 2x4GBMicronBench 50%, 5,422 samples17x
M471B5273CH0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 46%, 2,928 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $100

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