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RAID50 16TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 103% (2nd of 1015)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Model: H/W RAID50
Poor: 71%Average: 103% Great: 121%

Outstanding average bench

The H/W RAID50 16TB averaged 3.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the H/W RAID50 16TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 9.15MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 217MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.68MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 71.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 2103%
Min Avg Max
153 Read 180 201
96.5 Write 150 183
37.2 Mixed 71.7 114
207 SusWrite 217 228
113% 155 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.16 4K Read 9.15 24.2
0.5 4K Write 0.68 1
0.14 4K Mixed 0.25 0.4
421% 3.36 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
13TB free
Firmware: 0958
SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 228 231 231 229 229 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 183
Mixed 114
SusWrite 228
130% 178 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.4
1,071% 8.53 MB/s
7.5TB free
Firmware: 0958
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 208 207 203 212 217 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 201
Write 170
Mixed 64
SusWrite 207
116% 160 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.2
119% 0.93 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0958 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
71.5% Very good
Read 153
Write 96.5
Mixed 37.2
70% 95.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.16
4K Write 0.54
4K Mixed 0.14
74% 0.61 MB/s

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