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1X2 Mirror/RAID1 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 73.6% (115th of 1015)

Based on 536 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1
Poor: 36%Average: 73.6% Great: 117%

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Good average bench

The AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 1TB averaged 26.4% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.78MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.56MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 1TB is 80.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 103MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 92.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 536 samples)
Rank 11573.6%
Min Avg Max
63.6 Read 149 275
44.1 Write 112 174
30.8 Mixed 92.7 174
35.5 SusWrite 103 167
84.4% 114 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 1.56 3.5
0.79 4K Write 2.57 5.5
0.17 4K Mixed 0.78 1.7
200% 1.64 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
815GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 142 140 159 165 150 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 228
Write 32
Mixed 54.1
SusWrite 147
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.17 MB/s
462GB free
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 181 182 183 182 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 183
Mixed 78.5
SusWrite 182
111% 153 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.7
282% 1.83 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 148 149 149 149 MB/s
81.8% Excellent
Read 136
Write 155
Mixed 73.3
SusWrite 148
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1.4
254% 1.9 MB/s
424GB free
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 140 141 140 140 139 MB/s
81% Excellent
Read 143
Write 115
Mixed 78.9
SusWrite 139
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.3
279% 1.9 MB/s
408GB free
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 115 118 113 118 MB/s
66% Good
Read 112
Write 134
Mixed 64.1
SusWrite 116
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.7
4K Mixed 1.9
358% 2.87 MB/s
27GB free
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 81 80 78 87 MB/s
48.1% Average
Read 85.4
Write 84.9
Mixed 42.4
SusWrite 81.9
54% 73.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
163% 1.1 MB/s
881GB free
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 63 61 56 62 64 MB/s
41% Average
Read 81.7
Write 94.3
Mixed 53.1
SusWrite 60.9
53% 72.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
153% 1 MB/s
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Workstation 5%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H

CPU
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD  $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples36x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD  $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples36x
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples31x
GPU
Radeon HD 4290ATIBench 1%, 1,024 samples17x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples12x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples10x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples8x
870 Evo 250GBSamsung  $31Bench 101%, 14,082 samples6x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples4x
RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples39x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples30x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples22x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $203

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