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JBOD 7TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 88.6% (29th of 1015)

Based on 16 user benchmarks.  Model: H/W JBOD
Poor: 23%Average: 88.6% Great: 109%

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Very good average bench

The H/W JBOD 7TB averaged just 11.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the H/W JBOD 7TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.81MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 157MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the H/W JBOD 7TB is 85.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the H/W JBOD 7TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 73.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)
Rank 2988.6%
Min Avg Max
38.4 Read 157 200
37.9 Write 146 182
30.8 Mixed 73.1 87.5
41.5 SusWrite 152 189
96.5% 132 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.5 0.5
1.7 4K Write 2 2.3
0.7 4K Mixed 0.81 0.9
148% 1.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4.5TB free
Firmware: 0106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 162 167 167 167 167 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 178
Mixed 82.7
SusWrite 166
114% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
143% 1.03 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 0106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 171 172 167 172 172 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 179
Mixed 81
SusWrite 170
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
149% 1.13 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 0106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 174 176 176 176 176 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 173
Mixed 84.2
SusWrite 175
112% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
158% 1.13 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 0106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 165 166 160 158 167 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 180
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 163
112% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.07 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 0106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 176 174 175 177 174 MB/s
94.8% Outstanding
Read 156
Write 148
Mixed 83
SusWrite 174
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
147% 1.1 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 0106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
23.6% Poor
Read 40.3
Write 39.2
Mixed 33
SusWrite 41.5
28% 38.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 0106
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s
23.1% Poor
Read 38.4
Write 37.9
Mixed 30.8
SusWrite 41.7
28% 37.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
147% 1.1 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,323,844 HDDs tested

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Typical JBOD 7TB Builds (Compare 2,772 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
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System: Dell XPS 8900

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples2,112x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples464x
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples171x
GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia  $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples507x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples346x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples237x
SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples71x
L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonBench 75%, 1,826 samples66x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples59x
RAM
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples522x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 4,057 samples223x
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 8,407 samples158x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $370

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