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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 175% (1st of 1014)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Model: G-RAID with Thunderbolt
Poor: 49%Average: 175% Great: 250%

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Outstanding average bench

The G-raid with Thunderbolt 20TB averaged 74.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the G-raid with Thunderbolt 20TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 2.49MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.16MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the G-raid with Thunderbolt 20TB is 201%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the G-raid with Thunderbolt 20TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 118MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 299MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 1175%
Min Avg Max
44 Read 308 437
53.8 Write 302 432
33.2 Mixed 118 150
69.9 SusWrite 299 450
187% 257 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 3.16 4.7
1.8 4K Write 5.17 7.4
0.6 4K Mixed 2.49 3
504% 3.61 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
15TB free
Firmware: LHGNT384
SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 432 439 445 428 454 MB/s
252% Outstanding
Read 437
Write 428
Mixed 148
SusWrite 442
264% 364 MB/s
4K Read 4
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 3
607% 4.27 MB/s
18TB free
Firmware: LHGNT384
SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 458 451 454 442 449 MB/s
250% Outstanding
Read 420
Write 432
Mixed 150
SusWrite 450
264% 363 MB/s
4K Read 4.5
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 2.9
619% 4.43 MB/s
8.5TB free
Firmware: LHGNT384
SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 354 367 370 373 384 MB/s
215% Outstanding
Read 396
Write 383
Mixed 147
SusWrite 353
233% 320 MB/s
4K Read 3.8
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 2.9
581% 4.03 MB/s
9TB free
Firmware: LHGNT384
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 376 383 382 381 358 MB/s
207% Outstanding
Read 350
Write 346
Mixed 131
SusWrite 372
218% 300 MB/s
4K Read 3.6
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 2.7
554% 3.97 MB/s
17.5TB free
Firmware: LHGNT21D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 278 278 273 280 280 MB/s
201% Outstanding
Read 422
Write 259
Mixed 110
SusWrite 277
194% 267 MB/s
4K Read 3.2
4K Write 7.4
4K Mixed 2.3
526% 4.3 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: LHGNT384
SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 307 304 312 311 299 MB/s
190% Outstanding
Read 356
Write 362
Mixed 125
SusWrite 306
209% 287 MB/s
4K Read 3.1
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 2.7
537% 3.87 MB/s
9.5TB free
Firmware: LHGNT384
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 69 45 75 83 88 MB/s
43.8% Average
Read 82.3
Write 141
Mixed 33.2
SusWrite 69.9
59% 81.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
120% 1.03 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,356,914 HDDs tested

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Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples2,982x
Core i7-9700Intel  $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples1,515x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples326x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples922x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples696x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples644x
SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba  $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples564x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba  $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples263x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc601Bench 138%, 2,219 samples158x
RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples473x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples467x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples360x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $292

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