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Array 3 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 200% (1st of 1015)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Array 3
Poor: 135%Average: 200% Great: 306%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid Array 3 6TB averaged 100.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid Array 3 6TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.97MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.73MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Array 3 6TB is 171%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Array 3 6TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 141MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 257MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 1200%
Min Avg Max
151 Read 257 512
166 Write 335 441
83.2 Mixed 141 174
294 SusWrite 440 636
214% 293 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 4K Read 3.73 7.5
4.4 4K Write 5.33 6.1
0.8 4K Mixed 1.97 5.4
473% 3.68 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5.5TB free
Firmware: 9.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 591 635 637 636 637 615 MB/s
243% Outstanding
Read 221
Write 381
Mixed 160
SusWrite 625
252% 347 MB/s
4K Read 6.3
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 3.1
718% 5.13 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 9.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 614 649 636 622 644 649 MB/s
242% Outstanding
Read 205
Write 441
Mixed 141
SusWrite 636
258% 356 MB/s
4K Read 7.5
4K Write 5.3
4K Mixed 5.4
1,011% 6.07 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 9.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 356 330 240 301 275 MB/s
163% Outstanding
Read 254
Write 389
Mixed 174
SusWrite 314
207% 283 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 5.3
4K Mixed 1.2
327% 2.93 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 9.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 330 357 333 350 308 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 212
Write 247
Mixed 157
SusWrite 340
176% 239 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 0.8
293% 2.93 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 9.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 308 248 258 352 285 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 246
Write 402
Mixed 160
SusWrite 294
202% 275 MB/s
4K Read 2.6
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 1
305% 2.73 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 9.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 356 310 291 267 291 MB/s
135% Outstanding
Read 151
Write 322
Mixed 109
SusWrite 318
164% 225 MB/s
4K Read 4.1
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 1.2
417% 3.8 MB/s

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Gaming 171%
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Desktop
Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 195%
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Motherboard: Asrock X570 Phantom Gaming X

CPU
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples45x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples41x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $245Bench 99%, 60,132 samples35x
GPU
RX 6900-XTAMD  $1,000Bench 195%, 16,057 samples18x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples17x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples17x
SSD
Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSabrent  $95Bench 317%, 46,203 samples13x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples11x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples10x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples10x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 103%, 778 samples9x
4000 C19 Series 4x8GBUnknownBench 109%, 1,748 samples6x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $1,490

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