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ServeRAID M5015 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 112% (1st of 1015)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: IBM ServeRAID M5015
Poor: 54%Average: 112% Great: 147%

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Outstanding average bench

The IBM ServeRAID M5015 2TB averaged 11.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the IBM ServeRAID M5015 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.07MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 224MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the IBM ServeRAID M5015 2TB is 92.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the IBM ServeRAID M5015 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 165MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 1112%
Min Avg Max
184 Read 224 277
5 Write 165 267
13.8 Mixed 63.7 108
6.2 SusWrite 166 242
112% 155 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 1.13 1.6
0.3 4K Write 2.68 4.4
0.4 4K Mixed 1.07 1.5
215% 1.63 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 257 274 200 252 209 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 270
Write 267
Mixed 108
SusWrite 242
162% 222 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.2
241% 1.83 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 213 211 210 215 209 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 208
Write 201
Mixed 51.9
SusWrite 212
122% 168 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.7
188% 1.93 MB/s
684GB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 198 182 179 182 203 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 232
Write 195
Mixed 82.3
SusWrite 185
127% 174 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.2
255% 1.97 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 207 208 207 208 207 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 210
Write 186
Mixed 80.6
SusWrite 206
124% 171 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1.4
270% 2.03 MB/s
619GB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 190 195 182 196 197 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 225
Write 211
Mixed 85
SusWrite 191
130% 178 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.2
259% 2 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 203 203 205 204 201 MB/s
118% Outstanding
Read 208
Write 186
Mixed 81.3
SusWrite 203
123% 169 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.4
261% 1.9 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 14 MB/s
61.6% Good
Read 202
Write 13.2
Mixed 22.9
SusWrite 13.2
46% 62.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.6
128% 0.77 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 2.12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.5 9.3 MB/s
54.5% Above average
Read 184
Write 5
Mixed 13.8
SusWrite 6.2
38% 52.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
117% 0.77 MB/s

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Typical ServeRAID M5015 2TB Builds (Compare 2,124 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples753x
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples510x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples386x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples152x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples145x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples123x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples70x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples66x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples55x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples55x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $391

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