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Raid 1 Volume 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 94.5% (9th of 1015)

Based on 27 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 43%Average: 94.5% Great: 192%

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Excellent average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 960GB averaged just 5.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 1 Volume 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 3.99MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 8.09MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 960GB is 149%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 71.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 101MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 27 samples)
Rank 994.5%
Min Avg Max
3.7 Read 235 736
0.5 Write 129 380
2.5 Mixed 101 459
2.2 SusWrite 71.7 259
99% 134 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 8.09 28.2
0 4K Write 3.23 7.9
0 4K Mixed 3.99 30.1
840% 5.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
441GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 27 28 25 126 23 MB/s
141% Outstanding
Read 422
Write 25.5
Mixed 22.8
SusWrite 60.7
95% 133 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 7.2
2,279% 14.4 MB/s
605GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 271 263 257 248 248 MB/s
135% Outstanding
Read 208
Write 64.5
Mixed 27.9
SusWrite 259
101% 140 MB/s
4K Read 7.1
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 5.7
1,016% 5.83 MB/s
136GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 22 22 23 26 17 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 386
Write 39.3
Mixed 39.6
SusWrite 23.2
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 7.9
4K Mixed 4.5
1,717% 12.7 MB/s
820GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 26 25 24 24 24 MB/s
56% Above average
Read 166
Write 39.5
Mixed 47.4
SusWrite 26.2
51% 69.9 MB/s
4K Read 5.4
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 5
851% 4.73 MB/s
893GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 91 91 91 91 MB/s
49.5% Average
Read 81.1
Write 92.3
Mixed 61.9
SusWrite 90.8
60% 81.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
189% 1.37 MB/s
893GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 93 92 91 92 MB/s
49.3% Average
Read 79
Write 63.5
Mixed 64.1
SusWrite 91.8
55% 74.6 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.3
288% 1.97 MB/s
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Typical Raid 1 Volume 960GB Builds (Compare 1,006 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 152%
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Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation
Workstation 151%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI CODE - $759

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel  $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples583x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $272Bench 97%, 550,833 samples170x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples75x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples214x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples81x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples79x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples121x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples72x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples52x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples63x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $116Bench 89%, 144,399 samples24x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples23x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $1,813

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