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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 90.5% (20th of 1015)

Based on 57 user benchmarks.  Model: ARRAY1
Poor: 36%Average: 90.5% Great: 122%

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Excellent average bench

The ARRAY1 2TB averaged just 9.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ARRAY1 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.83MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.9MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ARRAY1 2TB is 86.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the ARRAY1 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 106MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.79MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 57 samples)
Rank 2090.5%
Min Avg Max
36.1 Read 163 231
21.7 Write 151 210
18 Mixed 106 195
31.1 SusWrite 146 211
104% 141 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.79 1.31
0.19 4K Write 2.9 4.32
0.1 4K Mixed 0.83 1.5
179% 1.51 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 167 210 220 227 230 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 222
Write 209
Mixed 61.5
SusWrite 204
126% 174 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.5
281% 1.97 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 157 172 194 198 202 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 202
Write 29
Mixed 56.3
SusWrite 176
84% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1.3
219% 1.37 MB/s
787GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 149 151 150 174 169 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 215
Write 175
Mixed 67.6
SusWrite 156
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.3
246% 1.8 MB/s
819GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 184 160 183 180 187 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 160
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 171
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1.4
262% 1.93 MB/s
608GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 162 159 162 171 168 MB/s
92.5% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 175
Mixed 55.9
SusWrite 158
100% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1.5
280% 2.03 MB/s
214GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 79 119 120 84 90 MB/s
79.6% Very good
Read 186
Write 164
Mixed 47.3
SusWrite 90.9
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1
196% 1.53 MB/s
740GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 136 123 88 35 105 MB/s
56.8% Above average
Read 97.2
Write 34.6
Mixed 12.5
SusWrite 101
44% 61.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
110% 0.6 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard

System: Dell XPS 8300

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,310x
Core i5-2320Intel  $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples121x
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples71x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples179x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples114x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples107x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples52x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples44x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples42x
RAM
NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 4x2GBNanyaBench 47%, 1,368 samples54x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples52x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples41x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $331

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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