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Raid 1 Volume 238GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 73.8% (114th of 1015)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 12%Average: 73.8% Great: 126%

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Good average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 238GB averaged 26.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.39MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.57MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 238GB is 113%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 238GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 61.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 103MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 11473.8%
Min Avg Max
0.7 Read 155 470
18 Write 105 221
1 Mixed 61.7 126
15.7 SusWrite 103 180
77.7% 106 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 1.57 19.9
0.3 4K Write 2.06 7.4
0.1 4K Mixed 1.39 10.9
258% 1.67 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 98 71 112 118 MB/s
81.8% Excellent
Read 178
Write 132
Mixed 61.8
SusWrite 107
87% 120 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.8
323% 2.1 MB/s
221GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 116 116 119 120 118 MB/s
80% Very good
Read 165
Write 111
Mixed 55.4
SusWrite 114
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 1.1
185% 1.17 MB/s
219GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 114 119 119 119 118 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 150
Write 108
Mixed 51.2
SusWrite 114
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1
172% 1.1 MB/s
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 21 24 47 97 92 MB/s
53.2% Above average
Read 130
Write 30.4
Mixed 38.3
SusWrite 56
46% 63.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.5
85% 0.53 MB/s
221GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 36 38 40 40 42 MB/s
12.2% Very poor
Read 2.5
Write 47.2
Mixed 7.2
SusWrite 39.8
18% 24.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
63% 0.43 MB/s
221GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 36 35 28 28 28 MB/s
12.1% Very poor
Read 10.7
Write 18
Mixed 19.4
SusWrite 31.3
15% 19.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.5
103% 0.6 MB/s
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Typical Raid 1 Volume 238GB Builds (Compare 1,591 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 17%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 16%
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System: HP Z640 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples113x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples100x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v31stBench 63%, 2,624 samples97x
GPU
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples146x
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples115x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples62x
SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples50x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples33x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples33x
RAM
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 59%, 1,132 samples45x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples38x
HMA42GR7AFR4N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 61%, 375 samples34x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 16% - Very poor Total price: $509

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