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Array 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 81.4% (70th of 1015)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: Adaptec Array
Poor: 49%Average: 81.4% Great: 96%

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Very good average bench

The Adaptec Array 8TB averaged just 18.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Adaptec Array 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.42MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.1MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 90.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 137MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 7081.4%
Min Avg Max
101 Read 143 167
70.2 Write 137 168
60.7 Mixed 90.1 112
68.8 SusWrite 138 171
93.5% 127 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 4K Read 3.42 5.7
2 4K Write 4.8 7.3
0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 1.7
354% 3.11 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
992GB free
Firmware: V1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 165 164 165 165 MB/s
95.6% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 168
Mixed 112
SusWrite 164
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 5.7
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 1.3
471% 3.93 MB/s
877GB free
Firmware: V1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 172 172 171 170 173 MB/s
93.9% Outstanding
Read 154
Write 157
Mixed 94.3
SusWrite 171
106% 144 MB/s
4K Read 3.1
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 0.7
301% 2.97 MB/s
6.5TB free
Firmware: V1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 152 151 148 150 MB/s
87.1% Excellent
Read 151
Write 150
Mixed 93.3
SusWrite 150
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 4
4K Write 7.3
4K Mixed 1.7
491% 4.33 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,333,587 HDDs tested

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Typical Array 8TB Builds (Compare 9,517 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 142%
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Desktop
Desktop 103%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) - $199

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples2,557x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples2,059x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples1,085x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples991x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples738x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples715x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples721x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples532x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples477x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples425x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples266x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples253x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $899

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