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1X2 Mirror/RAID1 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 56.1% (237th of 1015)

Based on 248 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1
Poor: 26%Average: 56.1% Great: 84%

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Average average bench

The AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 500GB averaged 43.8% 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 0.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.83MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 500GB is 58.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the AMD 1X2 Mirror/RAID1 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 77.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 86.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 248 samples)
Rank 23756.1%
Min Avg Max
45.1 Read 113 190
27 Write 86.8 138
24.8 Mixed 77.1 144
23.6 SusWrite 77.9 116
65.7% 88.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.83 1.26
0.49 4K Write 1.85 4.72
0.16 4K Mixed 0.59 1.1
134% 1.09 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
332GB free
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 112 123 124 124 MB/s
68.3% Good
Read 116
Write 130
Mixed 70.9
SusWrite 121
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.1
202% 1.47 MB/s
304GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 83 78 70 71 82 MB/s
52.6% Above average
Read 106
Write 110
Mixed 40.4
SusWrite 76.3
61% 83.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1.2
230% 1.8 MB/s
83GB free
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 45 46 44 45 MB/s
28% Poor
Read 52.4
Write 41.4
Mixed 33.6
SusWrite 44.9
32% 43.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.93 MB/s
422GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 25 50 52 55 56 MB/s
27.5% Poor
Read 48.3
Write 56.6
Mixed 36.9
SusWrite 46.8
35% 47.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.27 MB/s
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation 14%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD  $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples21x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD  $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples15x
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples14x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples7x
Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 5,806 samples7x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples5x
SSD
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples5x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung  $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples4x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples4x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples22x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples20x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples16x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $180

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