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2+0 Stripe/RAID0 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 84.6% (49th of 1015)

Based on 125 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0
Poor: 50%Average: 84.6% Great: 133%

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Very good average bench

The AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 500GB averaged just 15.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.83MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.27MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 500GB is 82.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 103MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 127MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 125 samples)
Rank 4984.6%
Min Avg Max
87.4 Read 162 300
62.5 Write 152 270
45.1 Mixed 103 185
55.9 SusWrite 127 314
100% 136 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.83 1.72
1.06 4K Write 3.27 6.21
0.31 4K Mixed 0.83 1.37
187% 1.64 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
436GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 228 228 230 235 233 MB/s
132% Outstanding
Read 243
Write 227
Mixed 66
SusWrite 218
137% 188 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
196% 1.37 MB/s
218GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 77 84 90 90 113 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 332
Write 381
Mixed 96.6
SusWrite 90.7
164% 225 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 2.1
350% 2.3 MB/s
438GB free
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 66 66 65 66 MB/s
68.5% Good
Read 174
Write 178
Mixed 74.8
SusWrite 64.2
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1
200% 1.6 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 115 126 129 129 MB/s
66.3% Good
Read 115
Write 95.1
Mixed 63.6
SusWrite 116
71% 97.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1
192% 1.5 MB/s
407GB free
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 115 115 116 117 MB/s
65% Good
Read 110
Write 90.6
Mixed 62.5
SusWrite 116
70% 94.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.1
209% 1.63 MB/s
363GB free
Firmware: 1.10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 111 113 112 113 MB/s
62.5% Good
Read 105
Write 81.3
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 112
66% 90.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
177% 1.23 MB/s
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 - $59

CPU
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples285x
FX-4300AMD  $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples246x
FX-8300AMD  $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples53x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples72x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples42x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples40x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples35x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples13x
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples12x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples351x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples264x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples99x
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