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Raid 0 Volume 720GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 122% (187th of 1072)

Based on 861 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 63%Average: 122% Great: 176%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 720GB averaged 22.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 0 Volume 720GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 286MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,080MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 720GB is 114%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 0 Volume 720GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 393MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 451MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 861 samples)
Rank 187122%
Min Avg Max
392 Read 1,080 1,565
213 Write 660 1,152
132 Mixed 451 718
129 SusWrite 393 834
143% 646 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.7 4K Read 27.1 37.6
17.8 4K Write 74 113
3.69 4K Mixed 30 47.5
119% 43.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
88.8 DQ Read 381 763
59.7 DQ Write 460 781
29 DQ Mixed 286 585
253% 376 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
401GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 700 124 248 178 190 120 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 1,496
Write 890
Mixed 469
SusWrite 260
171% 779 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 71.9
4K Mixed 25.3
113% 41.8 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 380
DQ Mixed 78.9
138% 269 MB/s
608GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 747 778 821 871 878 871 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 422
Write 213
Mixed 228
SusWrite 828
95% 422 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 44.7
4K Mixed 26.1
92% 31.3 MB/s
DQ Read 364
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 343
261% 352 MB/s
100GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 885 628 159 222 478 459 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 479
Write 207
Mixed 216
SusWrite 472
77% 343 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 80.2
4K Mixed 32
126% 46.8 MB/s
DQ Read 203
DQ Write 640
DQ Mixed 254
242% 365 MB/s
426GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 468 594 298 169 169 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 228
Mixed 551
SusWrite 336
90% 404 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 88.3
4K Mixed 34.8
144% 52.6 MB/s
DQ Read 366
DQ Write 425
DQ Mixed 375
288% 389 MB/s
286GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 40 33 162 442 35 MB/s
92.8% Outstanding
Read 1,334
Write 385
Mixed 20.1
SusWrite 151
101% 473 MB/s
4K Read 16.1
4K Write 30.6
4K Mixed 15.2
60% 20.6 MB/s
DQ Read 203
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 149
147% 229 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,702,489 SSDs tested

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Gaming 43%
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Desktop 85%
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Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples705x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples471x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples211x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples269x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples115x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 720GBIntelBench 122%, 861 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples72x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples53x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples46x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $548

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