Intel

Raid 1 Volume 256GB

Raid 1 Volume 256GB
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Effective Speed +0%Effective Speed 0%Average Score -10%Read 105%, Write -13%, 4K Read -26%, 4K Write -39%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -50%, SusWrite -45%Peak Score +101% Read 385%, Write 139%, 4K Read 15%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed 150%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 18%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +71% DQ Read 186%, DQ Write 114%, DQ Mixed 168%, ADQ Read 18%, ADQ Write -20%, ADQ Mixed -14%, Age -24%, AS-SSD Total 140%

Average Bench: 98.7% (260^th of 1072)

Based on 830 user benchmarks. Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume

Poor: 40%Average: 98.7% Great: 199%

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Excellent average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 256GB averaged just 1.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 1 Volume 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 228MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 937MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 256GB is 159%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 205MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 338MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 830 samples)

Rank 26098.7%

Min	Avg	Max
351	Read 937	2,456
39	Write 358	1,159
55.3	Mixed 338	1,060
23.9	SusWrite 205	458
101% 460 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.69	4K Read 27.3	49.4
17.8	4K Write 63.2	114
9.57	4K Mixed 30.1	62.9
113% 40.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
62.1	DQ Read 386	1,048
25.7	DQ Write 241	768
28.9	DQ Mixed 228	888
193% 285 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

TWN-User, 2 months ago.

167GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 149 127 124 149 135 MB/s

189% Outstanding

Write 856

Mixed 928

SusWrite 137

249% 1,146 MB/s

4K Read 41.8

4K Write 84.8

4K Mixed 46.5

168% 57.7 MB/s

DQ Read 720

DQ Write 279

DQ Mixed 168

212% 389 MB/s

GBR-User, 25 days ago.

99GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 300 281 271 315 343 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 826

Mixed 851

SusWrite 302

183% 823 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 35.7

4K Mixed 31.5

102% 31.8 MB/s

DQ Read 336

DQ Write 118

DQ Mixed 223

166% 226 MB/s

ROU-User, 2 months ago.

90GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 470 86 198 58 56 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 843

Mixed 826

SusWrite 173

152% 681 MB/s

4K Read 28.5

4K Write 84.9

4K Mixed 38.3

137% 50.6 MB/s

DQ Read 251

DQ Write 568

DQ Mixed 340

279% 386 MB/s

BGR-User, 3 months ago.

185GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0.

SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 409 405 407 249 218 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 349

Mixed 432

SusWrite 346

115% 520 MB/s

4K Read 26.7

4K Write 56.9

4K Mixed 32.9

113% 38.8 MB/s

DQ Read 287

DQ Write 241

DQ Mixed 168

152% 232 MB/s

ROU-User, 4 months ago.

36GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0.

SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 54 57 50 45 50 MB/s

60.8% Good

Write 33.2

Mixed 52

SusWrite 50.7

46% 216 MB/s

4K Read 22.4

4K Write 37.9

4K Mixed 17.2

76% 25.8 MB/s

DQ Read 218

DQ Write 40.8

DQ Mixed 57.3

61% 105 MB/s

ROU-User, 3 months ago.

188GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0.

SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 115 90 88 78 87 MB/s

52.3% Above average

Write 348

Mixed 143

SusWrite 108

62% 280 MB/s

4K Read 19.9

4K Write 25.3

4K Mixed 13.6

61% 19.6 MB/s

DQ Read 193

DQ Write 104

DQ Mixed 81.4

78% 126 MB/s

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Gaming 65%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: MSI B365M PRO-VH (MS-7C31)

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $101Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	1,474x
Core i3-9100FIntel $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples	532x
Core i5-9400Intel $161Bench 86%, 22,187 samples	166x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	290x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	278x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	213x

SSD
Raid 1 Volume 256GBIntelBench 99%, 830 samples	1x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	245x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	81x
DDR4 2666 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 2,111 samples	76x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $409

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Intel

Raid 1 Volume 256GB

Average Bench: 98.7% (260^th of 1072)

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Raid 1 Volume 256GB

Average Bench: 98.7% (260th of 1072)

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