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Raid 1 Volume 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 156% (146th of 1072)

Based on 814 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 56%Average: 156% Great: 321%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 512GB averaged 56.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 1 Volume 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 414MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,548MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 512GB is 264%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 422MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 541MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 814 samples)
Rank 146156%
Min Avg Max
404 Read 1,548 3,342
54 Write 581 1,315
65.6 Mixed 541 1,335
27 SusWrite 422 1,207
170% 773 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.5 4K Read 35.3 58.8
19.9 4K Write 79.2 147
14.3 4K Mixed 41.8 74.9
149% 52.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
108 DQ Read 657 1,440
37.8 DQ Write 368 953
32.5 DQ Mixed 414 1,160
334% 480 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
281GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 869 695 827 859 861 873 MB/s
264% Outstanding
Read 3,206
Write 201
Mixed 387
SusWrite 831
248% 1,156 MB/s
4K Read 47.8
4K Write 94.6
4K Mixed 54.1
192% 65.5 MB/s
DQ Read 953
DQ Write 208
DQ Mixed 402
341% 521 MB/s
402GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1084 723 720 692 696 717 MB/s
222% Outstanding
Read 1,400
Write 1,175
Mixed 855
SusWrite 772
235% 1,050 MB/s
4K Read 40.8
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 77.1
234% 85.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,204
DQ Write 826
DQ Mixed 934
719% 988 MB/s
425GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 625 662 769 527 57 143 MB/s
190% Outstanding
Read 1,108
Write 769
Mixed 857
SusWrite 464
178% 799 MB/s
4K Read 56.2
4K Write 178
4K Mixed 75
276% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 642
DQ Write 811
DQ Mixed 420
402% 624 MB/s
397GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 577 241 232 245 251 251 MB/s
168% Outstanding
Read 1,710
Write 1,852
Mixed 1,249
SusWrite 300
286% 1,277 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 97.6
4K Mixed 53.8
176% 62.7 MB/s
DQ Read 686
DQ Write 515
DQ Mixed 543
422% 581 MB/s
474GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 99 129 113 151 99 MB/s
156% Outstanding
Read 1,858
Write 953
Mixed 156
SusWrite 150
169% 779 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 29.2
164% 63.8 MB/s
DQ Read 389
DQ Write 698
DQ Mixed 372
331% 486 MB/s
78GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 389 397 70 13 148 MB/s
79.8% Very good
Read 655
Write 339
Mixed 315
SusWrite 222
85% 383 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 75.4
4K Mixed 19.5
98% 39 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 58.9
97% 182 MB/s
66GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 135 30 103 68 68 MB/s
60.3% Good
Read 433
Write 396
Mixed 168
SusWrite 86.2
60% 271 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 81.3
4K Mixed 19.2
99% 40.4 MB/s
DQ Read 61.1
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 29.1
69% 136 MB/s
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Gaming 14%
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Desktop 81%
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Workstation 14%
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System: Dell Precision 3630 Tower

CPU
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples595x
Core i7-8700KIntel  $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples367x
Core i7-9700Intel  $250Bench 92%, 79,875 samples258x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7)IntelBench 5%, 147,588 samples271x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples199x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples129x
SSD
Raid 1 Volume 512GBIntelBench 156%, 814 samples1x
RAM
HMA82GU6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 88%, 962 samples150x
HMA81GU6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 81%, 4,647 samples131x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples114x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $200

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