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Raid 0 Volume 253GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 107% (224th of 1072)

Based on 34 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 69%Average: 107% Great: 141%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 253GB averaged 7.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 0 Volume 253GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 138MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 884MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 253GB is 71.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 0 Volume 253GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 223MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 401MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34 samples)
Rank 224107%
Min Avg Max
514 Read 884 1,098
97.8 Write 515 794
9 Mixed 494 756
134 SusWrite 401 607
127% 573 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 23.2 33.2
22 4K Write 72.9 105
0.6 4K Mixed 26.4 47
107% 40.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.9 DQ Read 223 558
7.1 DQ Write 284 576
5.61 DQ Mixed 138 439
136% 215 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
233GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 608 606 608 609 607 MB/s
141% Outstanding
Read 969
Write 603
Mixed 407
SusWrite 607
144% 646 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 38.9
147% 56.8 MB/s
DQ Read 324
DQ Write 576
DQ Mixed 307
274% 403 MB/s
91GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 472 473 400 480 464 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 789
Write 599
Mixed 322
SusWrite 448
120% 539 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 92.1
4K Mixed 36.3
136% 51.8 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 380
DQ Mixed 227
192% 275 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 465 464 466 464 464 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 717
Write 606
Mixed 334
SusWrite 464
118% 530 MB/s
4K Read 26.9
4K Write 90.8
4K Mixed 35.7
135% 51.1 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 360
DQ Mixed 227
190% 269 MB/s
156GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 323 327 331 326 217 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 975
Write 341
Mixed 358
SusWrite 308
109% 495 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 70.1
4K Mixed 32.4
116% 42.4 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 103
111% 181 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 153 132 140 142 145 MB/s
85.9% Excellent
Read 868
Write 374
Mixed 280
SusWrite 147
91% 417 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 50.2
4K Mixed 24.9
93% 32.6 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 242
DQ Mixed 189
173% 269 MB/s
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 176 229 214 172 MB/s
81.3% Excellent
Read 810
Write 97.8
Mixed 218
SusWrite 183
71% 327 MB/s
4K Read 15.9
4K Write 51.4
4K Mixed 28.5
88% 31.9 MB/s
DQ Read 260
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 231
171% 226 MB/s
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Gaming 79%
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Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 70%
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Motherboard: Asus P9X79-E WS - $499

CPU
Core i7-4930KIntel  $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples47x
Xeon E5-2697 v2IntelBench 69%, 1,265 samples19x
Core i7-4820KIntel  $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples17x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples13x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples10x
GTX 760Nvidia  $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples9x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 253GBIntelBench 107%, 34 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 2,895 samples7x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 8x8GBKingstonBench 102%, 125 samples7x
RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 111%, 392 samples7x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $999

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