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Raid 1 Volume 240GB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 74.5% (585th of 1072)

Based on 600 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 38%Average: 74.5% Great: 117%

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Good average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 240GB averaged 25.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 124MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 658MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 240GB is 78.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 142MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 267MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 600 samples)
Rank 58574.5%
Min Avg Max
312 Read 658 1,105
59.7 Write 267 468
32.6 Mixed 271 537
30.8 SusWrite 142 363
73.5% 335 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.92 4K Read 23.3 36
13.2 4K Write 56.7 92.5
2.46 4K Mixed 21.9 40.7
93.4% 34 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.5 DQ Read 249 538
15.8 DQ Write 178 327
5.73 DQ Mixed 124 284
117% 183 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
81GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 190 170 195 173 184 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 1,189
Write 690
Mixed 653
SusWrite 222
152% 688 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 46.2
4K Mixed 27.3
91% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 346
DQ Write 526
DQ Mixed 340
284% 404 MB/s
223GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 105 97 113 96 81 MB/s
78.9% Very good
Read 633
Write 237
Mixed 302
SusWrite 106
70% 319 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 60.7
4K Mixed 33.6
119% 41 MB/s
DQ Read 217
DQ Write 250
DQ Mixed 193
157% 220 MB/s
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 216 224 243 242 244 MB/s
70.2% Very good
Read 515
Write 239
Mixed 215
SusWrite 229
66% 299 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 36.8
4K Mixed 24.5
84% 27.8 MB/s
DQ Read 245
DQ Write 181
DQ Mixed 171
139% 199 MB/s
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 0.5 21 84 51 47 MB/s
58.3% Above average
Read 613
Write 184
Mixed 146
SusWrite 40.6
53% 246 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 31.9
4K Mixed 22.5
75% 24.5 MB/s
DQ Read 208
DQ Write 154
DQ Mixed 153
122% 172 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 21 16 9.7 9.5 9.2 MB/s
54% Above average
Read 725
Write 160
Mixed 152
SusWrite 21.5
57% 265 MB/s
4K Read 16.3
4K Write 42
4K Mixed 10.8
61% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 31.9
DQ Mixed 48.1
56% 104 MB/s
145GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 125 95 121 92 89 MB/s
47.9% Average
Read 511
Write 374
Mixed 190
SusWrite 119
66% 299 MB/s
4K Read 19.5
4K Write 36.6
4K Mixed 5.2
56% 20.4 MB/s
DQ Read 90.3
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 25.9
41% 77.9 MB/s
125GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 52 54 72 64 66 MB/s
40.2% Average
Read 495
Write 225
Mixed 246
SusWrite 62.7
57% 257 MB/s
4K Read 15
4K Write 28.1
4K Mixed 7.4
47% 16.8 MB/s
DQ Read 71
DQ Write 62.3
DQ Mixed 5.6
21% 46.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,728,832 SSDs tested

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Typical Raid 1 Volume 240GB Builds (Compare 1,264 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH P67

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples577x
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples233x
Core i7-2600Intel  $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples129x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples106x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples101x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples79x
SSD
Raid 1 Volume 240GBIntelBench 75%, 600 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples60x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples38x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $519

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