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Raid 0 Volume 656GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 137% (172nd of 1072)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 122%Average: 137% Great: 154%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 656GB averaged 36.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 0 Volume 656GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 605MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 772MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 656GB is 32.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Raid 0 Volume 656GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 226MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 548MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 172137%
Min Avg Max
478 Read 745 1209
232 Write 548 1,141
378 Mixed 664 736
178 SusWrite 226 414
122% 546 MB/s
Min Avg Max
40.7 4K Read 41.4 43
111 4K Write 116 121
47.6 4K Mixed 48.8 49.6
187% 68.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
843 DQ Read 851 867
747 DQ Write 772 806
591 DQ Mixed 605 617
510% 743 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
498GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1097 373 207 173 171 171 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 1,288
Write 1,106
Mixed 738
SusWrite 365
195% 875 MB/s
4K Read 41.3
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 50.6
189% 69.2 MB/s
DQ Read 794
DQ Write 743
DQ Mixed 605
499% 714 MB/s
498GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1008 583 164 196 185 201 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,255
Write 1,129
Mixed 753
SusWrite 389
197% 882 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 48.2
182% 66.6 MB/s
DQ Read 841
DQ Write 738
DQ Mixed 620
511% 733 MB/s
548GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 589 216 82 82 82 82 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 1209
Write 507
Mixed 732
SusWrite 189
145% 659 MB/s
4K Read 43
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 49.6
191% 70 MB/s
DQ Read 854
DQ Write 782
DQ Mixed 617
518% 751 MB/s
498GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 579 235 82 95 73 117 MB/s
148% Outstanding
Read 1,143
Write 542
Mixed 736
SusWrite 197
145% 655 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 48.9
183% 67 MB/s
DQ Read 784
DQ Write 752
DQ Mixed 607
500% 714 MB/s
548GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 510 109 181 85 99 85 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 478
Write 232
Mixed 378
SusWrite 178
70% 316 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 47.6
184% 67.7 MB/s
DQ Read 851
DQ Write 778
DQ Mixed 604
511% 744 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,861,968 SSDs tested

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Typical Raid 0 Volume 656GB Builds (Compare 979 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 110%
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Desktop 92%
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Workstation 101%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Taichi - $330

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples622x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples90x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples80x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples145x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples81x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples79x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 656GBIntelBench 137%, 6 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples31x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples29x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $1,053

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