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Raid 5 Volume 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 90.3% (325th of 1072)

Based on 42 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 5 Volume
Poor: 54%Average: 90.3% Great: 134%

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Excellent average bench

The Intel Raid 5 Volume 512GB averaged just 9.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 5 Volume 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,063MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 153MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 5 Volume 512GB is 80.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 5 Volume 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 20.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 180MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42 samples)
Rank 32590.3%
Min Avg Max
298 Read 1,063 1,636
54.2 Write 238 692
69.4 Mixed 310 849
32.9 SusWrite 180 635
97.3% 448 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.88 4K Read 29.2 44.1
8.29 4K Write 20.6 58.6
4.18 4K Mixed 19.2 41.2
79.8% 23 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.8 DQ Read 409 1,079
13.1 DQ Write 144 463
3.83 DQ Mixed 153 687
146% 235 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
154GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 164 101 70 77 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 1,546
Write 149
Mixed 228
SusWrite 123
109% 511 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 14.4
4K Mixed 17.8
71% 19.6 MB/s
DQ Read 752
DQ Write 168
DQ Mixed 282
253% 401 MB/s
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 233 100 70 56 53 MB/s
99.4% Outstanding
Read 1,292
Write 284
Mixed 384
SusWrite 106
112% 516 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 22.7
4K Mixed 24.4
85% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 570
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 103
137% 262 MB/s
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 131 136 103 74 75 MB/s
96.6% Outstanding
Read 1,278
Write 258
Mixed 350
SusWrite 103
107% 497 MB/s
4K Read 26.9
4K Write 23.1
4K Mixed 25.1
85% 25 MB/s
DQ Read 463
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 154
148% 244 MB/s
103GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 114 92 159 71 MB/s
41.8% Average
Read 385
Write 123
Mixed 253
SusWrite 93.5
47% 214 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 11.8
4K Mixed 13.3
49% 14.1 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 37.3
DQ Mixed 57.3
60% 104 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 60 62 53 53 MB/s
38.8% Below average
Read 353
Write 74.8
Mixed 90.6
SusWrite 55.6
31% 143 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 11.4
4K Mixed 13.5
52% 14.7 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 25.7
DQ Mixed 50.2
55% 97.8 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples139x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples75x
Core i5-4570Intel  $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples74x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples56x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples37x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples35x
SSD
Raid 5 Volume 512GBIntelBench 90%, 42 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples23x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples15x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $90

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