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PERC 6/i 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 82.9% (441st of 1072)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: DELL PERC 6/i
Poor: 62%Average: 82.9% Great: 113%

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Very good average bench

The Dell PERC 6/i 3TB averaged just 17.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Dell PERC 6/i 3TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 43.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 114MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Dell PERC 6/i 3TB is 50.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Dell PERC 6/i 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 212MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 33.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 44182.9%
Min Avg Max
385 Read 544 604
206 Write 312 429
32.2 Mixed 438 511
25.6 SusWrite 212 331
84% 377 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 43.4 82.6
9.4 4K Write 33.5 59.1
1.4 4K Mixed 32.5 48
125% 36.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32.2 DQ Read 148 195
16.7 DQ Write 132 210
31.4 DQ Mixed 114 209
92.6% 131 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 331 324 316 328 333 MB/s
82.2% Excellent
Read 573
Write 210
Mixed 472
SusWrite 326
88% 395 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 29.7
4K Mixed 30.7
107% 31.5 MB/s
DQ Read 146
DQ Write 137
DQ Mixed 137
104% 140 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 327 322 320 323 327 MB/s
81.5% Excellent
Read 572
Write 213
Mixed 451
SusWrite 322
87% 390 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 28.2
4K Mixed 29.3
106% 31 MB/s
DQ Read 146
DQ Write 137
DQ Mixed 137
104% 140 MB/s
2.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 217 215 243 237 226 MB/s
32% Below average
Read 385
Write 206
Mixed 32.2
SusWrite 220
47% 211 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 9.4
4K Mixed 1.4
7% 3.67 MB/s
DQ Read 32.2
DQ Write 16.7
DQ Mixed 31.4
22% 26.8 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,776,551 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop 60%
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Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge R710

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples5x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56701stBench 67%, 4,676 samples4x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples4x
GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples5x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples2x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples2x
SSD
PERC 6/i 3TBDellBench 83%, 14 samples1x
RAM
M393B1K70CH0-YH9 00CE00B380CE M393B1K70CH0-YH9 01980097 9965516-045.A00LF 00CE00B380CE M393B1K70CH0-YH9 00CE00B380CE M393B1K70CH0-YH9 01980097 9965516-045.A00LF 01980097 9965516-045.A00LF 01980097 9965516-045.A0... 144GBUnknownBench 37%, 3 samples2x
HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 12x8GBHynixBench 64%, 55 samples1x
HMT151R7BFR4C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 63%, 132 samples1x
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