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Raid 0 Volume 973GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 157% (146th of 1071)

Based on 425 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 66%Average: 157% Great: 308%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 973GB averaged 56.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 0 Volume 973GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 400MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,130MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 973GB is 242%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 0 Volume 973GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 68.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 35.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 425 samples)
Rank 146157%
Min Avg Max
491 Read 1,235 2,753
247 Write 1,130 2,904
254 Mixed 829 1,885
176 SusWrite 772 1,504
222% 992 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.4 4K Read 30.4 61.1
26.4 4K Write 68.6 154
13.7 4K Mixed 35.6 82.9
128% 44.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.1 DQ Read 506 1,279
84.2 DQ Write 446 1,035
16.5 DQ Mixed 400 1,112
321% 451 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
882GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1684 3000 3064 3657 3635 1883 MB/s
396% Outstanding
Read 2,383
Write 3,499
Mixed 2,183
SusWrite 2,821
617% 2,722 MB/s
4K Read 56.3
4K Write 154
4K Mixed 86.4
277% 98.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1054
DQ Write 825
DQ Mixed 927
697% 935 MB/s
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 941 301 276 320 296 284 MB/s
173% Outstanding
Read 1,532
Write 1,403
Mixed 1523
SusWrite 403
272% 1,215 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 81.8
4K Mixed 54.5
176% 59.2 MB/s
DQ Read 789
DQ Write 652
DQ Mixed 708
534% 716 MB/s
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 956 360 304 322 288 301 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 1,433
Write 1,424
Mixed 1714
SusWrite 422
281% 1,248 MB/s
4K Read 43.4
4K Write 63.4
4K Mixed 54.8
170% 53.9 MB/s
DQ Read 786
DQ Write 222
DQ Mixed 276
263% 428 MB/s
639GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 790 722 722 726 732 731 MB/s
128% Outstanding
Read 980
Write 778
Mixed 579
SusWrite 737
172% 769 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 48.8
4K Mixed 31.6
105% 35.3 MB/s
DQ Read 221
DQ Write 284
DQ Mixed 260
194% 255 MB/s
638GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 705 726 746 741 750 MB/s
127% Outstanding
Read 1,068
Write 731
Mixed 600
SusWrite 668
171% 767 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 47.7
4K Mixed 30.9
103% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 227
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 258
194% 257 MB/s
858GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 677 689 696 697 694 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 881
Write 680
Mixed 318
SusWrite 691
144% 642 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 64.8
4K Mixed 16.6
93% 35.3 MB/s
DQ Read 102
DQ Write 325
DQ Mixed 54.8
88% 161 MB/s
772GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 364 391 416 426 345 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 957
Write 484
Mixed 399
SusWrite 385
123% 556 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 55
4K Mixed 21.8
89% 32.6 MB/s
DQ Read 209
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 74.8
109% 199 MB/s
863GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 342 413 352 356 354 MB/s
72.9% Very good
Read 555
Write 384
Mixed 335
SusWrite 358
91% 408 MB/s
4K Read 16.5
4K Write 35.1
4K Mixed 17.5
66% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 188
DQ Mixed 76
90% 155 MB/s
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System: Supermicro Super Server

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples25x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v41stBench 66%, 1,252 samples19x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2630 v31stBench 64%, 1,710 samples17x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples22x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples22x
Quadro P4000NvidiaBench 67%, 12,628 samples20x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 973GBIntelBench 157%, 425 samples1x
RAM
8x8GBUnknownBench 94%, 4,255 samples12x
18ADF2G72AZ-2G3B1 2x16GBMicronBench 76%, 43 samples10x
36ASF2G72PZ-2G1A2 4x16GBMicronBench 92%, 577 samples6x
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