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Raid 0 Volume 256GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 118% (149th of 1011)

Based on 8,690 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 61%Average: 118% Great: 241%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB averaged 18.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 274MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,136MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB is 180%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 372MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 406MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,690 samples)
Rank 149118%
Min Avg Max
445 Read 1,136 2,879
139 Write 512 1,184
143 Mixed 406 882
93.7 SusWrite 372 872
134% 606 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.6 4K Read 25.1 43.5
24.2 4K Write 65.2 113
12.2 4K Mixed 29.2 52.6
110% 39.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
114 DQ Read 402 959
88 DQ Write 332 607
39.7 DQ Mixed 274 716
231% 336 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 299 285 284 284 282 MB/s
263% Outstanding
Read 3152
Write 1,493
Mixed 898
SusWrite 329
321% 1,468 MB/s
4K Read 59.6
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 72.7
250% 85.8 MB/s
DQ Read 933
DQ Write 839
DQ Mixed 855
650% 876 MB/s
193GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 749 765 771 777 764 666 MB/s
140% Outstanding
Read 1,033
Write 715
Mixed 667
SusWrite 748
177% 791 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 47.7
4K Mixed 33.4
110% 36.3 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 465
DQ Mixed 364
292% 406 MB/s
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 393 367 406 384 378 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 930
Write 506
Mixed 259
SusWrite 392
115% 522 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 85.2
4K Mixed 30.8
126% 47.7 MB/s
DQ Read 355
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 187
188% 301 MB/s
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 247 212 218 195 297 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 1,068
Write 806
Mixed 665
SusWrite 239
154% 695 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 59.6
4K Mixed 38.2
122% 41.7 MB/s
DQ Read 444
DQ Write 440
DQ Mixed 254
243% 379 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 245 244 244 238 247 MB/s
92.6% Outstanding
Read 985
Write 239
Mixed 239
SusWrite 243
93% 426 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 56.2
4K Mixed 19.6
86% 32.1 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 120
134% 228 MB/s
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 211 185 199 201 176 MB/s
87.6% Excellent
Read 1,050
Write 346
Mixed 350
SusWrite 198
106% 486 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 23.5
4K Mixed 21.1
66% 20.7 MB/s
DQ Read 294
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 161
156% 247 MB/s
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 525 151 125 56 73 8.1 MB/s
82.6% Excellent
Read 562
Write 628
Mixed 325
SusWrite 156
93% 418 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 71.3
4K Mixed 24.8
112% 41.3 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 435
DQ Mixed 121
165% 298 MB/s
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Gaming 61%
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Desktop 65%
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Workstation 45%
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System: Acer Predator G9-793

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 58%, 248,598 samples765x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 54%, 196,750 samples606x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 53%, 81,616 samples20x
GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 67%, 46,115 samples1,175x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 46%, 73,122 samples234x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 100%, 440,934 samples1x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 118%, 8,690 samples373x
RAM
ACR24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 69%, 5,770 samples455x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 29,806 samples288x
ACR24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 78%, 327 samples68x
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