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Raid 0 Volume 256GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 118% (149th of 1011)

Based on 8,508 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 60%Average: 118% Great: 236%

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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 273MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,128MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB is 176%. 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 418MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,508 samples)
Rank 149118%
Min Avg Max
422 Read 1,128 2,848
144 Write 524 1,133
138 Mixed 418 884
90.8 SusWrite 372 752
135% 610 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.4 4K Read 25.4 43.9
23.4 4K Write 63.7 116
13.2 4K Mixed 29.4 52.3
110% 39.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
144 DQ Read 411 931
84.3 DQ Write 333 595
40.5 DQ Mixed 273 696
232% 339 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 637 581 615 615 613 589 MB/s
242% Outstanding
Read 3,028
Write 794
Mixed 698
SusWrite 608
279% 1,282 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 93.9
4K Mixed 47.6
174% 61.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,067
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 610
470% 663 MB/s
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 547 471 487 448 458 419 MB/s
216% Outstanding
Read 2,801
Write 1,059
Mixed 737
SusWrite 472
276% 1,267 MB/s
4K Read 39.6
4K Write 81.7
4K Mixed 46.1
162% 55.8 MB/s
DQ Read 717
DQ Write 395
DQ Mixed 618
443% 577 MB/s
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 70 60 65 68 60 MB/s
178% Outstanding
Read 2,459
Write 641
Mixed 705
SusWrite 110
212% 979 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 131
4K Mixed 30.8
169% 67.3 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 692
DQ Mixed 86.7
189% 375 MB/s
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 364 337 316 292 283 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 1,490
Write 773
Mixed 888
SusWrite 347
194% 875 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 94.5
4K Mixed 47.8
163% 58.8 MB/s
DQ Read 472
DQ Write 594
DQ Mixed 338
309% 468 MB/s
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 618 653 636 646 632 625 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 738
Write 624
Mixed 388
SusWrite 635
134% 596 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 63.6
4K Mixed 29.5
104% 38.2 MB/s
DQ Read 562
DQ Write 452
DQ Mixed 180
224% 398 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 560 157 5.5 177 85 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 1,012
Write 594
Mixed 311
SusWrite 254
120% 543 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 66.2
4K Mixed 22.6
99% 37.3 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 477
DQ Mixed 106
152% 272 MB/s
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 293 346 349 342 270 MB/s
96% Outstanding
Read 1,000
Write 738
Mixed 40.7
SusWrite 324
116% 526 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 26.4
4K Mixed 20.9
74% 23.1 MB/s
DQ Read 255
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 245
201% 282 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 318 394 531 424 466 MB/s
92.3% Outstanding
Read 893
Write 121
Mixed 199
SusWrite 383
87% 399 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 36.8
4K Mixed 22.4
82% 27.3 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 78.9
DQ Mixed 233
157% 196 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 275,461 samples792x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 57%, 195,484 samples643x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 59%, 94,577 samples20x
GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 69%, 48,675 samples1,235x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 87,608 samples238x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $412Bench 103%, 554,017 samples1x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 118%, 8,508 samples387x
RAM
ACR24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 69%, 5,616 samples470x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 37,110 samples294x
ACR24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 78%, 351 samples75x
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