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Raid 0 Volume 256GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 120% (190th of 1072)

Based on 13,747 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 57%Average: 120% Great: 237%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB averaged 20.4% 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 292MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,158MB/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 383MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 63MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13,747 samples)
Rank 190120%
Min Avg Max
472 Read 1,158 2,766
169 Write 558 1,195
169 Mixed 446 859
80.8 SusWrite 383 794
140% 636 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.9 4K Read 25.9 45.1
20.2 4K Write 63 113
11.6 4K Mixed 30.4 55.9
111% 39.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
111 DQ Read 422 1,028
72.8 DQ Write 319 596
38.1 DQ Mixed 292 746
240% 344 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 512 512 757 721 538 526 MB/s
163% Outstanding
Read 2,585
Write 764
Mixed 540
SusWrite 594
244% 1,121 MB/s
4K Read 11
4K Write 33.3
4K Mixed 9.4
46% 17.9 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 66.1
DQ Mixed 84.4
98% 179 MB/s
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 476 386 417 570 519 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 904
Write 164
Mixed 640
SusWrite 460
120% 542 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 56.4
4K Mixed 35.5
112% 38.6 MB/s
DQ Read 414
DQ Write 380
DQ Mixed 383
291% 392 MB/s
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 509 588 574 568 558 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 976
Write 618
Mixed 399
SusWrite 536
141% 632 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 47
4K Mixed 22.1
82% 29.4 MB/s
DQ Read 240
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 186
138% 185 MB/s
157GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 495 475 399 413 428 464 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 905
Write 372
Mixed 357
SusWrite 446
115% 520 MB/s
4K Read 13.4
4K Write 45.2
4K Mixed 23.1
74% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 299
DQ Write 423
DQ Mixed 207
200% 310 MB/s
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 223 173 201 185 166 MB/s
82.2% Excellent
Read 962
Write 332
Mixed 231
SusWrite 196
94% 430 MB/s
4K Read 16.3
4K Write 36.6
4K Mixed 13.4
61% 22.1 MB/s
DQ Read 325
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 176
167% 261 MB/s
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 177 171 159 156 165 MB/s
82% Excellent
Read 918
Write 411
Mixed 241
SusWrite 176
96% 436 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 40.3
4K Mixed 19.1
73% 25.8 MB/s
DQ Read 260
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 152
148% 234 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 178 125 130 191 168 MB/s
77.9% Very good
Read 636
Write 105
Mixed 596
SusWrite 179
84% 379 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 42.4
4K Mixed 27
92% 30.9 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 283
DQ Mixed 325
234% 302 MB/s
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Gaming 49%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 41%
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System: Acer Predator G9-793

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples310x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples207x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples6x
GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples447x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples79x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 47%, 22,284 samples1x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples87x
RAM
ACR24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 11,019 samples112x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples101x
ACR24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 566 samples31x
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