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Raid 0 Volume 256GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 127% (168th of 1058)

Based on 10,073 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 62%Average: 127% Great: 257%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB averaged 27.1% 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 319MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,265MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB is 194%. 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 391MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 65.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10,073 samples)
Rank 168127%
Min Avg Max
505 Read 1,265 2,997
164 Write 556 1,272
146 Mixed 454 910
83 SusWrite 391 918
147% 666 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.9 4K Read 25.7 46.2
27 4K Write 65.3 127
12 4K Mixed 30.8 56.3
113% 40.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
171 DQ Read 466 1,166
74.6 DQ Write 344 645
46.3 DQ Mixed 319 759
262% 376 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 425 434 428 409 389 MB/s
193% Outstanding
Read 2238
Write 857
Mixed 785
SusWrite 422
236% 1,075 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 82.2
4K Mixed 45.3
155% 54.3 MB/s
DQ Read 926
DQ Write 406
DQ Mixed 659
490% 664 MB/s
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 321 330 413 455 471 MB/s
190% Outstanding
Read 2,483
Write 861
Mixed 722
SusWrite 398
243% 1,116 MB/s
4K Read 38.8
4K Write 78.1
4K Mixed 41.8
154% 52.9 MB/s
DQ Read 556
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 182
204% 352 MB/s
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 591 604 610 631 626 640 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 879
Write 582
Mixed 242
SusWrite 617
129% 580 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 48.3
4K Mixed 22.2
80% 29.2 MB/s
DQ Read 335
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 219
193% 289 MB/s
161GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 210 356 351 355 357 MB/s
81.7% Excellent
Read 693
Write 370
Mixed 255
SusWrite 298
89% 404 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 52.1
4K Mixed 18.7
80% 30 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 93.8
118% 204 MB/s
161GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 103 272 164 166 199 MB/s
66.7% Good
Read 491
Write 351
Mixed 249
SusWrite 206
72% 324 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 48.5
4K Mixed 18.7
80% 29.2 MB/s
DQ Read 174
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 89.9
108% 183 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 105 109 96 102 115 MB/s
58.8% Above average
Read 529
Write 214
Mixed 249
SusWrite 118
61% 278 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 37.6
4K Mixed 18
73% 25.1 MB/s
DQ Read 179
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 67.2
84% 148 MB/s
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 10 6.2 28 26 30 MB/s
55.6% Above average
Read 734
Write 64.7
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 19.1
44% 211 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 28.4
4K Mixed 11.5
64% 20.7 MB/s
DQ Read 269
DQ Write 20.7
DQ Mixed 31
51% 107 MB/s
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Gaming 53%
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Desktop 77%
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Workstation 44%
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System: Acer Predator G9-793

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 69%, 461,759 samples479x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 66%, 300,706 samples341x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 67%, 154,030 samples15x
GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 74,452 samples682x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 159,677 samples160x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 127%, 10,073 samples181x
RAM
ACR24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 69%, 8,914 samples212x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 69%, 64,884 samples169x
ACR24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 503 samples48x
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