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Raid 0 Volume 256GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 118% (182nd of 1058)

Based on 13,616 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 56%Average: 118% Great: 239%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB averaged 17.8% 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 280MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,129MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB is 183%. 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 377MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 61.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13,616 samples)
Rank 182118%
Min Avg Max
436 Read 1,129 2,762
147 Write 541 1,214
135 Mixed 427 881
76.3 SusWrite 377 878
136% 619 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.5 4K Read 25.2 45.1
20.4 4K Write 61.4 113
11.2 4K Mixed 29.5 54.6
108% 38.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
97.3 DQ Read 413 1,011
65.6 DQ Write 318 661
25 DQ Mixed 280 746
233% 337 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 648 509 484 427 468 509 MB/s
246% Outstanding
Read 2,869
Write 801
Mixed 760
SusWrite 507
268% 1,234 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 54.6
210% 78 MB/s
DQ Read 1,167
DQ Write 445
DQ Mixed 686
539% 766 MB/s
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 764 873 862 824 824 MB/s
217% Outstanding
Read 1,449
Write 878
Mixed 849
SusWrite 786
221% 991 MB/s
4K Read 39.6
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 63.7
213% 79.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,335
DQ Write 676
DQ Mixed 944
718% 985 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 494 749 566 747 672 981 MB/s
196% Outstanding
Read 2,556
Write 410
Mixed 711
SusWrite 701
238% 1,095 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 46.6
4K Mixed 30.1
110% 35.7 MB/s
DQ Read 411
DQ Write 383
DQ Mixed 393
296% 396 MB/s
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 517 475 349 290 303 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 633
Write 406
Mixed 331
SusWrite 396
98% 442 MB/s
4K Read 26.9
4K Write 58.1
4K Mixed 30.2
110% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 559
DQ Write 365
DQ Mixed 230
234% 385 MB/s
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 442 326 327 89 58 MB/s
75.1% Very good
Read 1038
Write 790
Mixed 440
SusWrite 214
137% 620 MB/s
4K Read 33.9
4K Write 18.2
4K Mixed 1.5
63% 17.9 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 20.7
DQ Mixed 1.3
22% 56.8 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 155 164 139 139 138 MB/s
65.9% Good
Read 764
Write 310
Mixed 205
SusWrite 156
78% 359 MB/s
4K Read 11.5
4K Write 24.5
4K Mixed 15.4
50% 17.1 MB/s
DQ Read 238
DQ Write 219
DQ Mixed 178
148% 212 MB/s
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Gaming 53%
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation 44%
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System: Acer Predator G9-793

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 68%, 485,617 samples632x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 66%, 301,977 samples449x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 67%, 153,784 samples18x
GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 88,754 samples909x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 154,897 samples197x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 47%, 16,896 samples1x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 118%, 13,616 samples226x
RAM
ACR24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 11,551 samples269x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 73,152 samples228x
ACR24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 560 samples66x
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