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Raid 0 Volume 256GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 118% (166th of 1034)

Based on 10,039 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 63%Average: 118% Great: 245%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB averaged 17.9% 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 270MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,125MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB is 182%. 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. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 401MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10,039 samples)
Rank 166118%
Min Avg Max
504 Read 1,125 2,856
170 Write 513 1,137
139 Mixed 401 842
93.1 SusWrite 377 904
133% 604 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.5 4K Read 24.9 41.5
25.6 4K Write 64.4 114
13.1 4K Mixed 29.3 52.4
109% 39.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
155 DQ Read 399 1,007
96.6 DQ Write 335 595
46.2 DQ Mixed 270 712
229% 334 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 321 304 285 282 279 MB/s
274% Outstanding
Read 3,323
Write 1,406
Mixed 853
SusWrite 328
322% 1,478 MB/s
4K Read 61.9
4K Write 131
4K Mixed 75.3
260% 89.4 MB/s
DQ Read 941
DQ Write 903
DQ Mixed 898
681% 914 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 735 505 449 506 489 618 MB/s
227% Outstanding
Read 2,679
Write 896
Mixed 885
SusWrite 550
274% 1,253 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 53.3
179% 67 MB/s
DQ Read 754
DQ Write 632
DQ Mixed 654
500% 680 MB/s
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 579 453 564 568 601 597 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 954
Write 596
Mixed 348
SusWrite 560
137% 615 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 40.5
4K Mixed 22
79% 27.3 MB/s
DQ Read 285
DQ Write 427
DQ Mixed 316
251% 343 MB/s
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 552 587 597 611 601 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 983
Write 614
Mixed 364
SusWrite 552
140% 628 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 39.2
4K Mixed 16.7
78% 26.4 MB/s
DQ Read 279
DQ Write 373
DQ Mixed 304
235% 318 MB/s
29GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 291 292 292 293 295 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 931
Write 307
Mixed 189
SusWrite 292
94% 430 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 18.7
125% 51.4 MB/s
DQ Read 207
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 122
131% 213 MB/s
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 359 354 373 350 322 MB/s
91.1% Outstanding
Read 841
Write 345
Mixed 390
SusWrite 328
105% 476 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 57.7
4K Mixed 17.7
89% 33 MB/s
DQ Read 269
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 57.3
96% 186 MB/s
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 338 343 355 359 354 MB/s
77.4% Very good
Read 471
Write 341
Mixed 347
SusWrite 341
84% 375 MB/s
4K Read 17.3
4K Write 44.1
4K Mixed 26.7
84% 29.4 MB/s
DQ Read 215
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 225
179% 246 MB/s
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 210 258 244 245 239 MB/s
69.6% Good
Read 678
Write 262
Mixed 244
SusWrite 231
78% 354 MB/s
4K Read 18.2
4K Write 32.1
4K Mixed 16.9
66% 22.4 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 170
DQ Mixed 195
143% 189 MB/s
35GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 79 72 51 53 62 MB/s
43.5% Average
Read 294
Write 187
Mixed 173
SusWrite 70.1
40% 181 MB/s
4K Read 17.3
4K Write 35.9
4K Mixed 14.8
64% 22.7 MB/s
DQ Read 214
DQ Write 153
DQ Mixed 133
113% 167 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 71%, 372,267 samples235x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 66%, 247,240 samples181x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 68%, 120,035 samples8x
GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 69%, 55,440 samples345x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 114,968 samples83x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 118%, 10,039 samples92x
RAM
ACR24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 7,531 samples105x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 69%, 49,980 samples80x
ACR24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 440 samples26x
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