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Raid 0 Volume 256GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 117% (169th of 1040)

Based on 10,878 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 59%Average: 117% Great: 241%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB averaged 17.3% 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 264MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,122MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB is 181%. 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 376MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 399MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10,878 samples)
Rank 169117%
Min Avg Max
437 Read 1,122 2,808
166 Write 514 1,141
144 Mixed 399 862
96.2 SusWrite 376 892
133% 603 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.4 4K Read 25.2 43.9
21.6 4K Write 62.6 114
13 4K Mixed 28.8 52.3
108% 38.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
148 DQ Read 405 1,055
80.1 DQ Write 332 587
39.8 DQ Mixed 264 716
226% 334 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
125GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 725 667 580 626 598 598 MB/s
274% Outstanding
Read 3,056
Write 1,170
Mixed 842
SusWrite 632
312% 1,425 MB/s
4K Read 50.5
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 60.6
230% 85.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,487
DQ Write 413
DQ Mixed 727
594% 876 MB/s
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 107 77 75 95 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 1,132
Write 191
Mixed 130
SusWrite 90.5
82% 386 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 35.8
159% 60 MB/s
DQ Read 212
DQ Write 80.4
DQ Mixed 153
111% 148 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 203 206 169 170 141 MB/s
93% Outstanding
Read 963
Write 393
Mixed 290
SusWrite 186
100% 458 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 67.4
4K Mixed 26.3
103% 38.6 MB/s
DQ Read 423
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 159
144% 229 MB/s
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 259 447 361 508 511 MB/s
73.8% Very good
Read 663
Write 673
Mixed 242
SusWrite 383
110% 490 MB/s
4K Read 9.8
4K Write 22.2
4K Mixed 10.3
40% 14.1 MB/s
DQ Read 273
DQ Write 259
DQ Mixed 297
214% 276 MB/s
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Typical Raid 0 Volume 256GB Builds (Compare 645 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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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 70%, 385,191 samples359x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 66%, 277,952 samples267x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 68%, 129,801 samples15x
GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 69,010 samples518x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 143,615 samples127x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 117%, 10,878 samples136x
RAM
ACR24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 8,609 samples162x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 69%, 55,519 samples131x
ACR24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 463 samples35x
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