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SoftRAID 8TB

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Effective Speed +18% Effective Speed 18%Average Score +56% Read -17%, Write -18%, 4K Read 283%, 4K Write 57%, Mixed -22%, 4K Mixed 190%, SusWrite -85%Peak Score +21% Read -30%, Write -43%, 4K Read 227%, 4K Write 37%, Mixed -63%, 4K Mixed 160%, SusWrite -142%Value & Sentiment -37%User Rating -37%Nice To Haves -35%DQ Read -31%, DQ Write -32%, DQ Mixed -34%, ADQ Read -22%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -22%, Age -116%, AS-SSD Total -10%

Average Bench: 644% (4^th of 1080)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: OWC SoftRAID

Poor: 391%Average: 644% Great: 897%

Outstanding average bench

The OWC SoftRAID 8TB averaged 543.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the OWC SoftRAID 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1217MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 340MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 1707MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 1,084MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 4644%

Min	Avg	Max
2,590	Read 3,575	4,560
3,386	Write 3949	4,512
2,442	Mixed 2,656	2,871
1,526	SusWrite 1707	1,888
667% 2,972 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
52.6	4K Read 340	628
133	4K Write 326	520
74.3	4K Mixed 321	569
1,100% 329 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1,024	DQ Read 1,400	1,777
725	DQ Write 1,084	1,443
866	DQ Mixed 1217	1,568
917% 1,234 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

HKG-User, 21 months ago.

4.5TB free

Firmware: RA

SusWrite @10s intervals: 6615 5929 5968 5964 6002 6018 MB/s

1,353% Outstanding

Write 8,654

Mixed 4,834

SusWrite 6,083

1,361% 5,983 MB/s

4K Read 794

4K Write 594

4K Mixed 666

2,371% 684 MB/s

DQ Read 2,012

DQ Write 1,379

DQ Mixed 1,654

1,246% 1,682 MB/s

HKG-User, 3 years ago.

7.5TB free

Firmware: RA

SusWrite @10s intervals: 6583 5885 5550 5803 5929 5794 MB/s

1,305% Outstanding

Write 6,598

Mixed 3,924

SusWrite 5,924

1,125% 4,939 MB/s

4K Read 764

4K Write 621

4K Mixed 676

2,352% 687 MB/s

DQ Read 2,044

DQ Write 1,652

DQ Mixed 1,780

1,351% 1,825 MB/s

HKG-User, 3 years ago.

7.5TB free

Firmware: RA

SusWrite @10s intervals: 7661 5968 5569 5769 5827 5473 MB/s

1,146% Outstanding

Write 7,987

Mixed 4,744

SusWrite 6,044

1,311% 5,766 MB/s

4K Read 536

4K Write 472

4K Mixed 511

1,718% 506 MB/s

DQ Read 1,749

DQ Write 1,452

DQ Mixed 1,581

1,190% 1,594 MB/s

HKG-User, 3 years ago.

7TB free

Firmware: RA

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1133 1263 4096 2769 2612 1721 MB/s

991% Outstanding

Write 8,676

Mixed 5,012

SusWrite 2,265

1,155% 5,099 MB/s

4K Read 620

4K Write 538

4K Mixed 565

1,948% 574 MB/s

DQ Read 1,693

DQ Write 1,466

DQ Mixed 1,552

1,171% 1,570 MB/s

HKG-User, 3 years ago.

7.5TB free

Firmware: RA

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3225 2624 1146 1617 1330 1384 MB/s

897% Outstanding

Write 4,512

Mixed 2,871

SusWrite 1,888

672% 2,965 MB/s

4K Read 628

4K Write 520

4K Mixed 569

1,955% 572 MB/s

DQ Read 1,777

DQ Write 1,443

DQ Mixed 1,568

1,185% 1,596 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 years ago.

3.5TB free

Firmware: RAID

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2896 1198 1423 1235 1288 1120 MB/s

391% Outstanding

Write 3,386

Mixed 2,442

SusWrite 1,526

663% 2,978 MB/s

4K Read 52.6

4K Write 133

4K Mixed 74.3

245% 86.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,024

DQ Write 725

DQ Mixed 866

649% 872 MB/s

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