Average Bench: 644% (1st of 1072)

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

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
4.5TB free
Firmware: RA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6615 5929 5968 5964 6002 6018 MB/s
Read 4,360
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
7.5TB free
Firmware: RA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6583 5885 5550 5803 5929 5794 MB/s
Read 3,310
Write 6598
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
7.5TB free
Firmware: RA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7661 5968 5569 5769 5827 5473 MB/s
Read 4288
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
7TB free
Firmware: RA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1133 1263 4096 2769 2612 1721 MB/s
Read 4,445
Write 8676
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
7.5TB free
Firmware: RA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3225 2624 1146 1617 1330 1384 MB/s
Read 2,590
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
3.5TB free
Firmware: RAID
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2896 1198 1423 1235 1288 1120 MB/s
Read 4,560
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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