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PERC 6/i 2.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 86% (389th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: DELL PERC 6/i
Poor: 70%Average: 86% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Dell PERC 6/i 2.5TB averaged just 13.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Dell PERC 6/i 2.5TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 137MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.6MB/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. 4K Random Write Speed 27.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 150MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 38986%
Min Avg Max
507 Read 551 600
267 Write 279 300
440 Mixed 471 493
363 SusWrite 385 411
94.3% 421 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.4 4K Read 39.6 60.3
15.8 4K Write 27.5 41.6
17.1 4K Mixed 29.3 50.3
112% 32.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
136 DQ Read 150 169
126 DQ Write 134 142
129 DQ Mixed 137 153
104% 141 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 396 399 390 395 397 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 568
Write 280
Mixed 493
SusWrite 397
97% 435 MB/s
4K Read 60.3
4K Write 41.6
4K Mixed 50.3
178% 50.7 MB/s
DQ Read 136
DQ Write 129
DQ Mixed 129
98% 132 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 409 417 418 412 406 MB/s
98.4% Outstanding
Read 600
Write 300
Mixed 490
SusWrite 411
101% 450 MB/s
4K Read 57.1
4K Write 35.2
4K Mixed 31.2
145% 41.2 MB/s
DQ Read 146
DQ Write 126
DQ Mixed 129
99% 134 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 380 373 370 372 384 MB/s
82.1% Excellent
Read 550
Write 267
Mixed 471
SusWrite 377
93% 416 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 25.1
4K Mixed 28.5
98% 28.4 MB/s
DQ Read 169
DQ Write 142
DQ Mixed 153
115% 155 MB/s
569GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 370 369 377 379 386 MB/s
72% Very good
Read 507
Write 267
Mixed 459
SusWrite 376
90% 402 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 19.8
4K Mixed 19.4
74% 21.6 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 135
DQ Mixed 134
102% 138 MB/s
633GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 357 362 365 364 371 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 527
Write 280
Mixed 440
SusWrite 363
90% 403 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 15.8
4K Mixed 17.1
66% 18.8 MB/s
DQ Read 155
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 140
107% 145 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,734,140 SSDs tested

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Typical PERC 6/i 2.5TB Builds (Compare 28 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge R710

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples5x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56701stBench 67%, 4,676 samples4x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples4x
GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples5x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples2x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples2x
SSD
PERC 6/i 2.5TBDellBench 86%, 5 samples3x
RAM
M393B1K70CH0-YH9 00CE00B380CE M393B1K70CH0-YH9 01980097 9965516-045.A00LF 00CE00B380CE M393B1K70CH0-YH9 00CE00B380CE M393B1K70CH0-YH9 01980097 9965516-045.A00LF 01980097 9965516-045.A00LF 01980097 9965516-045.A0... 144GBUnknownBench 37%, 3 samples2x
HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 12x8GBHynixBench 64%, 55 samples1x
HMT151R7BFR4C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 63%, 132 samples1x
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