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Raid VD 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 83.1% (438th of 1072)

Based on 66 user benchmarks.  Model: MARVELL Raid VD
Poor: 48%Average: 83.1% Great: 111%

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Very good average bench

The Marvell Raid VD 256GB averaged just 16.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Marvell Raid VD 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 120MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 580MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Marvell Raid VD 256GB is 63.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Marvell Raid VD 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 325MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 208MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 66 samples)
Rank 43883.1%
Min Avg Max
359 Read 580 715
163 Write 438 696
161 Mixed 401 657
71.7 SusWrite 325 592
97.5% 436 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.9 4K Read 22.3 29.9
17 4K Write 50.2 68.7
6.42 4K Mixed 22.1 37.7
88.6% 31.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.3 DQ Read 208 318
48.1 DQ Write 212 374
12.2 DQ Mixed 120 258
115% 180 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
164GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 593 612 612 631 634 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 631
Write 629
Mixed 428
SusWrite 584
128% 568 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 64.1
4K Mixed 38
128% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 375
DQ Mixed 171
168% 263 MB/s
113GB free
Firmware: MV.R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 524 429 442 508 430 300 MB/s
96.4% Outstanding
Read 639
Write 521
Mixed 428
SusWrite 439
114% 507 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 59.7
4K Mixed 34.4
115% 39.9 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 165
127% 178 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: MV.R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 309 334 320 356 328 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 618
Write 354
Mixed 306
SusWrite 314
88% 398 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 16.8
4K Mixed 18.3
70% 19.9 MB/s
DQ Read 355
DQ Write 41.5
DQ Mixed 70.2
84% 156 MB/s
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 172 167 143 169 169 MB/s
68.4% Good
Read 427
Write 424
Mixed 321
SusWrite 169
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 45.6
4K Mixed 25.1
90% 30.9 MB/s
DQ Read 281
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 152
156% 252 MB/s
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Typical Raid VD 256GB Builds (Compare 414 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 28%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7

CPU
Core i7-950Intel  $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples66x
Core i7-920Intel  $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples59x
Core i7 X 980Intel  $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples49x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples30x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples24x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples17x
SSD
Raid VD 256GBMarvellBench 83%, 66 samples1x
RAM
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples78x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples65x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples37x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $300

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