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Raid 1 Volume 973GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 116% (196th of 1072)

Based on 58 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 61%Average: 116% Great: 231%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 973GB averaged 15.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 1 Volume 973GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 259MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 885MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 973GB is 170%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 973GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 60.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 488MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 58 samples)
Rank 196116%
Min Avg Max
320 Read 885 1,582
193 Write 560 1,761
179 Mixed 488 1,474
77.8 SusWrite 504 1,459
136% 609 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.6 4K Read 26.7 63.1
13.5 4K Write 60.9 118
13.5 4K Mixed 30.9 65.4
112% 39.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.5 DQ Read 406 1,248
66.5 DQ Write 319 923
14.2 DQ Mixed 259 814
222% 328 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
777GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 784 1212 1180 1457 1397 1524 MB/s
207% Outstanding
Read 1,601
Write 1,533
Mixed 1,536
SusWrite 1,259
334% 1,482 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 64.3
4K Mixed 50.6
163% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 405
DQ Mixed 334
255% 340 MB/s
906GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 272 272 266 266 257 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 1514
Write 312
Mixed 502
SusWrite 267
141% 649 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 11.6
4K Mixed 16.1
71% 18.9 MB/s
DQ Read 922
DQ Write 538
DQ Mixed 826
589% 762 MB/s
144GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 440 448 458 457 459 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 1,038
Write 410
Mixed 494
SusWrite 450
132% 598 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 51
4K Mixed 21
102% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 403
DQ Write 221
DQ Mixed 272
213% 298 MB/s
847GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 299 318 325 313 341 MB/s
96.1% Outstanding
Read 955
Write 352
Mixed 307
SusWrite 322
106% 484 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 35.7
4K Mixed 26.2
84% 27.5 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 151
DQ Mixed 217
174% 252 MB/s
338GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 228 230 235 236 236 MB/s
67.7% Good
Read 482
Write 225
Mixed 254
SusWrite 220
66% 295 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 44.7
4K Mixed 24.6
84% 29.4 MB/s
DQ Read 221
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 185
143% 195 MB/s
735GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 195 222 226 224 226 MB/s
64.5% Good
Read 541
Write 238
Mixed 177
SusWrite 219
65% 294 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 30.2
4K Mixed 20
67% 22.4 MB/s
DQ Read 209
DQ Write 176
DQ Mixed 172
134% 186 MB/s
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Gaming 33%
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Desktop 77%
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Workstation 29%
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System: HP Z4 G4 Workstation

CPU
Xeon W-2123IntelBench 70%, 2,702 samples632x
Xeon W-2133IntelBench 77%, 1,612 samples306x
Xeon W-2125IntelBench 78%, 1,514 samples291x
GPU
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples368x
Quadro P4000NvidiaBench 67%, 12,628 samples346x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples328x
SSD
Raid 1 Volume 973GBIntelBench 116%, 58 samples1x
RAM
M393A1K43BB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 370 samples90x
M393A1K43BB1-CTD 4x8GBSamsungBench 81%, 410 samples88x
M393A2K40CB2-CVF 2x16GBSamsungBench 57%, 150 samples65x
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