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Raid 5 Volume 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 93.4% (292nd of 1072)

Based on 41 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 5 Volume
Poor: 47%Average: 93.4% Great: 133%

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Excellent average bench

The Intel Raid 5 Volume 2TB averaged just 6.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 5 Volume 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 158MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 996MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 5 Volume 2TB is 86.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 5 Volume 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 25.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 243MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 41 samples)
Rank 29293.4%
Min Avg Max
241 Read 996 1,572
38.4 Write 243 744
82.7 Mixed 296 653
41.9 SusWrite 268 1,030
98.3% 451 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.7 4K Read 27.1 36.8
8.1 4K Write 25.1 107
6.4 4K Mixed 21.5 33.4
81.9% 24.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.3 DQ Read 430 868
17.3 DQ Write 125 292
8.4 DQ Mixed 158 442
147% 237 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
116GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 709 702 707 708 562 713 MB/s
132% Outstanding
Read 1,083
Write 211
Mixed 351
SusWrite 684
128% 582 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 23.2
4K Mixed 25.6
92% 26.5 MB/s
DQ Read 615
DQ Write 244
DQ Mixed 337
274% 399 MB/s
109GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 369 221 118 110 126 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 1,165
Write 256
Mixed 409
SusWrite 212
111% 510 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 23.8
4K Mixed 26.2
95% 27.4 MB/s
DQ Read 626
DQ Write 245
DQ Mixed 354
283% 408 MB/s
108GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 240 241 243 222 204 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 1,138
Write 234
Mixed 388
SusWrite 229
108% 497 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 23.4
4K Mixed 25.1
92% 26.7 MB/s
DQ Read 605
DQ Write 245
DQ Mixed 333
271% 394 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 324 355 373 370 367 MB/s
98% Outstanding
Read 993
Write 83.7
Mixed 321
SusWrite 336
94% 433 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 20.3
4K Mixed 22.2
83% 23.8 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 188
DQ Mixed 245
191% 268 MB/s
594GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 47 47 47 47 46 MB/s
77.8% Very good
Read 622
Write 43.2
Mixed 82.7
SusWrite 46.6
42% 199 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 18.8
4K Mixed 23.7
89% 24.9 MB/s
DQ Read 823
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 336
294% 457 MB/s
593GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 43 43 44 MB/s
64.7% Good
Read 473
Write 38.4
Mixed 83.1
SusWrite 41.9
34% 159 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 15
4K Mixed 19
71% 19.9 MB/s
DQ Read 772
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 314
276% 428 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 314 214 25 36 44 MB/s
38.3% Below average
Read 298
Write 80.8
Mixed 71.6
SusWrite 162
34% 153 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 10.2
4K Mixed 11.4
52% 14.1 MB/s
DQ Read 40.4
DQ Write 12.7
DQ Mixed 17.4
15% 23.5 MB/s
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Gaming 110%
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Desktop 91%
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Workstation 100%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-A - $132

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples5,964x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples2,116x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples933x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1,112x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,066x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples740x
SSD
Raid 5 Volume 2TBIntelBench 93%, 41 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples843x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples315x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples306x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $864

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