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Raid 1 Volume 243GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 88% (359th of 1072)

Based on 100 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 54%Average: 88% Great: 125%

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Very good average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 243GB averaged just 11.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 1 Volume 243GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 137MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 794MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 243GB is 70.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 243GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 223MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 307MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 100 samples)
Rank 35988%
Min Avg Max
399 Read 794 1,071
84.2 Write 307 498
138 Mixed 341 630
37.8 SusWrite 223 405
91.6% 416 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.4 4K Read 24 37.2
27.9 4K Write 58.8 107
6.39 4K Mixed 25.1 46.2
99.6% 36 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.8 DQ Read 261 471
55.6 DQ Write 190 319
7.85 DQ Mixed 137 313
126% 196 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
226GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 430 425 423 426 426 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 1,100
Write 477
Mixed 303
SusWrite 431
127% 578 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 71.5
4K Mixed 24.5
105% 39.9 MB/s
DQ Read 172
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 148
125% 180 MB/s
226GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 427 425 419 425 427 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 1,109
Write 478
Mixed 298
SusWrite 430
127% 579 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 71.4
4K Mixed 24.3
103% 39.4 MB/s
DQ Read 126
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 160
124% 168 MB/s
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 248 247 230 260 296 MB/s
83.2% Excellent
Read 827
Write 234
Mixed 262
SusWrite 251
86% 394 MB/s
4K Read 17.3
4K Write 30.6
4K Mixed 20.9
69% 22.9 MB/s
DQ Read 394
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 240
194% 278 MB/s
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 213 217 217 216 216 MB/s
53.7% Above average
Read 395
Write 211
Mixed 241
SusWrite 215
59% 266 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 38
4K Mixed 11.7
62% 22.5 MB/s
DQ Read 152
DQ Write 141
DQ Mixed 0.6
41% 98.1 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 13%
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Desktop
Desktop 68%
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Workstation
Workstation 12%
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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel  $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples1,501x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel  $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples779x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel  $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples688x
GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples496x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples307x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples261x
SSD
Raid 1 Volume 243GBIntelBench 88%, 100 samples1x
RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples56x
9JSF51272AZ-1G9E2 4x4GBMicronBench 78%, 366 samples55x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $345

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