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Raid 5 Volume 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 122% (187th of 1071)

Based on 64 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 5 Volume
Poor: 58%Average: 122% Great: 207%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 5 Volume 500GB averaged 22.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 5 Volume 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,444MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 180MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 5 Volume 500GB is 149%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 5 Volume 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 32.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 231MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 64 samples)
Rank 187122%
Min Avg Max
479 Read 1,444 3,005
61.9 Write 372 855
119 Mixed 471 1,096
69.4 SusWrite 231 612
137% 630 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.9 4K Read 37.9 50.8
11.9 4K Write 32.6 118
8.2 4K Mixed 25.5 50.2
107% 32 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.9 DQ Read 441 844
20.3 DQ Write 170 412
11.3 DQ Mixed 180 456
166% 264 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
418GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 249 115 55 47 44 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 1,538
Write 200
Mixed 351
SusWrite 125
119% 554 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 26.7
4K Mixed 30.4
112% 32.1 MB/s
DQ Read 490
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 255
212% 314 MB/s
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 173 173 174 238 233 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 1,254
Write 169
Mixed 201
SusWrite 205
98% 457 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 18.6
4K Mixed 19.2
76% 21.8 MB/s
DQ Read 631
DQ Write 175
DQ Mixed 194
197% 333 MB/s
76GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 247 178 180 320 176 MB/s
99.1% Outstanding
Read 1,230
Write 106
Mixed 147
SusWrite 225
91% 427 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 19.6
4K Mixed 24.5
83% 23.8 MB/s
DQ Read 317
DQ Write 150
DQ Mixed 189
152% 219 MB/s
42GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 205 94 2.2 34 22 MB/s
36.2% Below average
Read 365
Write 150
Mixed 205
SusWrite 89.5
45% 202 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 10.4
4K Mixed 0.7
41% 11.3 MB/s
DQ Read 235
DQ Write 1
DQ Mixed 5.9
32% 80.7 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 62%
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Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,023x
Core i7-2600Intel  $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,568x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples933x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,141x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,040x
SSD
Raid 5 Volume 500GBIntelBench 122%, 64 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples517x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297

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