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Raid 5 Volume 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 132% (176th of 1072)

Based on 31 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 5 Volume
Poor: 51%Average: 132% Great: 267%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 5 Volume 6TB averaged 31.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 5 Volume 6TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 331MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 680MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 5 Volume 6TB is 215%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 5 Volume 6TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 54.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 374MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 31 samples)
Rank 176132%
Min Avg Max
171 Read 1,185 3,650
11 Write 399 1,277
122 Mixed 554 1,606
52.2 SusWrite 374 1,413
138% 628 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.2 4K Read 39.3 78.1
17.6 4K Write 54.1 122
11.8 4K Mixed 38.9 65.5
138% 44.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
40.3 DQ Read 680 2,303
66.3 DQ Write 260 529
36 DQ Mixed 331 839
282% 424 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
653GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6.4 6.4 7.3 9.3 16 MB/s
618% Outstanding
Read 7,813
Write 6,257
Mixed 6,631
SusWrite 8.6
1,152% 5,177 MB/s
4K Read 411
4K Write 99.9
4K Mixed 153
871% 221 MB/s
DQ Read 2,126
DQ Write 166
DQ Mixed 318
441% 870 MB/s
5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1593 1663 1662 1696 1615 1423 MB/s
310% Outstanding
Read 2,293
Write 1,305
Mixed 1,677
SusWrite 1,608
385% 1,721 MB/s
4K Read 64.9
4K Write 48.4
4K Mixed 54.2
193% 55.8 MB/s
DQ Read 2116
DQ Write 625
DQ Mixed 1,026
846% 1,255 MB/s
5.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1641 1650 1662 1653 1614 1370 MB/s
298% Outstanding
Read 2401
Write 1,332
Mixed 1,664
SusWrite 1,598
391% 1,749 MB/s
4K Read 52.6
4K Write 40.4
4K Mixed 45.7
160% 46.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,915
DQ Write 569
DQ Mixed 752
682% 1,079 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 204 204 204 194 189 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 758
Write 152
Mixed 270
SusWrite 200
75% 345 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 26.9
4K Mixed 33.3
118% 33.5 MB/s
DQ Read 848
DQ Write 148
DQ Mixed 222
233% 406 MB/s
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Typical Raid 5 Volume 6TB Builds (Compare 15,638 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 208%
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Desktop
Desktop 111%
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Workstation
Workstation 229%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 - $198

CPU
Core i7-12700KIntel  $242Bench 114%, 78,749 samples6,748x
Core i5-12600KIntel  $179Bench 109%, 101,563 samples2,674x
Core i9-12900KIntel  $324Bench 117%, 66,991 samples2,433x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,773x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples1,598x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,566x
SSD
Raid 5 Volume 6TBIntelBench 132%, 31 samples1x
RAM
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples628x
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-16GVK 2x16GBGBench 94%, 11,497 samples499x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples452x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $1,350

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