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Raid 0 Volume 243GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 91.8% (307th of 1072)

Based on 354 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 57%Average: 91.8% Great: 145%

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Excellent average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 243GB averaged just 8.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 0 Volume 243GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 148MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 766MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 243GB is 88.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 0 Volume 243GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 276MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 343MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 354 samples)
Rank 30791.8%
Min Avg Max
336 Read 766 1,069
92.2 Write 404 844
108 Mixed 343 681
60.8 SusWrite 276 691
99% 447 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.1 4K Read 23.9 34.5
27.2 4K Write 67.4 138
10.3 4K Mixed 24.9 38.8
104% 38.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.3 DQ Read 252 427
71.5 DQ Write 240 423
12.9 DQ Mixed 148 325
138% 213 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
125GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 481 521 561 522 525 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 1,056
Write 621
Mixed 425
SusWrite 513
145% 654 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 38.5
4K Mixed 27.6
92% 29.9 MB/s
DQ Read 238
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 204
159% 218 MB/s
47GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 598 370 269 162 168 176 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 995
Write 270
Mixed 590
SusWrite 290
118% 537 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 50.2
4K Mixed 33.1
107% 36 MB/s
DQ Read 342
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 271
219% 309 MB/s
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 42 179 135 92 102 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 1,041
Write 758
Mixed 494
SusWrite 119
133% 603 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 77
4K Mixed 29.5
131% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 190
DQ Write 433
DQ Mixed 83.8
129% 236 MB/s
47GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 154 186 160 176 156 MB/s
82.1% Excellent
Read 716
Write 205
Mixed 283
SusWrite 185
76% 347 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 48.7
4K Mixed 33.1
97% 33.7 MB/s
DQ Read 342
DQ Write 165
DQ Mixed 264
193% 257 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 345 289 170 171 244 MB/s
60% Above average
Read 622
Write 231
Mixed 250
SusWrite 249
75% 338 MB/s
4K Read 12.1
4K Write 13.4
4K Mixed 14.5
44% 13.3 MB/s
DQ Read 195
DQ Write 77.8
DQ Mixed 89
78% 120 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 47 42 42 37 42 MB/s
50.2% Above average
Read 326
Write 163
Mixed 186
SusWrite 50.5
40% 181 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 42.5
4K Mixed 18.8
82% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 286
DQ Write 137
DQ Mixed 126
116% 183 MB/s
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Typical Raid 0 Volume 243GB Builds (Compare 1,419 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 53%
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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples388x
Core i7-4930KIntel  $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples92x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples98x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples84x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 243GBIntelBench 92%, 354 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples34x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $787

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