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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 12.7% (1068th of 1072)

Based on 27 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID ST8000AS0002-1NA
Poor: 8%Average: 12.7% Great: 16%

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Terrible average bench

The Amd-raid ST8000AS0002-1NA 8TB averaged 87.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 129MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 127MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid ST8000AS0002-1NA 8TB is just 7.82%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Amd-raid ST8000AS0002-1NA 8TB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 0.63MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 0.67MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 27 samples)
Rank 106812.7%
Min Avg Max
6.2 Read 53.2 113
34.3 Write 127 186
15.5 Mixed 32.6 116
10.5 SusWrite 129 179
19.5% 85.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.75 1.6
8.1 4K Write 12.5 14.4
0.2 4K Mixed 0.35 0.72
8.17% 4.52 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 DQ Read 0.63 1.93
4.8 DQ Write 9.82 11.8
0.3 DQ Mixed 0.67 1.4
1.87% 3.71 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: AR17
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 130 127 128 127 MB/s
13.9% Very poor
Read 93.9
Write 143
Mixed 69.5
SusWrite 126
24% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 12.8
4K Mixed 0.3
8% 4.53 MB/s
DQ Read 0.5
DQ Write 8.9
DQ Mixed 0.4
2% 3.27 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: RT17
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 165 166 165 165 165 MB/s
13.7% Very poor
Read 48.7
Write 124
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 164
21% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 8.1
4K Mixed 0.3
6% 3.07 MB/s
DQ Read 0.5
DQ Write 5.9
DQ Mixed 0.4
1% 2.27 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: AR17
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 133 135 136 131 MB/s
13.6% Very poor
Read 74.1
Write 110
Mixed 54.8
SusWrite 130
21% 92.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 14.3
4K Mixed 0.3
9% 5.1 MB/s
DQ Read 0.6
DQ Write 10.7
DQ Mixed 0.4
2% 3.9 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: AR13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 168 174 168 155 155 MB/s
13.3% Very poor
Read 17
Write 112
Mixed 52
SusWrite 165
20% 86.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 13.9
4K Mixed 0.3
9% 4.93 MB/s
DQ Read 0.6
DQ Write 10.6
DQ Mixed 0.8
2% 4 MB/s
725GB free
Firmware: AR13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 98 97 102 94 85 MB/s
11.7% Very poor
Read 78.2
Write 34.3
Mixed 21.3
SusWrite 97.2
13% 57.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 13.6
4K Mixed 0.3
9% 4.87 MB/s
DQ Read 0.5
DQ Write 10.7
DQ Mixed 0.4
2% 3.87 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: AR13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 101 88 106 101 96 MB/s
8.26% Terrible
Read 19
Write 61.2
Mixed 18
SusWrite 88.6
11% 46.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 11.5
4K Mixed 0.2
7% 4.1 MB/s
DQ Read 0.4
DQ Write 4.8
DQ Mixed 0.6
1% 1.93 MB/s
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Desktop 97%
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Workstation 199%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) - $400

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples841x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD  $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples580x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples473x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples378x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples359x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples347x
SSD
ST8000AS0002-1NA 8TBAmd-raidBench 13%, 27 samples1x
RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples166x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples99x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples57x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $1,570

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