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Raid 0 Volume 488GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 315% (27th of 1072)

Based on 16 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 155%Average: 315% Great: 370%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 488GB averaged 214.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 0 Volume 488GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,673MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,328MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 488GB is 215%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 0 Volume 488GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 609MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)
Rank 27315%
Min Avg Max
988 Read 2,673 3,143
878 Write 2,328 2,827
502 Mixed 1,645 2,744
270 SusWrite 609 782
404% 1,814 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28 4K Read 48.3 66
76.8 4K Write 139 282
22.9 4K Mixed 37.1 58.8
194% 74.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
45.7 DQ Read 499 1,292
168 DQ Write 698 1,411
23.8 DQ Mixed 316 938
318% 504 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
285GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
352% Outstanding
Read 2,883
Write 2,787
Mixed 1,990
568% 2,553 MB/s
4K Read 59.6
4K Write 153
4K Mixed 31.5
211% 81.2 MB/s
DQ Read 59.7
DQ Write 168
DQ Mixed 33.7
49% 87.3 MB/s
277GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1104 617 618 628 627 626 MB/s
282% Outstanding
Read 2,924
Write 2,129
Mixed 710
SusWrite 703
357% 1,616 MB/s
4K Read 41.5
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 58.8
204% 75.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,292
DQ Write 1,360
DQ Mixed 938
813% 1,197 MB/s
265GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 703 630 638 641 637 637 MB/s
265% Outstanding
Read 2850
Write 2,109
Mixed 726
SusWrite 648
350% 1,583 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 39.9
182% 70.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,145
DQ Write 1,411
DQ Mixed 838
754% 1,131 MB/s
263GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1447 751 623 626 614 632 MB/s
242% Outstanding
Read 2,789
Write 1,825
Mixed 628
SusWrite 782
332% 1,506 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 76.8
4K Mixed 41.6
138% 49.1 MB/s
DQ Read 923
DQ Write 884
DQ Mixed 418
447% 742 MB/s
240GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 797 618 613 608 615 614 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 1,049
Write 878
Mixed 594
SusWrite 644
177% 791 MB/s
4K Read 39.7
4K Write 80.3
4K Mixed 48.7
165% 56.2 MB/s
DQ Read 453
DQ Write 540
DQ Mixed 475
364% 489 MB/s
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 835 264 133 142 119 128 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 988
Write 881
Mixed 502
SusWrite 270
147% 660 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 84.2
4K Mixed 53.2
182% 61 MB/s
DQ Read 392
DQ Write 402
DQ Mixed 336
269% 377 MB/s
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Gaming 107%
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Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples507x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples121x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples81x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples147x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples101x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples73x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 488GBIntelBench 315%, 16 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples45x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $715

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