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Raid 1 Volume 487GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 89.2% (341st of 1072)

Based on 114 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 47%Average: 89.2% Great: 127%

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Very good average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 487GB averaged just 10.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 1 Volume 487GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 144MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 801MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 487GB is 79.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 487GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 240MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 304MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 114 samples)
Rank 34189.2%
Min Avg Max
347 Read 801 1,079
52.6 Write 304 478
89.6 Mixed 314 635
39.3 SusWrite 240 470
91.2% 415 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.9 4K Read 25.3 38
13.4 4K Write 51.7 109
9.56 4K Mixed 27.2 50
101% 34.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.7 DQ Read 279 458
30.3 DQ Write 177 329
11.7 DQ Mixed 144 307
130% 200 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
317GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 862 833 697 688 685 739 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 783
Write 684
Mixed 560
SusWrite 751
156% 694 MB/s
4K Read 7.8
4K Write 8.5
4K Mixed 8
27% 8.1 MB/s
DQ Read 726
DQ Write 700
DQ Mixed 769
562% 731 MB/s
321GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 892 762 695 716 706 706 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 789
Write 669
Mixed 565
SusWrite 746
156% 692 MB/s
4K Read 7.8
4K Write 8.2
4K Mixed 8
26% 8 MB/s
DQ Read 712
DQ Write 711
DQ Mixed 789
571% 737 MB/s
367GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 45 42 42 41 43 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 1,469
Write 95.8
Mixed 216
SusWrite 46.7
97% 457 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 36.3
4K Mixed 27.8
98% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 57.5
DQ Mixed 108
104% 172 MB/s
263GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 245 229 241 231 246 MB/s
91.1% Outstanding
Read 913
Write 374
Mixed 200
SusWrite 235
94% 430 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 52.4
4K Mixed 24.9
96% 33.8 MB/s
DQ Read 251
DQ Write 241
DQ Mixed 173
150% 222 MB/s
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Typical Raid 1 Volume 487GB Builds (Compare 124 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 30%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 27%
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Motherboard: MSI Big Bang-XPower II (MS-7737) - $305

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples38x
Core i7-4930KIntel  $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples25x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples17x
GPU
GTX 680Nvidia  $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples8x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples7x
GTX 770Nvidia  $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples6x
SSD
Raid 1 Volume 487GBIntelBench 89%, 114 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 78%, 249 samples5x
Dominator DDR3 4x8GBCorsairBench 113%, 17 samples4x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 8x8GBG.SKILLBench 81%, 72 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $945

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