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Raid VD 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 85.8% (391st of 1072)

Based on 42 user benchmarks.  Model: MARVELL Raid VD
Poor: 46%Average: 85.8% Great: 116%

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Very good average bench

The Marvell Raid VD 960GB averaged just 14.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Marvell Raid VD 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 87.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 584MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Marvell Raid VD 960GB is 70.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Marvell Raid VD 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 44.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 198MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42 samples)
Rank 39185.8%
Min Avg Max
186 Read 584 1,528
120 Write 499 1,103
137 Mixed 464 801
67 SusWrite 368 1,003
107% 479 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.7 4K Read 22.1 41.2
15.8 4K Write 44.2 88.6
1.8 4K Mixed 19.7 53.3
82.2% 28.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.5 DQ Read 198 751
26.7 DQ Write 212 670
3.1 DQ Mixed 87.7 530
98.4% 166 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
686GB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1221 955 949 962 963 966 MB/s
209% Outstanding
Read 1,528
Write 1,103
Mixed 801
SusWrite 1,003
248% 1,109 MB/s
4K Read 41.2
4K Write 88.6
4K Mixed 53.3
178% 61 MB/s
DQ Read 751
DQ Write 670
DQ Mixed 530
447% 651 MB/s
192GB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 674 557 626 184 243 409 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 761
Write 669
Mixed 542
SusWrite 449
136% 605 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 55.8
4K Mixed 31.8
109% 37.7 MB/s
DQ Read 283
DQ Write 374
DQ Mixed 253
212% 303 MB/s
364GB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 289 317 322 484 445 MB/s
78.1% Very good
Read 493
Write 278
Mixed 296
SusWrite 413
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 43.5
4K Mixed 23
91% 30.7 MB/s
DQ Read 106
DQ Write 132
DQ Mixed 98.2
80% 112 MB/s
441GB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 610 303 423 509 341 585 MB/s
69.3% Good
Read 396
Write 169
Mixed 162
SusWrite 462
66% 297 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 36.7
4K Mixed 18.8
76% 25.7 MB/s
DQ Read 47.3
DQ Write 48.8
DQ Mixed 45.3
35% 47.1 MB/s
364GB free
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 615 293 415 517 312 579 MB/s
61.1% Good
Read 305
Write 177
Mixed 162
SusWrite 455
62% 275 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 29.4
4K Mixed 14.2
63% 20.9 MB/s
DQ Read 49.9
DQ Write 54.5
DQ Mixed 45.4
36% 49.9 MB/s
215GB free
Firmware: MV.R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 581 39 45 15 41 107 MB/s
48.2% Average
Read 308
Write 161
Mixed 144
SusWrite 138
42% 188 MB/s
4K Read 19.9
4K Write 32.8
4K Mixed 15.7
68% 22.8 MB/s
DQ Read 26.2
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 203
144% 175 MB/s
852GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 25 54 5 162 243 MB/s
43.9% Average
Read 381
Write 325
Mixed 258
SusWrite 126
61% 272 MB/s
4K Read 13.2
4K Write 29.7
4K Mixed 11.9
51% 18.3 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 112
DQ Mixed 63.9
65% 106 MB/s
802GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 4.3 8.7 39 213 7.4 MB/s
29.9% Poor
Read 293
Write 225
Mixed 238
SusWrite 67
46% 206 MB/s
4K Read 8.7
4K Write 28.5
4K Mixed 9.8
41% 15.7 MB/s
DQ Read 24.5
DQ Write 49.9
DQ Mixed 25.4
23% 33.3 MB/s
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Gaming 23%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 23%
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System: HP Z600 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples297x
CPU: Intel Xeon E56201stBench 58%, 5,965 samples272x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples253x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples143x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples130x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples123x
SSD
Raid VD 960GBMarvellBench 86%, 42 samples1x
RAM
ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF ID:01 98 9965432-082.A00LF 58GBUnknownBench 42%, 53 samples21x
ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B1K70CH0-CH9 82GBUnknownBench 49%, 141 samples20x
ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M393B5170FH0-CH9 58GBUnknownBench 50%, 261 samples17x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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