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Areca

RAID#2 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 461% (4th of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Model: Areca RAID#2
Poor: 263%Average: 461% Great: 563%

Outstanding average bench

The Areca RAID#2 8TB averaged 360.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Areca RAID#2 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 4,029MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 3,539MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 81.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 76.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 4461%
Min Avg Max
3,042 Read 3,539 3,863
3,200 Write 4,029 4,605
528 Mixed 664 775
781 SusWrite 781 781
501% 2,253 MB/s
Min Avg Max
126 4K Read 141 151
139 4K Write 144 152
5.5 4K Mixed 69.3 112
380% 118 MB/s
Min Avg Max
34 DQ Read 81.2 127
298 DQ Write 424 501
18.2 DQ Mixed 76.1 151
110% 194 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
6.5TB free
Firmware: R001 Max speed: n/a
597% Outstanding
Read 4,644
Write 5,186
Mixed 1,951
872% 3,927 MB/s
4K Read 144
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 10.5
302% 96.1 MB/s
DQ Read 263
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 13.5
92% 208 MB/s
683GB free
Firmware: R001 Max speed: n/a
563% Outstanding
Read 3,863
Write 4,605
Mixed 689
676% 3,052 MB/s
4K Read 126
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 90.8
383% 120 MB/s
DQ Read 34
DQ Write 501
DQ Mixed 59.2
108% 198 MB/s
252GB free
Firmware: R001 Max speed: PIO DMA 16 MB/s
557% Outstanding
Read 3,712
Write 4,281
Mixed 775
647% 2,923 MB/s
4K Read 151
4K Write 152
4K Mixed 112
453% 138 MB/s
DQ Read 127
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 151
133% 192 MB/s
7.5TB free
Firmware: R001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 908 743 761 758 761 756 MB/s
263% Outstanding
Read 3,042
Write 3,200
Mixed 528
SusWrite 781
419% 1,888 MB/s
4K Read 147
4K Write 139
4K Mixed 5.5
303% 97.1 MB/s
DQ Read 82.8
DQ Write 474
DQ Mixed 18.2
90% 192 MB/s

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