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Array 2 958GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 111% (211th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Array 2
Poor: 42%Average: 111% Great: 190%

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Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid Array 2 958GB averaged 10.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid Array 2 958GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 188MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 473MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Array 2 958GB is 148%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Array 2 958GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 16.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 21.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 211111%
Min Avg Max
18.6 Read 733 2,821
276 Write 898 3,996
12 Mixed 556 1,707
114 SusWrite 622 2,349
158% 702 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 16.3 27.9
8.6 4K Write 63.2 148
1.4 4K Mixed 21.5 45
85.8% 33.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.6 DQ Read 235 817
39.8 DQ Write 473 922
1.2 DQ Mixed 188 788
190% 299 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
237GB free
Firmware: 9.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 205 33 51 113 94 MB/s
64.3% Good
Read 830
Write 766
Mixed 88.5
SusWrite 153
101% 459 MB/s
4K Read 12
4K Write 10.5
4K Mixed 5.4
31% 9.3 MB/s
DQ Read 210
DQ Write 370
DQ Mixed 59.7
110% 213 MB/s
424GB free
Firmware: 9.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 364 364 365 368 367 MB/s
54.1% Above average
Read 377
Write 424
Mixed 224
SusWrite 363
78% 347 MB/s
4K Read 10.9
4K Write 20.5
4K Mixed 13.2
44% 14.9 MB/s
DQ Read 43.9
DQ Write 92.6
DQ Mixed 25
31% 53.8 MB/s
338GB free
Firmware: 9.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 70 158 224 170 265 MB/s
38.9% Below average
Read 331
Write 415
Mixed 282
SusWrite 176
68% 301 MB/s
4K Read 13.1
4K Write 10.2
4K Mixed 10.3
38% 11.2 MB/s
DQ Read 54.3
DQ Write 90
DQ Mixed 25.7
33% 56.7 MB/s
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Gaming 79%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS PRO-CF

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples883x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples631x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples460x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples285x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples254x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples241x
SSD
Array 2 958GBAmd-raidBench 111%, 50 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples241x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples221x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples218x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $408

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