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ServeRAID M5015 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 156% (146th of 1072)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: IBM ServeRAID M5015
Poor: 100%Average: 156% Great: 188%

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Outstanding average bench

The IBM ServeRAID M5015 8TB averaged 56.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the IBM ServeRAID M5015 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,750MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 1,649MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the IBM ServeRAID M5015 8TB is 88.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the IBM ServeRAID M5015 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 280MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 195MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 146156%
Min Avg Max
1,040 Read 1,572 2,019
1,272 Write 1,750 2,228
1,170 Mixed 1,649 2,145
85.4 SusWrite 280 395
295% 1,313 MB/s
Min Avg Max
43.9 4K Read 70.2 104
13.8 4K Write 56.6 87.1
0.7 4K Mixed 51.8 77.8
203% 59.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.5 DQ Read 195 240
15 DQ Write 187 237
10 DQ Mixed 182 228
139% 188 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5TB free
Firmware: 2.12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 327 325 324 328 323 MB/s
188% Outstanding
Read 1,789
Write 2,023
Mixed 1,924
SusWrite 330
341% 1,517 MB/s
4K Read 91.7
4K Write 77.8
4K Mixed 77.8
280% 82.4 MB/s
DQ Read 240
DQ Write 231
DQ Mixed 224
172% 232 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 2.12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 210 220 216 213 218 MB/s
186% Outstanding
Read 1,828
Write 2,117
Mixed 1,987
SusWrite 219
345% 1,538 MB/s
4K Read 104
4K Write 76
4K Mixed 74.5
293% 84.7 MB/s
DQ Read 240
DQ Write 230
DQ Mixed 228
173% 233 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 2.12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 216 219 216 215 218 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 1,528
Write 1,830
Mixed 1,618
SusWrite 221
292% 1,299 MB/s
4K Read 73.8
4K Write 57.8
4K Mixed 58.6
218% 63.4 MB/s
DQ Read 240
DQ Write 231
DQ Mixed 226
172% 232 MB/s
7.5TB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 379 379 377 379 378 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 1,502
Write 1,667
Mixed 1,624
SusWrite 382
291% 1,294 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 41.2
4K Mixed 42.2
142% 42.4 MB/s
DQ Read 239
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 224
171% 230 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 264 265 265 264 264 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 1,128
Write 1,299
Mixed 1,238
SusWrite 268
221% 983 MB/s
4K Read 67.1
4K Write 57.8
4K Mixed 59.4
208% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 222
DQ Mixed 216
165% 223 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 67 146 48 77 85 MB/s
99.7% Outstanding
Read 1,658
Write 1,689
Mixed 1,434
SusWrite 85.4
272% 1,217 MB/s
4K Read 58.6
4K Write 26.7
4K Mixed 0.7
104% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 9.5
DQ Write 20.1
DQ Mixed 10.2
9% 13.3 MB/s

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Typical ServeRAID M5015 8TB Builds (Compare 1,065 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 32%
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Motherboard: Asus P8P67 DELUXE - $100

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples585x
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples161x
Core i7-2600Intel  $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples106x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples76x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples60x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples60x
SSD
ServeRAID M5015 8TBIBMBench 156%, 10 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples50x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples40x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples25x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $619

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