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RAID#1 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 270% (47th of 1072)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: Areca RAID#1
Poor: 214%Average: 270% Great: 338%

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Outstanding average bench

The Areca RAID#1 8TB averaged 169.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Areca RAID#1 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 3,175MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,886MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Areca RAID#1 8TB is 123%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Areca RAID#1 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 7.82MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 23MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 47270%
Min Avg Max
1,725 Read 2,886 4,062
588 Write 3,175 4,558
454 Mixed 558 708
441 SusWrite 656 910
404% 1,819 MB/s
Min Avg Max
57.1 4K Read 129 187
12.5 4K Write 122 169
0.1 4K Mixed 7.82 68.9
271% 86.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
278 DQ Read 484 654
52.3 DQ Write 561 714
6.9 DQ Mixed 23 108
156% 356 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
7.5TB free
Firmware: R001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1511 816 782 780 785 783 MB/s
338% Outstanding
Read 3,850
Write 3,970
Mixed 590
SusWrite 910
517% 2,330 MB/s
4K Read 187
4K Write 161
4K Mixed 9.4
381% 119 MB/s
DQ Read 498
DQ Write 664
DQ Mixed 18.4
171% 394 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: R001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1222 572 516 496 521 510 MB/s
321% Outstanding
Read 4,062
Write 4,158
Mixed 454
SusWrite 640
515% 2,328 MB/s
4K Read 174
4K Write 154
4K Mixed 4.5
350% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 509
DQ Write 665
DQ Mixed 19.4
173% 398 MB/s
7TB free
Firmware: R001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 858 752 757 754 751 757 MB/s
266% Outstanding
Read 2922
Write 3,113
Mixed 522
SusWrite 771
407% 1,832 MB/s
4K Read 147
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 2.3
298% 95.3 MB/s
DQ Read 528
DQ Write 533
DQ Mixed 15.4
153% 359 MB/s
5TB free
Firmware: R001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 839 557 716 701 719 663 MB/s
232% Outstanding
Read 2,764
Write 3,164
Mixed 491
SusWrite 699
396% 1,780 MB/s
4K Read 99.6
4K Write 93
4K Mixed 0.3
200% 64.3 MB/s
DQ Read 475
DQ Write 696
DQ Mixed 16.2
172% 396 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: R001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 513 620 533 537 511 MB/s
226% Outstanding
Read 2,877
Write 3,379
Mixed 637
SusWrite 527
412% 1,855 MB/s
4K Read 95.9
4K Write 93.1
4K Mixed 0.5
195% 63.2 MB/s
DQ Read 510
DQ Write 714
DQ Mixed 19.7
180% 414 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: R001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 421 445 418 452 454 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 1,725
Write 588
Mixed 454
SusWrite 441
175% 802 MB/s
4K Read 57.1
4K Write 12.5
4K Mixed 2
96% 23.9 MB/s
DQ Read 628
DQ Write 52.3
DQ Mixed 6.9
89% 229 MB/s
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Gaming 86%
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Desktop 77%
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Workstation 102%
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System: Asus Z10PE-D8 WS

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2630 v41stBench 65%, 987 samples20x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v31stBench 63%, 2,624 samples20x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2630 v31stBench 64%, 1,710 samples16x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples36x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples22x
GTX Titan XNvidia  $615Bench 75%, 15,621 samples19x
SSD
RAID#1 8TBArecaBench 270%, 13 samples1x
RAM
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples21x
9ASF1G72PZ-2G6D1 8x8GBMicronBench 92%, 150 samples12x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $485

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