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Raid VD 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 98.2% (262nd of 1072)

Based on 130 user benchmarks.  Model: MARVELL Raid VD
Poor: 61%Average: 98.2% Great: 126%

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Excellent average bench

The Marvell Raid VD 500GB averaged just 1.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Marvell Raid VD 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 193MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.7MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Marvell Raid VD 500GB is 64.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Marvell Raid VD 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 52.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 240MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 130 samples)
Rank 26298.2%
Min Avg Max
346 Read 602 746
168 Write 534 747
245 Mixed 500 756
89.8 SusWrite 395 601
114% 508 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.3 4K Read 29.7 38.9
31.8 4K Write 52.4 78.5
15.2 4K Mixed 32.8 46.2
115% 38.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.7 DQ Read 240 369
56.1 DQ Write 250 390
10.9 DQ Mixed 193 363
160% 228 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
412GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R
SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 492 487 551 575 523 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 631
Write 542
Mixed 474
SusWrite 532
122% 545 MB/s
4K Read 36.1
4K Write 64.2
4K Mixed 44.6
146% 48.3 MB/s
DQ Read 353
DQ Write 374
DQ Mixed 328
256% 352 MB/s
231GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 343 341 342 340 334 MB/s
85.2% Excellent
Read 533
Write 339
Mixed 304
SusWrite 338
84% 379 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 43.6
4K Mixed 31.4
107% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 314
DQ Write 137
DQ Mixed 226
167% 226 MB/s
233GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 211 198 207 208 216 MB/s
77.1% Very good
Read 569
Write 330
Mixed 394
SusWrite 211
84% 376 MB/s
4K Read 36.1
4K Write 25.4
4K Mixed 27.7
104% 29.7 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 107
DQ Mixed 230
167% 224 MB/s
233GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 229 333 257 236 229 MB/s
74.8% Very good
Read 564
Write 220
Mixed 277
SusWrite 250
72% 328 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 28.2
4K Mixed 25.1
89% 27 MB/s
DQ Read 311
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 215
159% 215 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,662,227 SSDs tested

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Workstation 10%
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System: HP Z800 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples318x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples188x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56701stBench 67%, 4,676 samples179x
GPU
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples161x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples87x
Quadro 5000NvidiaBench 10%, 751 samples67x
SSD
Raid VD 500GBMarvellBench 98%, 130 samples1x
RAM
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 samples23x
ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 ID:80 2C 36JSZF51272PZ1G4F1 JE... 82GBUnknownBench 53%, 67 samples19x
ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 ID:80 AD H... 130GBUnknownBench 53%, 67 samples15x
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