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Raid 1 Volume 960GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 93.8% (290th of 1072)

Based on 116 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 1 Volume
Poor: 48%Average: 93.8% Great: 155%

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Excellent average bench

The Intel Raid 1 Volume 960GB averaged just 6.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 1 Volume 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 188MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 803MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 1 Volume 960GB is 106%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 1 Volume 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 315MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 376MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 116 samples)
Rank 29093.8%
Min Avg Max
261 Read 803 1,607
112 Write 376 799
122 Mixed 383 771
80.1 SusWrite 315 792
104% 469 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.81 4K Read 22.3 33.5
16.1 4K Write 58.5 95.7
4.76 4K Mixed 22.9 38.3
94.1% 34.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.3 DQ Read 323 733
62.7 DQ Write 231 372
9.64 DQ Mixed 188 408
165% 248 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
100GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 372 394 398 398 400 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 986
Write 386
Mixed 249
SusWrite 388
110% 502 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 53.3
4K Mixed 26.7
101% 35.1 MB/s
DQ Read 411
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 246
210% 311 MB/s
100GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 394 374 183 40 357 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 1,030
Write 422
Mixed 237
SusWrite 292
108% 495 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 57.2
4K Mixed 30.3
108% 37.8 MB/s
DQ Read 414
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 227
198% 299 MB/s
673GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 381 381 382 382 382 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 661
Write 384
Mixed 380
SusWrite 381
101% 451 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 90.9
4K Mixed 32.3
132% 50.5 MB/s
DQ Read 463
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 29.2
99% 224 MB/s
832GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 417 451 427 428 435 MB/s
98.9% Outstanding
Read 535
Write 363
Mixed 403
SusWrite 432
97% 433 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 55.4
4K Mixed 36.9
123% 40.9 MB/s
DQ Read 239
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 263
206% 280 MB/s
390GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 119 171 162 45 130 MB/s
78.4% Very good
Read 636
Write 443
Mixed 418
SusWrite 174
93% 418 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 76
4K Mixed 19.6
106% 40.9 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 59.3
98% 185 MB/s
205GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 44 3.7 3.8 4.5 5.1 MB/s
63% Good
Read 538
Write 190
Mixed 288
SusWrite 43.9
58% 265 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 48.5
4K Mixed 21.3
87% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 58.4
103% 206 MB/s
847GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 345 327 332 334 336 MB/s
46.8% Average
Read 171
Write 376
Mixed 201
SusWrite 321
61% 267 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 13.8
4K Mixed 18.7
60% 17.1 MB/s
DQ Read 41.4
DQ Write 30
DQ Mixed 37.8
28% 36.4 MB/s
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 159 39 0.2 2.9 6.8 MB/s
26.7% Poor
Read 407
Write 231
Mixed 163
SusWrite 38.7
46% 210 MB/s
4K Read 9.5
4K Write 18.9
4K Mixed 0
24% 9.47 MB/s
DQ Read 72
DQ Write 0.1
DQ Mixed 0.2
9% 24.1 MB/s
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Workstation 15%
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System: Lenovo 11363A1

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2637 v21stBench 73%, 400 samples1x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2630 01stBench 60%, 1,235 samples1x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2695 v21stBench 62%, 378 samples1x
GPU
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples1x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples1x
GTX 650Nvidia  $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples1x
SSD
Raid 1 Volume 960GBIntelBench 94%, 116 samples2x
RAM
HMT31GR7EFR4C 8x8GBHynixBench 106%, 28 samples2x
M393B2G70DB0- 8x16GBSamsungBench 93%, 35 samples1x
M393B2K70CM0- 4x16GBSamsungBench 77%, 51 samples1x
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