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RAiD 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 48.2% (895th of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Model: RAiN RAiD
Poor: 44%Average: 48.2% Great: 51%

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Below average average bench

The Rain RAiD 240GB averaged 51.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 197MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 213MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 168MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 173MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 89548.2%
Min Avg Max
173 Read 211 238
146 Write 173 209
174 Mixed 193 209
151 SusWrite 168 189
41.9% 186 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.9 4K Read 9.77 12.8
40.4 4K Write 42.3 44.5
15 4K Mixed 18.8 22
61.3% 23.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
240 DQ Read 254 280
206 DQ Write 213 223
172 DQ Mixed 197 230
157% 221 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 163 144 143 138 141 MB/s
51% Above average
Read 238
Write 209
Mixed 198
SusWrite 151
45% 199 MB/s
4K Read 12.8
4K Write 44.5
4K Mixed 22
71% 26.4 MB/s
DQ Read 242
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 172
143% 207 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 181 200 196 191 206 MB/s
49.4% Average
Read 173
Write 146
Mixed 209
SusWrite 189
40% 179 MB/s
4K Read 10.6
4K Write 42
4K Mixed 19.4
63% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 280
DQ Write 223
DQ Mixed 189
158% 231 MB/s
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 178 159 179 170 152 MB/s
44.3% Average
Read 221
Write 166
Mixed 174
SusWrite 164
41% 181 MB/s
4K Read 5.9
4K Write 40.4
4K Mixed 15
50% 20.4 MB/s
DQ Read 240
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 230
171% 226 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,813,631 SSDs tested

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Typical RAiD 240GB Builds (Compare 1,582 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard

System: Dell Precision WorkStation T5500

CPU
Xeon X5650IntelBench 70%, 13,757 samples120x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples115x
CPU: Intel Xeon E56201stBench 58%, 5,965 samples96x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples84x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples82x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples61x
SSD
RAiD 240GBRainBench 48%, 3 samples1x
RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples246x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples119x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples117x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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