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Raid 0 Volume 960GB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 127% (183rd of 1072)

Based on 3,595 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid 0 Volume
Poor: 54%Average: 127% Great: 291%

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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB averaged 26.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 284MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,012MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB is 237%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 492MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 72.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,595 samples)
Rank 183127%
Min Avg Max
320 Read 1,012 2,618
141 Write 719 2,203
34.8 Mixed 492 1,519
119 SusWrite 508 1,169
152% 683 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.1 4K Read 28.5 47.4
18.8 4K Write 72.4 129
1.2 4K Mixed 30.9 68.6
121% 43.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
37.4 DQ Read 391 1,225
26.8 DQ Write 430 910
1.28 DQ Mixed 284 991
249% 368 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
833GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1318 491 492 484 489 494 MB/s
300% Outstanding
Read 2,780
Write 3,332
Mixed 2,302
SusWrite 628
507% 2,261 MB/s
4K Read 59
4K Write 202
4K Mixed 86.3
307% 116 MB/s
DQ Read 1395
DQ Write 1,096
DQ Mixed 1,146
884% 1,212 MB/s
389GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1435 482 491 492 492 483 MB/s
293% Outstanding
Read 2917
Write 3,219
Mixed 934
SusWrite 646
429% 1,929 MB/s
4K Read 59.7
4K Write 201
4K Mixed 81.9
302% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 1,294
DQ Write 698
DQ Mixed 1,137
807% 1,043 MB/s
482GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 757 756 732 754 757 753 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 1,028
Write 759
Mixed 360
SusWrite 752
162% 725 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 64.8
4K Mixed 21.8
97% 36.4 MB/s
DQ Read 183
DQ Write 468
DQ Mixed 47.7
116% 233 MB/s
862GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 551 664 666 178 176 175 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 780
Write 434
Mixed 493
SusWrite 402
118% 527 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 57.7
4K Mixed 32.4
115% 39.5 MB/s
DQ Read 405
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 368
276% 369 MB/s
880GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 476 508 177 211 328 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 1,018
Write 709
Mixed 359
SusWrite 407
138% 623 MB/s
4K Read 19.9
4K Write 45
4K Mixed 19.1
78% 28 MB/s
DQ Read 183
DQ Write 595
DQ Mixed 97.9
159% 292 MB/s
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 642 650 503 92 111 98 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 732
Write 718
Mixed 558
SusWrite 349
132% 589 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 80.9
4K Mixed 38.7
141% 50.6 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 226
181% 252 MB/s
314GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 175 169 132 131 131 MB/s
62.4% Good
Read 476
Write 314
Mixed 285
SusWrite 160
69% 309 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 21.5
4K Mixed 23
76% 22.6 MB/s
DQ Read 314
DQ Write 132
DQ Mixed 160
135% 202 MB/s
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Gaming 77%
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Desktop 84%
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Workstation
Workstation 78%
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Motherboard: Asrock X299 Taichi

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel  $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples57x
Core i7-7800XIntel  $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples42x
Core i9-7900XIntel  $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples34x
GPU
GTX 1070-TiNvidia  $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples30x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples27x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples23x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 960GBIntelBench 127%, 3,595 samples1x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples49x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples24x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples21x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $674

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