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RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 8TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 135% (173rd of 1072)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G
Poor: 125%Average: 135% Great: 155%

Outstanding average bench

The LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 8TB averaged 34.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 68.1MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 211MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 8TB is 29.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 8TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 315MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 224MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 173135%
Min Avg Max
934 Read 1,022 1,096
963 Write 1,040 1,113
923 Mixed 1,008 1,099
253 SusWrite 315 358
190% 846 MB/s
Min Avg Max
59.8 4K Read 68.1 91
52.7 4K Write 58.8 76.8
52.1 4K Mixed 59.2 77.6
210% 62 MB/s
Min Avg Max
218 DQ Read 224 231
208 DQ Write 214 222
204 DQ Mixed 211 217
160% 216 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
7.5TB free
Firmware: 2.90
SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 305 304 301 303 305 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 1,020
Write 968
Mixed 968
SusWrite 305
183% 815 MB/s
4K Read 91
4K Write 76.8
4K Mixed 77.6
278% 81.8 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 208
DQ Mixed 207
157% 211 MB/s
7TB free
Firmware: 2.90
SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 349 355 368 367 356 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 1,096
Write 1,113
Mixed 1,099
SusWrite 358
206% 917 MB/s
4K Read 66.4
4K Write 56.1
4K Mixed 56.9
203% 59.8 MB/s
DQ Read 231
DQ Write 219
DQ Mixed 216
164% 222 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 2.90
SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 321 319 294 324 324 MB/s
134% Outstanding
Read 1063
Write 1100
Mixed 1,073
SusWrite 319
200% 889 MB/s
4K Read 65.8
4K Write 56.3
4K Mixed 55.9
201% 59.3 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 214
164% 221 MB/s
7TB free
Firmware: 2.90
SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 251 264 253 251 248 MB/s
129% Outstanding
Read 1,077
Write 1,110
Mixed 1,057
SusWrite 253
196% 874 MB/s
4K Read 63.3
4K Write 56.4
4K Mixed 55.5
197% 58.4 MB/s
DQ Read 228
DQ Write 222
DQ Mixed 217
165% 222 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 2.90
SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 317 325 324 324 303 MB/s
127% Outstanding
Read 934
Write 963
Mixed 927
SusWrite 320
176% 786 MB/s
4K Read 62.5
4K Write 54.4
4K Mixed 56.9
196% 57.9 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 208
DQ Mixed 204
156% 210 MB/s
7TB free
Firmware: 2.90
SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 365 349 319 343 285 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 944
Write 988
Mixed 923
SusWrite 334
179% 797 MB/s
4K Read 59.8
4K Write 52.7
4K Mixed 52.1
185% 54.9 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 206
157% 212 MB/s

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