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Effective Speed -664%Effective Speed -664%Average Score -1,133%Read -708%, Write -2,140%, 4K Read -116%, 4K Write -633%, Mixed -673%, 4K Mixed -261%, SusWrite -3,398%Peak Score -1,058%Read -885%, Write -1,246%, 4K Read -169%, 4K Write -711%, Mixed -747%, 4K Mixed -304%, SusWrite -3,341%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1,039%DQ Read -1,196%, DQ Write -1,175%, DQ Mixed -1,219%, ADQ Read -1,071%, ADQ Write -956%, ADQ Mixed -1,202%, Age -548%, AS-SSD Total -942%

Average Bench: 71.4% (655^th of 1080)

Based on 47 user benchmarks. Model: DELL PERC 6/i

Poor: 46%Average: 71.4% Great: 94%

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Dell PowerEdge R710 (1)

Good average bench

The Dell PERC 6/i 500GB averaged 28.6% 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 Random Read Speed 41.1MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 114MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Dell PERC 6/i 500GB is 47.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Dell PERC 6/i 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 90.1MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 28.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 47 samples)

Rank 65571.4%

Min	Avg	Max
122	Read 519	602
61.1	Write 208	478
72.2	Mixed 418	551
31.5	SusWrite 90.1	133
68.4% 309 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.66	4K Read 41.1	71.3
0.001	4K Write 28.3	46.7
1.15	4K Mixed 30.6	54.1
117% 33.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
4.72	DQ Read 146	179
14.2	DQ Write 119	149
5.63	DQ Mixed 114	159
90.6% 127 MB/s

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THA-User, 2 years ago.

425GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.22

SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 126 127 127 127 126 MB/s

50.3% Above average

Write 219

Mixed 354

SusWrite 128

64% 290 MB/s

4K Read 19.5

4K Write 17.1

4K Mixed 16.9

60% 17.8 MB/s

DQ Read 131

DQ Write 118

DQ Mixed 120

91% 123 MB/s

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Dell PowerEdge R710

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CPU: Intel Xeon X56751stBench 68%, 4,275 samples	5x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56701stBench 67%, 4,676 samples	4x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	5x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	2x
Quadro P2000NvidiaBench 41%, 13,958 samples	2x

SSD
PERC 6/i 500GBDellBench 71%, 47 samples	1x

RAM
M393B1K70CH0-YH9 00CE00B380CE M393B1K70CH0-YH9 01980097 9965516-045.A00LF 00CE00B380CE M393B1K70CH0-YH9 00CE00B380CE M393B1K70CH0-YH9 01980097 9965516-045.A00LF 01980097 9965516-045.A00LF 01980097 9965516-045.A0... 144GBUnknownBench 37%, 3 samples	2x
HMT31GR7BFR4A-H9 12x8GBHynixBench 64%, 55 samples	1x
HMT151R7BFR4C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 63%, 132 samples	1x

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