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RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 107% (224th of 1072)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G
Poor: 85%Average: 107% Great: 139%

Outstanding average bench

The LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 480GB averaged 7.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 179MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,088MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 480GB is 54.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the LSI RAID 5/6 SAS 6G 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 31.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 270MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 224107%
Min Avg Max
484 Read 1,088 1495
106 Write 856 1,687
36.4 Mixed 864 1,574
58.2 SusWrite 270 453
172% 769 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.8 4K Read 47 86.7
8.1 4K Write 31.5 45.4
4.7 4K Mixed 31.4 41.6
128% 36.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
104 DQ Read 221 276
13.9 DQ Write 171 221
23 DQ Mixed 179 216
139% 191 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
129GB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 377 373 376 378 377 MB/s
143% Outstanding
Read 1,285
Write 106
Mixed 426
SusWrite 376
119% 548 MB/s
4K Read 86.5
4K Write 28.1
4K Mixed 41.6
199% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 273
DQ Write 145
DQ Mixed 192
147% 203 MB/s
129GB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 367 361 359 368 367 MB/s
139% Outstanding
Read 1,224
Write 107
Mixed 440
SusWrite 366
116% 534 MB/s
4K Read 86.7
4K Write 28.6
4K Mixed 40.2
198% 51.8 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 145
DQ Mixed 194
148% 205 MB/s
400GB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 370 367 365 368 368 MB/s
116% Outstanding
Read 1,288
Write 361
Mixed 36.4
SusWrite 368
111% 513 MB/s
4K Read 82.1
4K Write 8.1
4K Mixed 4.7
135% 31.6 MB/s
DQ Read 267
DQ Write 13.9
DQ Mixed 27
48% 102 MB/s
400GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 68 41 38 32 47 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 1495
Write 1,687
Mixed 1,574
SusWrite 58.2
270% 1,204 MB/s
4K Read 42.3
4K Write 42.4
4K Mixed 39.2
137% 41.3 MB/s
DQ Read 213
DQ Write 201
DQ Mixed 206
155% 206 MB/s
345GB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 227 7.4 22 221 7.5 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 1,092
Write 1,151
Mixed 1125
SusWrite 144
197% 878 MB/s
4K Read 45
4K Write 45.4
4K Mixed 40.1
144% 43.5 MB/s
DQ Read 225
DQ Write 221
DQ Mixed 216
164% 221 MB/s
345GB free
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 104 7.5 128 116 7.5 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 1,070
Write 1,141
Mixed 1,112
SusWrite 138
194% 865 MB/s
4K Read 44.4
4K Write 44.4
4K Mixed 39.5
141% 42.8 MB/s
DQ Read 225
DQ Write 220
DQ Mixed 216
164% 220 MB/s
335GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 62 6.9 6.3 7 6.9 MB/s
92.2% Outstanding
Read 1,052
Write 1,050
Mixed 1,062
SusWrite 91.8
182% 814 MB/s
4K Read 39.4
4K Write 30.5
4K Mixed 30.5
115% 33.5 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 209
157% 210 MB/s
349GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 49 7 75 6.5 6.7 MB/s
84.8% Excellent
Read 1,008
Write 1,018
Mixed 988
SusWrite 69
172% 771 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 30.6
4K Mixed 30
99% 29.9 MB/s
DQ Read 215
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 208
158% 211 MB/s
369GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 214 138 3.2 3.4 3.7 MB/s
42.2% Average
Read 484
Write 212
Mixed 240
SusWrite 96.5
57% 258 MB/s
4K Read 13.8
4K Write 10.9
4K Mixed 14.5
45% 13.1 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 16.2
DQ Mixed 23
26% 47.7 MB/s
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