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Raid Volume 973GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 144% (163rd of 1071)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: Intel Raid Volume
Poor: 125%Average: 144% Great: 186%

Outstanding average bench

The Intel Raid Volume 973GB averaged 44.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Raid Volume 973GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,380MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 179MB/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. 4K Random Read Speed 20.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 29.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 163144%
Min Avg Max
1,041 Read 1,380 1934
593 Write 819 1,125
384 Mixed 519 773
486 SusWrite 610 896
184% 832 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.3 4K Read 20.1 22
61.5 4K Write 86.1 111
16.9 4K Mixed 29.6 36.5
114% 45.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
364 DQ Read 406 493
194 DQ Write 349 535
67.8 DQ Mixed 179 466
188% 311 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
621GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 611 626 631 624 626 463 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 1,098
Write 886
Mixed 476
SusWrite 597
170% 764 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 31.8
136% 55.6 MB/s
DQ Read 418
DQ Write 220
DQ Mixed 120
143% 253 MB/s
855GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 494 431 485 500 594 MB/s
135% Outstanding
Read 1,491
Write 593
Mixed 384
SusWrite 486
162% 738 MB/s
4K Read 19.5
4K Write 68.1
4K Mixed 16.9
87% 34.8 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 535
DQ Mixed 67.8
160% 326 MB/s

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