[SOLVED] RAID 0 but no improvement

[JUSOCOM]

I have 2x WD Black 1TB and put them into RAID 0 array, everything works except I can't see any improvement in performance.

I haven't run any bench test but I can tell you it was almost the same as what the single drive could do.

I done the RAID setup in BIOS and I'm not sure if I making mistake in the process or not..

I'm currently running on 1st Gen RYZEN system

 

[geofelt]

Raid-0 has been over hyped as a performance enhancer.
Sequential benchmarks do look wonderful, but the real world does not seem to deliver the indicated performance benefits for most
desktop users. The reason is, that sequential benchmarks are coded for maximum overlapped I/O rates.
It depends on reading a stripe of data simultaneously from each raid-0 member, and that is rarely what we do.
The OS does mostly small random reads and writes, so raid-0 is of little use there.
In fact, if your block of data were to be spanned on two drives, random times would be greater.
There are some apps that will benefit. They are characterized by reading large files in a sequential overlapped manner.

Here is a older study using ssd devices in raid-0.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

And a newer report:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/samsung-950-pro-256gb-raid-report,4449-4.html

Spoiler... no benefit at all.

 

[USAFRet]

"WD Black"
HDD or SSDs?

What is on this RAID array?

In any case, a RAID 0 is not the magical speed boost many think it is.

 

[mdd1963]

Does it show in My PC as a single ~1.9 TB drive?

 

[Ketchup79]

What is the purpose of the array? Is it running your OS or is it there for data (games. etc)?

What are the specs of the rest of your system?