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Storage Space Device 966GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 80.5% (77th of 1015)

Based on 1,820 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 34%Average: 80.5% Great: 112%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 966GB averaged just 19.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 966GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.78MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.14MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 966GB is 78%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 966GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 70.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 127MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,820 samples)
Rank 7780.5%
Min Avg Max
34.5 Read 139 198
37.8 Write 127 181
23.4 Mixed 70.5 108
40.5 SusWrite 141 196
87.5% 120 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.94 1.5
0.8 4K Write 2.14 4.53
0.28 4K Mixed 0.78 1.2
165% 1.28 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
653GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 229 233 231 233 226 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 212
Mixed 74.2
SusWrite 230
128% 176 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.4
260% 1.97 MB/s
900GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 174 176 169 176 172 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 149
Mixed 48.5
SusWrite 172
99% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 0.87 MB/s
880GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 133 132 132 129 MB/s
79.3% Very good
Read 145
Write 125
Mixed 29
SusWrite 132
78% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.03 MB/s
561GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 61 63 62 63 62 MB/s
61.2% Good
Read 150
Write 145
Mixed 88.4
SusWrite 62.4
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
225% 1.63 MB/s
561GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 64 65 60 61 MB/s
60.2% Good
Read 146
Write 142
Mixed 92.9
SusWrite 63.1
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.1
210% 1.53 MB/s
307GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 80 73 80 79 MB/s
43.6% Average
Read 73.4
Write 77.5
Mixed 29.2
SusWrite 78.6
47% 64.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.77 MB/s
491GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 33 42 37 MB/s
29.6% Poor
Read 64.7
Write 114
Mixed 48.7
SusWrite 38.3
49% 66.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
116% 0.83 MB/s
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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,007x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,179x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,946x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,314x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,302x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples885x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples788x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples685x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,556x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,517x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $684

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