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Storage Space Device 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 78.1% (85th of 1015)

Based on 10,285 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 34%Average: 78.1% Great: 110%

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Good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB averaged 21.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.28MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB is 75.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 72.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 126MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10,285 samples)
Rank 8578.1%
Min Avg Max
46.8 Read 126 195
36.8 Write 127 186
26.6 Mixed 72.5 106
38.9 SusWrite 146 197
86.4% 118 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 1.28 2.53
0.5 4K Write 2.22 5.12
0 4K Mixed 0.66 1.32
168% 1.38 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 198 200 197 193 189 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 190
Mixed 69.5
SusWrite 196
115% 158 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.6
179% 1.97 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 171 171 171 171 163 MB/s
99.6% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 174
Mixed 91.5
SusWrite 170
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.1
215% 1.67 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 153 148 169 170 165 MB/s
99% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 180
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 161
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 0.5
164% 1.83 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 168 166 169 181 160 MB/s
70.8% Very good
Read 79.8
Write 113
Mixed 67.2
SusWrite 167
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
76% 0.7 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 115 123 133 134 129 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 114
Write 99.7
Mixed 65.6
SusWrite 129
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.3
113% 0.87 MB/s
800GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 112 111 114 112 MB/s
50.2% Above average
Read 62.7
Write 88.2
Mixed 64
SusWrite 112
60% 81.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
72% 0.67 MB/s
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Typical Storage Space Device 4TB Builds (Compare 25,809 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 129%
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $192

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples4,643x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples4,263x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples3,412x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,235x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples2,073x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,467x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,835x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples1,106x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples866x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples770x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples724x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples646x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $937

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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