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Virtual Disk 15GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 14.9% (1010th of 1014)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Model: Msft Virtual Disk
Poor: 4%Average: 14.9% Great: 64%

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Terrible average bench

The Msft Virtual Disk 15GB averaged 85.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.99MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.7MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Msft Virtual Disk 15GB is 60.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Msft Virtual Disk 15GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 4.77MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 18.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 101014.9%
Min Avg Max
2 Read 34.1 176
2.47 Write 18.8 153
2 Mixed 16.4 98.4
1.3 SusWrite 4.77 8.7
13.7% 18.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.005 4K Read 1.99 4.4
0 4K Write 0.9 2.6
0 4K Mixed 0.7 3.3
177% 1.19 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
0GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 7.3 9.1 9.5 8 8.5 MB/s
11.2% Very poor
Read 28.7
Write 18.7
Mixed 17.5
SusWrite 8.7
14% 18.4 MB/s
4K Read 4.1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1.6
376% 2.4 MB/s
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 6.5 6.2 7.5 7.8 6.6 MB/s
9.8% Terrible
Read 26.8
Write 4.2
Mixed 4.5
SusWrite 6.5
8% 10.5 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.4
163% 1.1 MB/s
8GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 9 2.9 2.7 3.8 3.2 MB/s
9.53% Terrible
Read 24.3
Write 19.8
Mixed 21.3
SusWrite 6.7
14% 18 MB/s
4K Read 4.4
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 3.3
598% 3.43 MB/s
7GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 2.1 8.3 5.8 1.9 MB/s
9.03% Terrible
Read 25
Write 7.7
Mixed 20.5
SusWrite 4.8
11% 14.5 MB/s
4K Read 3.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0
179% 1.77 MB/s
4GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.5 MB/s
5.73% Terrible
Read 18
Write 2.5
Mixed 5
SusWrite 1.3
5% 6.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.5
140% 0.9 MB/s
2GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.6 1.8 1.8 3.4 3.9 3 MB/s
4.21% Terrible
Read 12.3
Write 3.5
Mixed 6.8
SusWrite 2.4
5% 6.25 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
4% 0.03 MB/s
5GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.3 MB/s
2.85% Terrible
Read 2
Write 5
Mixed 18.5
SusWrite 6.5
6% 8 MB/s
4K Read 3.7
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 1
278% 1.8 MB/s
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System: HP Compaq dc7900 Small Form Factor

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Core2 Duo E8400Intel  $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples139x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel  $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples18x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel  $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples17x
GPU
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 16,152 samples139x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples23x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples12x
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A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples6x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $36Bench 45%, 156,194 samples4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples3x
RAM
40GBUnknownBench 22%, 7,939 samples88x
44GBUnknownBench 23%, 6,316 samples71x
42GBUnknownBench 23%, 3,060 samples39x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $118

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