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Storage Space Device 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 87.7% (35th of 1015)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 52%Average: 87.7% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB averaged just 12.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.78MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.03MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB is 55.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 61.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 145MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 3587.7%
Min Avg Max
13.5 Read 154 188
78.1 Write 145 188
21.2 Mixed 61.4 105
79.3 SusWrite 152 192
93.4% 128 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.84 1.2
0.9 4K Write 2.03 3
0.2 4K Mixed 0.78 1
159% 1.21 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 191 191 190 191 192 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 185
Write 188
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 191
105% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
183% 1.47 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 184 191 192 191 191 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 149
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 189
98% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
179% 1.43 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 182 187 185 186 188 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 136
Mixed 85.2
SusWrite 182
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.07 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 171 169 169 171 171 MB/s
94.2% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 167
Mixed 44.1
SusWrite 169
98% 135 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
144% 1.27 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 113 119 120 123 129 MB/s
70.3% Very good
Read 125
Write 101
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 120
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.4 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 105 104 108 108 MB/s
62.1% Good
Read 110
Write 92.4
Mixed 64.2
SusWrite 106
69% 93.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.2
85% 0.73 MB/s
814GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 116 121 120 119 114 MB/s
54.2% Above average
Read 73.6
Write 105
Mixed 38.4
SusWrite 115
60% 83 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 0.97 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,335,764 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 100%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel  $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples495x
Core i7-7820XIntel  $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples260x
Core i7-7740XIntel  $200Bench 87%, 5,094 samples148x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples168x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples151x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples92x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples78x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples60x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples56x
RAM
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $796

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