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Storage Space Device 7TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 61.5% (180th of 1015)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 21%Average: 61.5% Great: 108%

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Above average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 7TB averaged 38.5% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.88MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.95MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 7TB is 87.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 7TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 92.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 18061.5%
Min Avg Max
34.2 Read 122 195
29.4 Write 95.5 155
29.8 Mixed 63.3 97.2
21.7 SusWrite 92.6 197
68.5% 93.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.95 1.9
0.6 4K Write 1.65 4
0.4 4K Mixed 0.88 1.2
168% 1.16 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
5.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 189 187 191 178 181 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 195
Write 155
Mixed 84.2
SusWrite 184
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 25 26 29 28 33 MB/s
30.3% Below average
Read 76.7
Write 56.8
Mixed 59.9
SusWrite 28.1
41% 55.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.3 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 27 24 36 16 4.2 MB/s
27.4% Poor
Read 73.5
Write 54.7
Mixed 58.7
SusWrite 21.7
39% 52.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.03 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 22 26 33 27 33 MB/s
20.6% Poor
Read 43.9
Write 42.7
Mixed 54.8
SusWrite 27.8
32% 42.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.4
68% 0.43 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 29 30 27 29 29 MB/s
18.4% Very poor
Read 34.2
Write 29.4
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 28.4
23% 30.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 0.9
237% 2.13 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 41%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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System: Asus TUF Gaming FX705DU_FX705DU

CPU
Ryzen 7 3750HAMDBench 54%, 42,271 samples135x
GPU
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples68x
Radeon RX Vega 10 GraphicsAMDBench 10%, 37,264 samples67x
SSD
Micron_2200V_MTFDHBA512TCK 512GBBench 149%, 29,713 samples46x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel  $60Bench 156%, 162,275 samples26x
HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBBench 121%, 26,870 samples11x
RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples13x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2J1 2x8GBMicronBench 85%, 42,443 samples13x
M471A2K43DB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 42%, 21,753 samples12x
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