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Storage Space Device 322GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 52.7% (272nd of 1015)

Based on 230 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 17%Average: 52.7% Great: 95%

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Average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 322GB averaged 47.3% 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 0.76MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.88MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 322GB is 77.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 322GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 57.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 60.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 230 samples)
Rank 27252.7%
Min Avg Max
35.3 Read 123 198
25.9 Write 113 180
21.3 Mixed 60.6 109
8.82 SusWrite 57.9 158
65.2% 88.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.88 1.8
0.5 4K Write 1.85 4.03
0.3 4K Mixed 0.76 1.2
155% 1.16 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
300GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 202 201 202 201 203 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 164
Mixed 77.8
SusWrite 199
112% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
58GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 183 177 182 185 187 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 117
Mixed 81.6
SusWrite 182
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
42GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 175 178 179 180 182 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 101
Mixed 76.7
SusWrite 176
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
145% 1.07 MB/s
231GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 29 29 30 28 30 MB/s
42.2% Average
Read 118
Write 118
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 28.7
54% 73.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.4
90% 0.7 MB/s
46GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 55 52 58 52 MB/s
30.7% Below average
Read 53.5
Write 64.1
Mixed 41.3
SusWrite 53.5
39% 53.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
115% 0.7 MB/s
21GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 39 39 39 MB/s
27.9% Poor
Read 57.3
Write 31.9
Mixed 29
SusWrite 39.7
29% 39.5 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 0.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,308,056 HDDs tested

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Typical Storage Space Device 322GB Builds (Compare 177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Biostar TA970 - $125

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples47x
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples46x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples22x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples14x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples6x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples6x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples5x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung  $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples4x
RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples79x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples31x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples22x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $351

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