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Storage Space Device 859GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 74% (113th of 1015)

Based on 238 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 23%Average: 74% Great: 111%

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Good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 859GB averaged 25.9% 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 0.83MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.99MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 859GB is 88.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 859GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 70.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 115MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 238 samples)
Rank 11374%
Min Avg Max
34.7 Read 142 200
36.1 Write 133 184
21.6 Mixed 70.9 107
19.1 SusWrite 115 192
84.6% 115 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.99 1.61
0.7 4K Write 2.15 4.01
0.3 4K Mixed 0.83 1.2
173% 1.32 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
550GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 175 173 176 175 176 MB/s
98.7% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 173
Mixed 74
SusWrite 174
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
149% 1.1 MB/s
243GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 171 171 174 168 MB/s
90.9% Outstanding
Read 147
Write 144
Mixed 77.9
SusWrite 170
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.07 MB/s
563GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 91 91 64 93 74 MB/s
75.5% Very good
Read 172
Write 160
Mixed 102
SusWrite 90.2
97% 131 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
218% 1.77 MB/s
458GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 98 104 98 99 97 MB/s
63.3% Good
Read 123
Write 115
Mixed 65.8
SusWrite 97.3
74% 100 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
225GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 110 106 109 107 MB/s
59.4% Above average
Read 97.8
Write 97.1
Mixed 54.3
SusWrite 109
66% 89.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
158% 1.13 MB/s
650GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 63 72 74 68 MB/s
51.4% Above average
Read 111
Write 44.7
Mixed 34
SusWrite 67.6
47% 64.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
117% 0.93 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,308,972 HDDs tested

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Gaming 45%
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Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 42%
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Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples817x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples339x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples269x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples326x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples265x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples200x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples112x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples73x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples71x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $459

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