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Virtual Disk 21GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 33.7% (629th of 1015)

Based on 69 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Virtual Disk
Poor: 7%Average: 33.7% Great: 71%

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Poor average bench

The Microsoft Virtual Disk 21GB averaged 66.3% 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 0.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.05MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Virtual Disk 21GB is 63.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Virtual Disk 21GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 22MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 50.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 69 samples)
Rank 62933.7%
Min Avg Max
13.1 Read 81.3 177
3.21 Write 60.9 142
4.58 Mixed 50.3 120
2.32 SusWrite 22 65.9
39.8% 53.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.07 4K Read 1.05 4.1
0.06 4K Write 1.33 2.95
0.009 4K Mixed 0.59 2.35
134% 0.99 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
19GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 53 53 50 56 41 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 132
Write 142
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 50.3
70% 96.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 0.5
223% 2.63 MB/s
16GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 24 25 24 24 24 MB/s
37.6% Below average
Read 106
Write 102
Mixed 73.7
SusWrite 24.6
57% 76.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.3 MB/s
4GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 55 46 44 45 58 MB/s
33.7% Below average
Read 69.2
Write 45.8
Mixed 72.9
SusWrite 48.4
44% 59.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
103% 0.6 MB/s
2GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 0.9 3 6.1 7.3 8.9 MB/s
30.1% Below average
Read 99.3
Write 24.9
Mixed 10.7
SusWrite 4.9
25% 35 MB/s
4K Read 3.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 1.2
271% 1.5 MB/s
2GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 9.6 5.7 10 11 11 MB/s
17.5% Very poor
Read 51.8
Write 14.6
Mixed 8.9
SusWrite 9
15% 21.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
54% 0.43 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples1,942x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples618x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples514x
GPU
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples1,163x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples927x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples454x
SSD
MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1 512GBSamsungBench 209%, 20,750 samples336x
MZVLB256HAHQ-000H1 256GBSamsungBench 174%, 20,171 samples271x
TOSHIBA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 173%, 3,049 samples191x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples670x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples224x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 75%, 8,097 samples172x
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