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Storage Space Device 55TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 71.3% (122nd of 1014)

Based on 53 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 34%Average: 71.3% Great: 100%

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Good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 55TB averaged 28.7% 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 0.85MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.1MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 55TB is 66.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 55TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 69.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 110MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 53 samples)
Rank 12271.3%
Min Avg Max
43.3 Read 136 192
16.6 Write 110 188
17.1 Mixed 69.6 114
20.2 SusWrite 112 179
78.5% 107 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.1 2.26
0.35 4K Write 2.43 6.13
0.14 4K Mixed 0.85 1.33
186% 1.46 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
50.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 158 157 156 157 156 MB/s
86.3% Excellent
Read 144
Write 151
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 157
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1
164% 1 MB/s
23TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 34 79 51 31 37 MB/s
76.8% Very good
Read 212
Write 122
Mixed 1.7
SusWrite 55.6
70% 97.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0
76% 0.67 MB/s
51TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 92 75 109 106 97 MB/s
54.1% Above average
Read 96
Write 91
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 92.4
62% 84.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.93 MB/s
50.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 29 29 30 29 28 MB/s
53.6% Above average
Read 159
Write 28.3
Mixed 30.6
SusWrite 28.5
45% 61.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.4
82% 0.47 MB/s
48TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 31 11 13 30 24 MB/s
39.3% Below average
Read 114
Write 101
Mixed 46.2
SusWrite 23
52% 71.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
47% 0.47 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,311,674 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 82%
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Desktop
Desktop 82%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: Asrock X99 Extreme4 - $261

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel  $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples466x
Core i7-6800KIntel  $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples109x
Core i7-5960XIntel  $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples47x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples85x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples75x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples46x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples34x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples21x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GBCorsair  $97Bench 83%, 3,926 samples14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples9x
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial  $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $997

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