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Storage Space Device 748GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 51.1% (286th of 1015)

Based on 450 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 31%Average: 51.1% Great: 72%

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Average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 748GB averaged 48.8% 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 0.73MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.57MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 748GB is 41.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 748GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 50.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 80.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 450 samples)
Rank 28651.1%
Min Avg Max
48.7 Read 90.2 129
35.7 Write 80.3 118
20.9 Mixed 50.7 79.1
36.3 SusWrite 87.8 122
56.7% 77.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.62 0.9
0.8 4K Write 1.57 2.5
0.5 4K Mixed 0.73 1
137% 0.98 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
697GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 118 121 121 120 MB/s
67.6% Good
Read 115
Write 108
Mixed 74.3
SusWrite 120
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.13 MB/s
491GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 64 66 69 67 67 MB/s
38.9% Below average
Read 69.6
Write 66.5
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 65.8
48% 64.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.4
87% 0.73 MB/s
267GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 72 70 56 54 68 MB/s
38.2% Below average
Read 69.5
Write 52.2
Mixed 45.7
SusWrite 63.6
43% 57.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
132% 0.83 MB/s
290GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 70 68 70 70 MB/s
38.1% Below average
Read 63.9
Write 38.7
Mixed 33.8
SusWrite 68.9
38% 51.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
131% 0.77 MB/s
290GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 54 57 56 55 56 MB/s
34.1% Below average
Read 64.3
Write 41.5
Mixed 39.9
SusWrite 54.3
37% 50 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.8 MB/s
88GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 8.8 10 17 9.1 13 MB/s
6.96% Terrible
Read 12.2
Write 13.7
Mixed 13.4
SusWrite 12
10% 12.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
28% 0.17 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,325,302 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 10%
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Desktop
Desktop 56%
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Workstation 9%
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System: Asus N551VW

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples212x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples6x
GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples151x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples67x
SSD
RBU-SMSM151S3128GD1 128GBKingstonBench 42%, 1,102 samples97x
HFS256G32MND-2200A 256GBBench 70%, 3,087 samples7x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples7x
RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples97x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 15,437 samples60x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB Kingston 9905630-007.A00G 16GBSamsungBench 68%, 81 samples4x
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