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Storage Space Device 993GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 84.4% (51st of 1015)

Based on 149 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 43%Average: 84.4% Great: 112%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 993GB averaged just 15.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 993GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.81MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.95MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 993GB is 68.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 993GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 67.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 135MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 149 samples)
Rank 5184.4%
Min Avg Max
72.6 Read 150 206
64 Write 135 186
19.9 Mixed 67.9 112
55 SusWrite 144 190
90.7% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.95 1.5
1.05 4K Write 2.06 3.1
0.4 4K Mixed 0.81 1.2
168% 1.28 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
860GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 152 160 166 165 167 MB/s
99% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 166
Mixed 112
SusWrite 162
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.2
236% 1.7 MB/s
663GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 171 169 171 170 MB/s
98% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 167
Mixed 111
SusWrite 170
114% 155 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.1
226% 1.73 MB/s
633GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 175 162 151 165 168 MB/s
95% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 150
Mixed 19.3
SusWrite 166
90% 125 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
145% 1.2 MB/s
925GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 72 74 72 71 MB/s
77% Very good
Read 195
Write 187
Mixed 111
SusWrite 72.7
104% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
241% 1.8 MB/s
72GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 157 147 145 152 MB/s
73.5% Very good
Read 106
Write 136
Mixed 40
SusWrite 150
78% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.23 MB/s
775GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 37 38 38 37 MB/s
21% Poor
Read 35.2
Write 38.3
Mixed 30.1
SusWrite 36.9
26% 35.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.7
196% 1.7 MB/s
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Gaming 55%
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Desktop
Desktop 91%
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Workstation
Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Pro4 - $107

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples1,054x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples758x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples641x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples422x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples360x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples304x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples114x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples112x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples92x
RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples127x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples113x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples102x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $528

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