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Storage Space Device 1.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 60.1% (187th of 1015)

Based on 84 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 34%Average: 60.1% Great: 95%

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Above average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB averaged 39.9% 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 0.85MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.96MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB is 60.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 60.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 96.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 84 samples)
Rank 18760.1%
Min Avg Max
65.4 Read 113 189
33.9 Write 101 164
20.9 Mixed 60.8 88.4
28.6 SusWrite 96.1 165
68% 92.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.43 4K Read 0.75 1.3
0.82 4K Write 1.96 4.62
0.33 4K Mixed 0.85 1.27
161% 1.18 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 213 287 276 249 236 MB/s
128% Outstanding
Read 196
Write 185
Mixed 93
SusWrite 250
132% 181 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
235% 1.73 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 145 127 123 131 139 MB/s
84.2% Excellent
Read 160
Write 149
Mixed 99.7
SusWrite 133
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
208% 1.53 MB/s
147GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 131 129 125 127 MB/s
70.3% Very good
Read 116
Write 115
Mixed 62.3
SusWrite 129
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 1
162% 0.97 MB/s
943GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 113 115 112 112 MB/s
66.5% Good
Read 119
Write 109
Mixed 65.9
SusWrite 112
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1.03 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 44 42 44 44 MB/s
61.6% Good
Read 172
Write 161
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 42.3
73% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
129% 1.07 MB/s
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Typical Storage Space Device 1.5TB Builds (Compare 196 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 75%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock X370 Gaming K4

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples43x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $211Bench 71%, 66,470 samples24x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples23x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples19x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples16x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples16x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples8x
XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBAdata  $92Bench 279%, 85,928 samples8x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples6x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples11x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples7x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples6x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $524

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