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Storage Space Device 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 84% (56th of 1015)

Based on 232 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 50%Average: 84% Great: 111%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB averaged just 15.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.75MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.19MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB is 61.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 71MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 133MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 232 samples)
Rank 5684%
Min Avg Max
60.5 Read 141 198
72.6 Write 133 183
24.8 Mixed 71 94.2
63.5 SusWrite 152 205
90.8% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.19 2.73
0.6 4K Write 1.93 4.6
0.1 4K Mixed 0.75 1.2
169% 1.29 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: 206 208 213 210 200 214 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 152
Write 171
Mixed 78.3
SusWrite 209
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 1.1
233% 1.4 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 138 137 139 138 MB/s
82.7% Excellent
Read 150
Write 125
Mixed 89.9
SusWrite 138
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.2
238% 1.73 MB/s
538GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 160 154 148 151 153 MB/s
79% Very good
Read 122
Write 136
Mixed 77
SusWrite 153
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
97% 0.83 MB/s
675GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 133 149 139 152 153 MB/s
74.2% Very good
Read 117
Write 143
Mixed 73.5
SusWrite 142
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
72% 0.63 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 57 65 71 68 70 MB/s
73.5% Very good
Read 188
Write 187
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 66.9
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 4.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
374% 2.77 MB/s
504GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 142 124 126 134 128 MB/s
71.8% Very good
Read 119
Write 163
Mixed 78.3
SusWrite 131
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
116% 0.97 MB/s
188GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 113 108 107 108 107 MB/s
61.6% Good
Read 104
Write 110
Mixed 62.1
SusWrite 110
71% 96.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.47 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 17 27 26 25 24 MB/s
31.7% Below average
Read 85.6
Write 124
Mixed 84.7
SusWrite 24.7
60% 79.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.9
158% 0.97 MB/s
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Gaming 87%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME - $185

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples370x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples78x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples16x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples100x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples46x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples42x
SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples42x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples21x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples15x
CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 24GBCorsairBench 65%, 14 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $1,445

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