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Virtual Disk 55TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 46.3% (367th of 1015)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Virtual Disk
Poor: 26%Average: 46.3% Great: 61%

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Below average average bench

The Microsoft Virtual Disk 55TB averaged 53.6% 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 Read Speed 0.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.2MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 26.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 65.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 36746.3%
Min Avg Max
57.2 Read 94.8 159
8 Write 65.4 132
21 Mixed 72.4 113
18.7 SusWrite 26.2 33.7
48.4% 64.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.63 0.84
0.2 4K Write 1.02 1.85
0 4K Mixed 0.2 0.31
67.8% 0.62 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0
61.3% Good
Read 81.3
Write 132
Mixed 113
82% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.84
4K Write 1.85
4K Mixed 0.3
103% 1 MB/s
51TB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 19 19 23 20 21 MB/s
50.8% Above average
Read 159
Write 8
Mixed 21
SusWrite 18.7
38% 51.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
43% 0.27 MB/s
51TB free
Firmware: 1.0
47.1% Average
Read 82
Write 82
Mixed 82.5
62% 82.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.55
4K Mixed 0.31
84% 0.78 MB/s
15.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 41 32 32 39 MB/s
26.1% Poor
Read 57.2
Write 39.3
Mixed 73.5
SusWrite 33.7
39% 50.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
43% 0.43 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,887,037 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 780

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel  $54Bench 40%, 68,540 samples228x
Core2 Duo E7500Intel  $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples147x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel  $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples93x
GPU
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 16,152 samples142x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples98x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples76x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples40x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples16x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples13x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples278x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples168x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples102x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 51% - Above average Total price: $79

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