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Storage Space Device 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 73.7% (115th of 1015)

Based on 28 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 29%Average: 73.7% Great: 115%

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Good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB averaged 26.3% 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 0.91MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.98MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB is 85.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 116MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 28 samples)
Rank 11573.7%
Min Avg Max
39 Read 145 202
17.3 Write 127 190
28.3 Mixed 66.2 97.3
10.6 SusWrite 116 202
83% 113 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.46 4K Read 0.98 1.8
0.09 4K Write 1.93 5.2
0.1 4K Mixed 0.91 2
177% 1.27 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
650GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 172 171 167 174 173 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 173
Mixed 82.7
SusWrite 172
111% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
145% 1.07 MB/s
663GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 129 128 124 129 MB/s
75% Very good
Read 134
Write 92.3
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 127
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.2
136% 1.7 MB/s
30GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 65 64 59 59 MB/s
66.5% Good
Read 170
Write 182
Mixed 93.6
SusWrite 61.3
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1
216% 1.77 MB/s
111GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 50 58 57 57 49 MB/s
50.5% Above average
Read 122
Write 174
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 53.7
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
116% 0.83 MB/s
720GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 49 51 49 48 MB/s
45.4% Average
Read 109
Write 104
Mixed 83.1
SusWrite 49
64% 86.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
525GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 33 37 39 41 41 MB/s
22.4% Poor
Read 39
Write 39.5
Mixed 33.1
SusWrite 38.3
28% 37.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
174% 1.13 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,445,087 HDDs tested

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Typical Storage Space Device 1TB Builds (Compare 26,585 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 144%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 132%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $264Bench 97%, 550,833 samples9,275x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples6,280x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples4,184x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,984x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,902x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $879Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,625x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,582x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $157Bench 297%, 331,647 samples1,336x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples1,144x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,286x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples941x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples938x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $1,092

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