Microsoft

Storage Space Device 598GB

Storage Space Device 598GB
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Effective Speed -5%Effective Speed -5%Average Score +20% Read -6%, Write 5%, 4K Read 26%, 4K Write 65%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed 53%, SusWrite -4%Peak Score +26% Read 2%, Write 10%, 4K Read 35%, 4K Write 70%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed 60%, SusWrite 1%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +44% Age 44%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 83.6% (59^th of 1015)

Based on 6 user benchmarks. Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device

Poor: 51%Average: 83.6% Great: 114%

Popular builds with this HDD

HP Z420 Workstation (1)

Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 598GB averaged just 16.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 598GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.28MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.27MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 598GB is 63.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 598GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 79.7MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 143MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)

Rank 5983.6%

Min	Avg	Max
89.8	Read 147	202
91	Write 143	198
52	Mixed 79.7	94.7
87.7	SusWrite 144	196
94.2% 128 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.4	4K Read 1.08	1.4
1.7	4K Write 3.27	4.2
0.5	4K Mixed 1.28	1.6
248% 1.88 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 18 months ago.

550GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 198 196 199 196 196 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 193

Mixed 91.6

SusWrite 196

124% 170 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 4.2

4K Mixed 1.5

303% 2.37 MB/s

GBR-User, 18 months ago.

550GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 192 193 196 194 195 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 198

Mixed 88.6

SusWrite 192

124% 170 MB/s

4K Read 1.3

4K Write 3.9

4K Mixed 1.5

293% 2.23 MB/s

DNK-User, 3 years ago.

406GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 185 171 184 185 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 166

Mixed 94.7

SusWrite 182

116% 158 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 3.5

4K Mixed 1.6

301% 2.17 MB/s

POL-User, 5 years ago.

402GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 90 89 89 89 MB/s

56.1% Above average

Write 109

Mixed 80.5

SusWrite 89.7

71% 96 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 3.7

4K Mixed 1.4

270% 2.07 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

403GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 88 87 89 88 MB/s

51% Above average

Write 91

Mixed 52

SusWrite 87.7

59% 80.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 0.5

104% 0.87 MB/s

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 11%

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 0Intel $345Bench 70%, 17,464 samples	1,527x
Xeon E5-1650 v2Intel $635Bench 76%, 10,921 samples	791x
Xeon E5-1620 v2Intel $345Bench 71%, 10,301 samples	700x

GPU
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples	500x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	310x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	264x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	185x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples	129x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	113x

RAM
M391B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 618 samples	65x
M391B5273DH0-CK0 8x4GBSamsungBench 89%, 244 samples	58x
HMT41GU7AFR8C-RD 4x8GBHynixBench 89%, 207 samples	58x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $373

Popular Storage Space Device 598GB systems:

HP Z420 Workstation (1)

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Storage Space Device 598GB

Average Bench: 83.6% (59^th of 1015)

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Poor consistency

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Storage Space Device 598GB

Average Bench: 83.6% (59th of 1015)

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Very good average bench

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Poor consistency

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System: HP Z420 Workstation

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Average Bench: 83.6% (59^th of 1015)