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Storage Space Device 8TB

Storage Space Device 8TB
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Effective Speed +8% Effective Speed 8%Average Score +27% Read 6%, Write 10%, 4K Read 120%, 4K Write 91%, Mixed -49%, 4K Mixed 5%, SusWrite 8%Peak Score +74% Read 23%, Write 31%, 4K Read 306%, 4K Write 95%, Mixed 10%, 4K Mixed 30%, SusWrite 23%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +12% Age 12%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 94.5% (9^th of 1015)

Based on 14 user benchmarks. Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device

Poor: 49%Average: 94.5% Great: 138%

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Excellent average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 8TB averaged just 5.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.88MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.88MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 8TB is 88.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 53MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 150MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)

Rank 994.5%

Min	Avg	Max
51.8	Read 165	244
54.8	Write 150	237
18.1	Mixed 53	103
17.5	SusWrite 163	240
96.4% 133 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.3	4K Read 1.88	4.2
1.3	4K Write 3.79	4.8
0.3	4K Mixed 0.88	1.3
246% 2.18 MB/s

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Gaming 18%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 16%

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System: HP Z440 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 72%, 10,197 samples	1,252x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 83%, 3,842 samples	1,045x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples	867x

GPU
Quadro K2200Nvidia $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples	743x
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples	378x
Quadro K4200Nvidia $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples	223x

SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	145x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	130x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	122x

RAM
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,030 samples	185x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples	179x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 59%, 1,132 samples	159x

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Value: 9% - Terrible

Total price: $440

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Storage Space Device 8TB

Average Bench: 94.5% (9^th of 1015)

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Terrible consistency

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System: HP Z440 Workstation

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Storage Space Device 8TB

Average Bench: 94.5% (9th of 1015)

Popular builds with this HDD

Excellent average bench

Strengths

Terrible consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

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System: HP Z440 Workstation

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Average Bench: 94.5% (9^th of 1015)