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Storage Space Device 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 64% (169th of 1014)

Based on 22 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 39%Average: 64% Great: 100%

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Above average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB averaged 36.0% 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 0.68MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.25MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB is 60.5%. 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 74.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 92.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)
Rank 16964%
Min Avg Max
36.5 Read 130 185
46.9 Write 130 180
43.8 Mixed 74.3 117
39.1 SusWrite 92.3 191
78.4% 107 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 1.25 3
0.2 4K Write 2.2 8
0 4K Mixed 0.68 1.1
169% 1.38 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
784GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 192 165 166 163 163 MB/s
99.8% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 176
Mixed 107
SusWrite 169
116% 157 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 8
4K Mixed 0.7
268% 3.23 MB/s
700GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 91 69 84 74 74 MB/s
40.1% Average
Read 62.7
Write 63.8
Mixed 43.8
SusWrite 76.9
45% 61.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
260GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 58 58 80 51 46 MB/s
39.3% Below average
Read 76.9
Write 78
Mixed 84.1
SusWrite 60.3
56% 74.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.9
124% 0.53 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 48 49 48 51 MB/s
24.6% Poor
Read 36.5
Write 46.9
Mixed 46.2
SusWrite 49.4
33% 44.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.2
36% 0.27 MB/s
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Gaming 65%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 59%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B460M DS3H - $95

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples1,173x
Core i5-10400Intel  $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples523x
Core i3-10100Intel  $94Bench 80%, 24,563 samples337x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples317x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples270x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples227x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples136x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples121x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples99x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples227x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples112x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples108x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $529

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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