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Storage Space Device 2.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 60.2% (187th of 1015)

Based on 44 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 27%Average: 60.2% Great: 92%

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Above average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 2.5TB averaged 39.7% 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 1.14MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.25MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2.5TB is 65.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 59.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 82.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 44 samples)
Rank 18760.2%
Min Avg Max
0.2 Read 127 208
4.8 Write 111 184
1 Mixed 59.4 109
18.2 SusWrite 82.2 150
69.6% 95 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 1.25 7.3
0.3 4K Write 2.52 5.3
0 4K Mixed 1.14 4.5
226% 1.64 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 146 145 145 145 MB/s
99.9% Outstanding
Read 202
Write 194
Mixed 57.4
SusWrite 145
109% 150 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.8
215% 2 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 112 115 117 114 MB/s
58.6% Above average
Read 91.7
Write 60.1
Mixed 60.2
SusWrite 112
60% 81.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
163% 1.23 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,331,878 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 30%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 26%
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Motherboard: Asus B150M-A - $285

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples254x
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples244x
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples234x
GPU
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples136x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples130x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples119x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples94x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples46x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples40x
RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples41x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX  $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples39x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples27x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 49% - Average Total price: $888

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