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Storage Space Device 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 82.1% (65th of 1015)

Based on 91 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 42%Average: 82.1% Great: 111%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB averaged just 17.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.83MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.25MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB is 68.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 75.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 135MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 91 samples)
Rank 6582.1%
Min Avg Max
35.2 Read 139 206
37.7 Write 135 186
33.4 Mixed 75.3 106
42.2 SusWrite 147 192
90.8% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.66 4K Read 1.25 3.46
0.5 4K Write 2.76 6.14
0 4K Mixed 0.83 1.64
196% 1.61 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 152 155 179 179 149 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 93.7
Mixed 67.1
SusWrite 166
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 7.4
4K Mixed 0.7
282% 3.23 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 181 181 177 181 180 MB/s
89.5% Excellent
Read 134
Write 154
Mixed 74.9
SusWrite 178
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
178% 1.37 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 161 156 163 168 160 MB/s
88.2% Excellent
Read 146
Write 170
Mixed 82.2
SusWrite 162
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 164 173 166 169 170 MB/s
83.6% Excellent
Read 123
Write 156
Mixed 67.7
SusWrite 169
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
76% 0.7 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 154 147 152 156 149 MB/s
72.4% Very good
Read 102
Write 118
Mixed 72.4
SusWrite 150
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
80% 0.73 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 110 110 111 110 MB/s
67.7% Good
Read 125
Write 89.6
Mixed 85.2
SusWrite 110
76% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.9
245% 2.33 MB/s
277GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 99 153 148 141 160 MB/s
64.6% Good
Read 86.2
Write 108
Mixed 64.1
SusWrite 139
73% 99.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
34% 0.37 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,331,590 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 83%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7883) - $250

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel  $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples45x
Core i7-5960XIntel  $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples44x
Core i7-6950XIntel  $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples43x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples30x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples30x
GTX 980-TiNvidia  $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples14x
SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples13x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples8x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 5,028 samples6x
+ + 4x8GBUnknownBench 109%, 462 samples6x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 38% - Below average Total price: $1,405

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