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Storage Space Device 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 85.4% (45th of 1014)

Based on 122 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 38%Average: 85.4% Great: 111%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB averaged just 14.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.94MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.03MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB is 73.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 78.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 140MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 122 samples)
Rank 4585.4%
Min Avg Max
49.3 Read 151 203
72.7 Write 140 184
29 Mixed 78.2 111
44.6 SusWrite 146 201
94.5% 129 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 1.03 1.5
1.3 4K Write 2.23 4.09
0.5 4K Mixed 0.94 1.2
189% 1.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
812GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 201 201 201 201 196 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 167
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 200
117% 161 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
950GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 185 163 185 187 160 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 202
Write 176
Mixed 80.5
SusWrite 178
116% 159 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
511GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 184 177 182 181 MB/s
98.2% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 134
Mixed 83.3
SusWrite 181
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
265GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 174 176 174 174 172 MB/s
97.4% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 162
Mixed 77.1
SusWrite 174
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
160% 1.13 MB/s
777GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 161 157 163 163 160 MB/s
91% Outstanding
Read 160
Write 150
Mixed 90.6
SusWrite 157
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
182% 1.4 MB/s
776GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 160 156 155 162 157 MB/s
90.9% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 146
Mixed 97.9
SusWrite 155
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
182% 1.4 MB/s
147GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 149 162 159 157 159 MB/s
86.2% Excellent
Read 142
Write 140
Mixed 91.6
SusWrite 158
98% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.1
215% 1.5 MB/s
763GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 124 121 124 122 124 MB/s
63.1% Good
Read 97.7
Write 125
Mixed 83.8
SusWrite 122
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.13 MB/s
763GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 35 34 34 MB/s
24.5% Poor
Read 50.9
Write 30.7
Mixed 32.3
SusWrite 34.1
27% 37 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 0.93 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 182%
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Desktop
Desktop 104%
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Workstation
Workstation 181%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI

CPU
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples1,273x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples1,044x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples959x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples655x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples614x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia  $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples415x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples443x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples294x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples226x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples235x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples193x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples137x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $1,205

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