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Virtual Disk 69GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 40.3% (498th of 1015)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Virtual Disk
Poor: 7%Average: 40.3% Great: 89%

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Below average average bench

The Microsoft Virtual Disk 69GB averaged 59.7% 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 1.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.05MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Virtual Disk 69GB is 81.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Virtual Disk 69GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 42.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 69.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 49840.3%
Min Avg Max
5.5 Read 91 204
9.2 Write 69.8 226
6.47 Mixed 61.1 219
4.4 SusWrite 42.2 210
49% 66 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 2.05 8
0 4K Write 2.05 7.4
0 4K Mixed 1.4 5.7
279% 1.83 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
59GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 275 250 225 238 246 MB/s
99.2% Outstanding
Read 100
Write 112
Mixed 218
SusWrite 246
127% 169 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1.6
284% 1.7 MB/s
61GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 48 51 51 48 48 MB/s
59.4% Above average
Read 156
Write 179
Mixed 67.1
SusWrite 50.3
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
112% 0.93 MB/s
64GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 33 15 13 13 12 MB/s
52.2% Above average
Read 163
Write 22.5
Mixed 36.6
SusWrite 19.3
44% 60.3 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.6 MB/s
64GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 56 52 52 51 50 MB/s
39% Below average
Read 84.1
Write 40.6
Mixed 55
SusWrite 51.8
43% 57.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.9
154% 0.9 MB/s
64GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 45 44 44 43 MB/s
35.1% Below average
Read 77.8
Write 42.8
Mixed 49.9
SusWrite 44.2
40% 53.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
139% 0.83 MB/s
59GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 34 39 40 41 42 MB/s
34% Below average
Read 79.9
Write 82.4
Mixed 82.2
SusWrite 38.5
53% 70.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.9
152% 0.9 MB/s
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CPU
Core i5-10310UIntelBench 63%, 4,431 samples327x
Core i5-10210UIntelBench 53%, 54,859 samples219x
Core i7-10510UIntelBench 56%, 51,080 samples145x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 110,580 samples802x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 6,852 samples38x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples1x
SSD
SSDPEKNW512G8H 512GBIntelBench 147%, 27,018 samples51x
hynix BC511 HFM256GDJTNI-82A0A 256GBSKBench 146%, 8,367 samples50x
KIOXIA 256GBKxg60znv256gBench 169%, 5,284 samples46x
RAM
M471A2K43DB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 42%, 21,753 samples67x
M471A2K43DB1-CWE 1x16GBSamsungBench 49%, 13,312 samples59x
8ATF2G64HZ-3G2E2 1x16GBMicronBench 47%, 2,656 samples48x
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