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Storage Space Device 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 83.2% (60th of 1014)

Based on 1,210 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 40%Average: 83.2% Great: 110%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB averaged just 16.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.55MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.36MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB is 70.1%. 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 69.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.61MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,210 samples)
Rank 6083.2%
Min Avg Max
57.4 Read 134 191
41.3 Write 130 180
28.4 Mixed 69.8 88.9
41.5 SusWrite 156 208
89.5% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 1.36 2.7
0.5 4K Write 1.61 4.24
0 4K Mixed 0.55 1.04
148% 1.18 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: 209 208 202 200 206 212 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 150
Mixed 78.2
SusWrite 206
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0
99% 0.9 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 174 173 166 161 MB/s
95.7% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 178
Mixed 74.9
SusWrite 164
107% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.93 MB/s
636GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 174 182 170 173 192 MB/s
94.7% Outstanding
Read 149
Write 148
Mixed 76
SusWrite 181
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
126% 1.07 MB/s
514GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 136 137 133 141 MB/s
88.6% Excellent
Read 173
Write 116
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 136
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.07 MB/s
481GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 143 145 143 143 144 MB/s
82.2% Excellent
Read 144
Write 126
Mixed 77.7
SusWrite 142
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
639GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 130 133 131 119 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 147
Write 135
Mixed 117
SusWrite 127
97% 131 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1
212% 1.7 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 72 57 69 57 62 MB/s
61.7% Good
Read 153
Write 178
Mixed 72.6
SusWrite 62.1
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
163% 1.23 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 118 122 122 117 122 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 67
Write 85
Mixed 75.8
SusWrite 116
64% 86.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.2
121% 1.47 MB/s
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Typical Storage Space Device 2TB Builds (Compare 26,223 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 144%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 132%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples9,147x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples6,184x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples4,119x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,957x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,881x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,601x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples1,121x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples928x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $985

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