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Storage Space Device 6.5TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 64.7% (164th of 1015)

Based on 152 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 17%Average: 64.7% Great: 118%

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Above average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 6.5TB averaged 35.3% 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 0.87MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.16MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 6.5TB is 100%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 6.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 101MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 152 samples)
Rank 16464.7%
Min Avg Max
26 Read 124 225
17.3 Write 107 205
19.9 Mixed 66.9 104
9.3 SusWrite 101 225
73.3% 99.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.37 4K Read 1.16 2.6
0.5 4K Write 2.56 6.09
0 4K Mixed 0.87 1.63
193% 1.53 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
76GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 119 92 113 108 MB/s
53.1% Above average
Read 77.5
Write 73.6
Mixed 56.9
SusWrite 108
58% 78.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
26% 0.3 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 23 14 15 6.3 15 MB/s
38.6% Below average
Read 116
Write 41.4
Mixed 55.1
SusWrite 18.6
43% 57.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.8
127% 0.7 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 43 44 29 59 29 MB/s
29% Poor
Read 59.4
Write 59.1
Mixed 57
SusWrite 41.4
40% 54.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
55% 0.53 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 71%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 61%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples1,437x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples612x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples1,144x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples810x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples241x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples763x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples159x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $684

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