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Storage Space Device 1.5TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 59.5% (192nd of 1014)

Based on 588 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 26%Average: 59.5% Great: 96%

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Average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB averaged 40.4% 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 0.81MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.84MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB is 69.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 57.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 94.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 588 samples)
Rank 19259.5%
Min Avg Max
47.8 Read 107 187
32.3 Write 94.6 166
25 Mixed 57.9 97.6
33.9 SusWrite 101 168
66% 90 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.84 1.5
0.7 4K Write 1.73 2.9
0.4 4K Mixed 0.81 1.2
157% 1.13 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: 121 119 120 119 120 119 MB/s
70.1% Very good
Read 125
Write 124
Mixed 58.4
SusWrite 120
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.83 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 100 103 103 101 MB/s
58.6% Above average
Read 103
Write 97.3
Mixed 55
SusWrite 101
65% 89.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
599GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 96 97 93 98 MB/s
52.2% Above average
Read 83.9
Write 85.1
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 97.9
56% 76.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
378GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 33 33 33 33 MB/s
18.2% Very poor
Read 30.1
Write 35.2
Mixed 25.1
SusWrite 32.1
23% 30.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.7
166% 1.53 MB/s
821GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 57 72 65 76 75 MB/s
17.1% Very poor
Read 1.2
Write 7
Mixed 3
SusWrite 58.6
13% 17.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
4% 0.03 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 63%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 55%
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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE IV FORMULA - $714

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples237x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples114x
Core i7-4930KIntel  $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples52x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples56x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples40x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples35x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples20x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples16x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples16x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 73%, 838 samples54x
Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 64%, 1,972 samples18x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples13x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $1,155

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