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Storage Space Device 4.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 75.3% (103rd of 1015)

Based on 709 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 22%Average: 75.3% Great: 110%

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Good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 4.5TB averaged 24.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4.5TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.28MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4.5TB is 87.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 72.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 125MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 709 samples)
Rank 10375.3%
Min Avg Max
35.3 Read 125 198
34.2 Write 127 187
28.4 Mixed 72.1 105
37.1 SusWrite 137 196
84.4% 115 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.28 2.46
0.5 4K Write 2.23 5.2
0 4K Mixed 0.66 1.2
167% 1.39 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 162 162 162 159 165 MB/s
76.8% Very good
Read 105
Write 139
Mixed 69.3
SusWrite 162
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
88% 0.8 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 127 139 141 133 132 MB/s
72.8% Very good
Read 119
Write 101
Mixed 69.8
SusWrite 134
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
160% 1.17 MB/s
884GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 129 121 122 116 140 MB/s
56.5% Above average
Read 69.8
Write 104
Mixed 69.2
SusWrite 127
68% 92.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
76% 0.7 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 72 74 66 62 61 MB/s
55.3% Above average
Read 126
Write 152
Mixed 68.1
SusWrite 67.3
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
68% 0.63 MB/s
871GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 132 131 33 74 36 MB/s
45.3% Average
Read 65.3
Write 106
Mixed 59.5
SusWrite 92.6
60% 80.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
70% 0.6 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 21 23 22 28 24 MB/s
37.6% Below average
Read 108
Write 25.1
Mixed 31.6
SusWrite 23.3
34% 47 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.63 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,945,770 HDDs tested

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Gaming 113%
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Desktop 96%
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Workstation
Workstation 104%
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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $229

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $240Bench 97%, 550,833 samples8,663x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $130Bench 93%, 321,194 samples8,411x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $385Bench 98%, 354,223 samples4,095x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples2,616x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples2,491x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples2,295x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples1,286x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples1,114x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $116Bench 310%, 455,997 samples1,073x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples2,116x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples1,560x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,027x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $976

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