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Storage Space Device 16TB

Storage Space Device 16TB
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Effective Speed -26%Effective Speed -26%Average Score -8%Read -43%, Write -23%, 4K Read 2%, 4K Write 77%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed -29%, SusWrite -12%Peak Score -19%Read -59%, Write -46%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write 99%, Mixed -41%, 4K Mixed -28%, SusWrite -36%Value & Sentiment -19%User Rating -19%Nice To Haves +11% Age 11%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 70.1% (125^th of 1015)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device

Poor: 67%Average: 70.1% Great: 74%

Popular builds with this HDD

Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE (2)

Good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 16TB averaged 29.9% 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 0.67MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.8MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 65.7MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 109MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 12570.1%

Min	Avg	Max
95.5	Read 109	126
102	Write 117	129
63.6	Mixed 65.7	69.6
129	SusWrite 135	145
78.1% 107 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.2	4K Read 1.33	1.4
3.1	4K Write 3.8	5
0.6	4K Mixed 0.67	0.8
200% 1.93 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 2 years ago.

12.5TB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 128 124 128 133 154 MB/s

73.8% Very good

Write 102

Mixed 69.6

SusWrite 130

78% 107 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 5

4K Mixed 0.6

218% 2.33 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

12TB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 136 152 145 151 146 MB/s

69.3% Good

Write 121

Mixed 63.6

SusWrite 145

78% 106 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 3.1

4K Mixed 0.8

205% 1.77 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,334,016 HDDs tested

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,664x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,463x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	1,022x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	766x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	556x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	546x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	282x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	227x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	225x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	634x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	558x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	439x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $480

Popular Storage Space Device 16TB compatible motherboards:

Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE (2)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Storage Space Device 16TB

Average Bench: 70.1% (125^th of 1015)

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Unknown consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE

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Storage Space Device 16TB

Average Bench: 70.1% (125th of 1015)

Popular builds with this HDD

Good average bench

Strengths

Unknown consistency

Weaknesses

Average Bench

Market Share (See Leaders)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE

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Average Bench: 70.1% (125^th of 1015)