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Storage Space Device 12TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 80.3% (78th of 1015)

Based on 297 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 29%Average: 80.3% Great: 120%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 12TB averaged just 19.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 12TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.02MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.42MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 12TB is 90.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 12TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 75.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 131MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 297 samples)
Rank 7880.3%
Min Avg Max
41.4 Read 143 218
36 Write 131 214
21.6 Mixed 75.9 119
30.8 SusWrite 136 219
89% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 1.42 4.31
0.5 4K Write 3.13 6
0.2 4K Mixed 1.02 2.2
230% 1.86 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
11TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 183 175 186 181 179 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 176
Mixed 103
SusWrite 181
116% 158 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 1
316% 2.9 MB/s
11TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 173 183 177 174 172 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 130
Mixed 113
SusWrite 175
110% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.5 MB/s
380GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 150 129 143 126 146 MB/s
83.2% Excellent
Read 149
Write 149
Mixed 76.5
SusWrite 139
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 8
4K Mixed 1.2
332% 3.47 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 184%
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Desktop
Desktop 104%
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Workstation
Workstation 201%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX X570-E GAMING - $460

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $245Bench 99%, 60,132 samples1,937x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $174Bench 98%, 128,080 samples1,350x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $315Bench 88%, 197,342 samples1,116x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,114x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples884x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,000Bench 210%, 158,856 samples619x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $105Bench 385%, 327,441 samples856x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples712x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples425x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples435x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $110Bench 89%, 144,399 samples189x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 110%, 12,538 samples157x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $1,360

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