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Storage Space Device 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 63.3% (174th of 1015)

Based on 35 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 14%Average: 63.3% Great: 106%

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Above average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB averaged 36.6% 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 0.72MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.36MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB is 91.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 101MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 35 samples)
Rank 17463.3%
Min Avg Max
13 Read 111 197
21.8 Write 101 177
17.7 Mixed 63.9 108
9.5 SusWrite 109 199
70.5% 96.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.94 2.4
0.5 4K Write 2.36 4.7
0.1 4K Mixed 0.72 1.1
162% 1.34 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: 146 150 151 156 149 148 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 236
Write 32
Mixed 81.7
SusWrite 150
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
145% 1.07 MB/s
574GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 258 267 237 265 270 MB/s
85.2% Excellent
Read 48
Write 134
Mixed 34.1
SusWrite 248
84% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 1
251% 2.23 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 106 104 103 104 112 MB/s
60.2% Good
Read 102
Write 98.3
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 107
61% 84 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
112% 0.9 MB/s
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Typical Storage Space Device 2TB Builds (Compare 4,722 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 182%
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Desktop
Desktop 104%
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Workstation
Workstation 181%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PRO (WI-FI)

CPU
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $185Bench 98%, 128,080 samples1,333x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples1,054x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples880x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples510x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples399x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia  $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples361x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples438x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples382x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples206x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples157x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples124x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 101%, 32,191 samples116x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $1,202

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