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Storage Space Device 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 80.7% (72nd of 1015)

Based on 81 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 47%Average: 80.7% Great: 101%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB averaged just 19.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.83MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.39MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB is 53.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 76.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 129MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 81 samples)
Rank 7280.7%
Min Avg Max
53 Read 138 183
54.1 Write 129 180
33.6 Mixed 76.4 107
46.3 SusWrite 143 184
89.1% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 1.39 4.58
0.5 4K Write 2.27 5
0 4K Mixed 0.83 1.2
193% 1.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 171 173 172 171 172 MB/s
96.5% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 119
Mixed 95.6
SusWrite 172
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
214% 1.73 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 167 154 166 166 MB/s
89% Excellent
Read 146
Write 127
Mixed 74.6
SusWrite 164
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
177% 1.4 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 159 159 159 155 MB/s
88.9% Excellent
Read 152
Write 148
Mixed 98.7
SusWrite 157
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
198% 1.43 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 110 142 156 135 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 120
Write 126
Mixed 60
SusWrite 135
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
180% 1.23 MB/s
600GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 116 123 125 116 122 MB/s
63.4% Good
Read 103
Write 141
Mixed 62.2
SusWrite 118
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
76% 0.7 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 72 80 27 24 80 MB/s
63% Good
Read 155
Write 152
Mixed 91.8
SusWrite 64.6
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
175% 1.23 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 37 40 39 39 MB/s
21.5% Poor
Read 35.3
Write 35.4
Mixed 35.1
SusWrite 38.7
27% 36.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
158% 1.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,353,537 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 114%
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Desktop
Desktop 100%
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Workstation
Workstation 105%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z390 Steel Legend

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $265Bench 97%, 550,833 samples213x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples155x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples145x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples91x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples54x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia  $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples46x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples73x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples30x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples28x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples39x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples32x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $574

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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