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Storage Space Device 1.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 58.7% (201st of 1015)

Based on 17 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 21%Average: 58.7% Great: 89%

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Average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB averaged 41.2% 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 0.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.04MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB is 68.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 61.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 89.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)
Rank 20158.7%
Min Avg Max
10.7 Read 115 171
37 Write 114 158
22.7 Mixed 61.7 117
24.5 SusWrite 89.4 198
69.7% 94.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 1.04 2.2
0.1 4K Write 1.58 2.8
0.1 4K Mixed 0.59 1.1
138% 1.07 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
926GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 202 203 201 196 201 MB/s
99.7% Outstanding
Read 149
Write 158
Mixed 80.1
SusWrite 198
107% 146 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.4
166% 1.4 MB/s
556GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 160 160 160 160 154 MB/s
91% Outstanding
Read 156
Write 164
Mixed 31.8
SusWrite 161
92% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
141% 1.2 MB/s
237GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 117 113 115 117 MB/s
76.7% Very good
Read 148
Write 139
Mixed 88.5
SusWrite 119
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
185% 1.33 MB/s
134GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 27 22 41 23 16 MB/s
41.7% Average
Read 118
Write 112
Mixed 22.7
SusWrite 28.1
51% 70.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.3
39% 0.17 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 19 22 22 21 22 MB/s
40% Average
Read 115
Write 96.3
Mixed 60.8
SusWrite 24.5
55% 74.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.2
47% 0.43 MB/s
302GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 37 38 40 40 MB/s
21.7% Poor
Read 36.6
Write 37
Mixed 33
SusWrite 38.1
27% 36.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
159% 1.37 MB/s
592GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 31 32 34 26 26 MB/s
12% Very poor
Read 10.7
Write 78.9
Mixed 48.2
SusWrite 30.8
32% 42.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
72% 0.63 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H310M-E R2.0

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $85Bench 85%, 299,482 samples1,647x
Core i3-9100FIntel  $120Bench 80%, 34,310 samples1,006x
Core i7-9700FIntel  $279Bench 92%, 54,980 samples961x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples695x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples562x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples363x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples307x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples175x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples144x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples193x
PSD48G266681 2x8GBPatriotBench 79%, 6,425 samples190x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples163x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $343

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