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Storage Space Device 462GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 58.7% (201st of 1014)

Based on 97 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 29%Average: 58.7% Great: 76%

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Average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 462GB 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 0.97MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.03MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 462GB is 47.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 462GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 57.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 97 samples)
Rank 20158.7%
Min Avg Max
72.6 Read 146 200
65.4 Write 136 193
20.9 Mixed 66.9 107
21.9 SusWrite 57.9 115
74.8% 102 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 1.03 2.01
0.8 4K Write 2.14 4.34
0.39 4K Mixed 0.97 2.32
190% 1.38 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
231GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 130 130 136 135 144 MB/s
85.8% Excellent
Read 164
Write 99.9
Mixed 100
SusWrite 135
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
179% 1.3 MB/s
390GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 77 78 76 79 79 MB/s
73.6% Very good
Read 180
Write 167
Mixed 89.7
SusWrite 76.9
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.17 MB/s
70GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 43 45 44 34 42 MB/s
67.6% Good
Read 196
Write 193
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 39.9
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
171GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 46 40 45 46 44 MB/s
56.7% Above average
Read 154
Write 143
Mixed 46.4
SusWrite 43.6
70% 96.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
384GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 28 27 27 29 28 MB/s
44.3% Average
Read 127
Write 124
Mixed 59.6
SusWrite 27.2
62% 84.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.9 MB/s
384GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 27 28 26 25 26 MB/s
40% Average
Read 114
Write 116
Mixed 60.2
SusWrite 25.8
58% 78.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,357,918 HDDs tested

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Typical Storage Space Device 462GB Builds (Compare 1,969 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asrock B365M Phantom Gaming 4

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 299,482 samples652x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $145Bench 93%, 321,194 samples205x
Core i3-9100FIntel  $135Bench 80%, 34,310 samples170x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples129x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples114x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples111x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples65x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples42x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples45x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $540

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