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Storage Space Device 461GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 60% (188th of 1015)

Based on 42 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 28%Average: 60% Great: 76%

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Average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 461GB averaged 40.0% 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 0.98MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.02MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 461GB is 48.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 461GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 57.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 77.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42 samples)
Rank 18860%
Min Avg Max
11 Read 151 209
10.7 Write 140 199
10.8 Mixed 77.5 113
10.9 SusWrite 57.7 166
78.4% 107 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 1.02 1.6
1.2 4K Write 2.2 4.7
0.4 4K Mixed 0.98 1.4
192% 1.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
412GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 129 129 129 130 130 MB/s
70.9% Very good
Read 119
Write 126
Mixed 67
SusWrite 128
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.87 MB/s
429GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 50 52 46 49 47 MB/s
69.2% Good
Read 192
Write 75
Mixed 74.1
SusWrite 49.6
72% 97.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
209GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 60 104 37 67 35 MB/s
68.8% Good
Read 182
Write 161
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 58.3
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
173% 1.2 MB/s
426GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 47 39 36 41 54 MB/s
64.9% Good
Read 182
Write 148
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 43.4
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
171% 1.17 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 59 28 38 21 59 MB/s
61.8% Good
Read 173
Write 160
Mixed 77.6
SusWrite 42.7
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.07 MB/s
162GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 58 54 54 54 54 MB/s
60% Above average
Read 154
Write 148
Mixed 107
SusWrite 54.7
86% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.1
226% 1.7 MB/s
379GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 33 39 36 37 39 MB/s
57.7% Above average
Read 164
Write 130
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 37.3
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,395,696 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 70%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 64%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,752x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,092x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples861x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $291Bench 90%, 645,160 samples561x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples475x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples342x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples439x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel  $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples236x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples659x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples248x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $695

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