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Storage Space Device 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 89.2% (27th of 1015)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 54%Average: 89.2% Great: 112%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB averaged just 10.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.63MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 167MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB is 57.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 77MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.66MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 2789.2%
Min Avg Max
102 Read 167 200
117 Write 141 167
67.9 Mixed 77 85.5
76.5 SusWrite 144 200
96.7% 132 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.66 1.1
1.4 4K Write 1.86 3.3
0.2 4K Mixed 0.63 0.9
132% 1.05 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
354GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 169 166 165 163 163 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 147
Mixed 83.2
SusWrite 165
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
643GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 183 184 182 196 190 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 114
Mixed 75.8
SusWrite 186
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 180 173 177 171 180 MB/s
94% Outstanding
Read 152
Write 117
Mixed 69.4
SusWrite 176
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
109% 0.8 MB/s
563GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 115 123 105 138 117 MB/s
82.9% Excellent
Read 173
Write 133
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 116
91% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
111% 0.83 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 78 74 78 77 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 152
Write 153
Mixed 78
SusWrite 76.5
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 83 109 112 59 36 MB/s
54.2% Above average
Read 102
Write 122
Mixed 67.9
SusWrite 85.9
70% 94.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.2
129% 1.53 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,345,257 HDDs tested

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Typical Storage Space Device 2TB Builds (Compare 10,597 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 111%
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Desktop
Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples7,145x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples1,255x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples566x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1,671x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,212x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples654x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples538x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples500x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples428x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples563x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples473x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $1,001

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