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Storage Space Device 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 88.3% (30th of 1015)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 62%Average: 88.3% Great: 110%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB averaged just 11.7% 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 0.66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.02MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB is 47.9%. 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 73.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 122MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 3088.3%
Min Avg Max
57.3 Read 146 190
83.6 Write 122 176
38.6 Mixed 73.9 88.2
119 SusWrite 162 196
92.2% 126 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.02 2.1
0.5 4K Write 1.67 2.4
0.1 4K Mixed 0.66 1
147% 1.12 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 194 198 199 198 199 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 199
Write 148
Mixed 85.4
SusWrite 198
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 198 195 196 193 201 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 149
Mixed 79.4
SusWrite 196
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 197 194 190 195 196 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 122
Mixed 84.7
SusWrite 194
105% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
145% 1.03 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 183 182 185 189 183 MB/s
95.2% Outstanding
Read 146
Write 176
Mixed 79.1
SusWrite 186
107% 147 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
110% 0.93 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 186 185 193 193 194 MB/s
90% Excellent
Read 125
Write 102
Mixed 76.9
SusWrite 190
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
58% 0.5 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,373,578 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 71%
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Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation
Workstation 65%
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Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR TITANIUM (MS-7B89)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples118x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples114x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $189Bench 74%, 142,983 samples59x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples34x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples32x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples32x
SSD
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial  $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples21x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples18x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples16x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples31x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples30x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples17x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $574

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