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Storage Space Device 44TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 71.6% (121st of 1015)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 34%Average: 71.6% Great: 103%

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Good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 44TB averaged 28.4% 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 0.75MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.62MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 44TB is 69.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 44TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 70.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 114MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 12171.6%
Min Avg Max
13.7 Read 135 230
20.2 Write 114 238
10.5 Mixed 70.3 109
4.5 SusWrite 114 249
79.5% 108 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 1.62 6.9
0.1 4K Write 2.86 7.7
0.2 4K Mixed 0.75 1.2
204% 1.74 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
39TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 168 162 166 168 159 MB/s
95.7% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 150
Mixed 99.6
SusWrite 164
107% 145 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 1.2
323% 2.77 MB/s
22.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 111 112 112 111 MB/s
64% Good
Read 108
Write 106
Mixed 96.8
SusWrite 112
79% 106 MB/s
4K Read 6.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
386% 3.07 MB/s
41TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 114 118 125 122 MB/s
55.4% Above average
Read 76.5
Write 118
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 116
72% 97.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.3
106% 1.17 MB/s
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Typical Storage Space Device 44TB Builds (Compare 2,425 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 143%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 142%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 GAMING X

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples686x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples246x
Core i9-10850KIntel  $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples200x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples335x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples242x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples157x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples105x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples82x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples94x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples62x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples59x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $776

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