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Storage Space Device 4.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 72.9% (117th of 1015)

Based on 41 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 12%Average: 72.9% Great: 104%

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Good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 4.5TB averaged 27.1% 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 0.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.22MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4.5TB is 92.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 71.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 117MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 41 samples)
Rank 11772.9%
Min Avg Max
7.5 Read 117 199
11.5 Write 120 185
12.8 Mixed 71.5 120
5.4 SusWrite 137 199
81.7% 111 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 1.22 5.9
0.2 4K Write 1.94 5.7
0 4K Mixed 0.63 1.2
157% 1.27 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 183 184 181 177 163 MB/s
98.7% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 177
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 177
109% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
163% 1.27 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 173 175 174 177 178 MB/s
95.9% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 112
Mixed 105
SusWrite 175
102% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.7
159% 1.37 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 172 170 174 172 170 MB/s
92.7% Outstanding
Read 152
Write 164
Mixed 70.8
SusWrite 171
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 141 163 167 156 156 MB/s
91.3% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 159
Mixed 68
SusWrite 156
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.17 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 170 167 170 162 165 MB/s
78.6% Very good
Read 108
Write 120
Mixed 78.3
SusWrite 166
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
80% 0.73 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 118 9.4 96 173 173 MB/s
67.7% Good
Read 113
Write 142
Mixed 65.5
SusWrite 123
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.3
119% 0.93 MB/s
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Gaming 70%
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Desktop 80%
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Workstation 64%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples857x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples561x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples475x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples338x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples435x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel  $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples234x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples246x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $732

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