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Storage Space Device 17.5TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 71.1% (122nd of 1015)

Based on 41 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 36%Average: 71.1% Great: 105%

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Good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 17.5TB averaged 28.8% 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 0.64MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.29MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 17.5TB is 68.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 17.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 68.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 109MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 41 samples)
Rank 12271.1%
Min Avg Max
28.3 Read 134 238
11.8 Write 109 204
17.4 Mixed 68.2 120
4.8 SusWrite 115 192
78.1% 107 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.23 4K Read 1.29 5
0 4K Write 1.97 8
0 4K Mixed 0.64 2.2
162% 1.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
15TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 154 146 144 150 164 MB/s
69.9% Good
Read 91.9
Write 101
Mixed 17.4
SusWrite 152
65% 90.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
43% 0.43 MB/s
15TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 133 129 130 129 124 MB/s
57.7% Above average
Read 73.1
Write 117
Mixed 17.5
SusWrite 128
61% 84.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
30% 0.33 MB/s
15TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 20 20 20 21 41 MB/s
18.1% Very poor
Read 36.5
Write 36.7
Mixed 20.3
SusWrite 26.6
22% 30 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
33% 0.27 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H310M-K R2.0

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $96Bench 85%, 299,482 samples3,209x
Core i3-9100FIntel  $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples1,504x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples460x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples726x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples564x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples514x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples436x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $50Bench 45%, 156,194 samples309x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples298x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples206x
2x8GBAdataBench 77%, 24,552 samples162x
1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 25,310 samples138x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $353

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