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Storage Space Device 4.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 72.1% (118th of 1015)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 50%Average: 72.1% Great: 96%

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Good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 4.5TB averaged 27.9% 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 0.66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.08MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4.5TB is 45.5%. This is a relatively 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 69.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 121MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 11872.1%
Min Avg Max
61.9 Read 121 178
123 Write 138 175
20 Mixed 69.6 101
77.3 SusWrite 130 181
84% 115 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.08 1.5
0.5 4K Write 2 4.1
0 4K Mixed 0.66 1.1
155% 1.24 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 165 154 156 156 162 MB/s
95.8% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 175
Mixed 79.9
SusWrite 157
108% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 174 190 186 182 177 MB/s
95.5% Outstanding
Read 152
Write 151
Mixed 71.6
SusWrite 181
101% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
72% 0.67 MB/s
0GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 125 120 130 131 145 MB/s
73.4% Very good
Read 125
Write 123
Mixed 80.4
SusWrite 131
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
178% 1.37 MB/s
0GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 104 110 102 60 60 MB/s
68% Good
Read 144
Write 148
Mixed 101
SusWrite 92.5
90% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.1
214% 1.57 MB/s
0GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 93 72 90 79 49 MB/s
57.5% Above average
Read 122
Write 128
Mixed 83.2
SusWrite 77.3
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
201% 1.5 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,501,701 HDDs tested

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Typical Storage Space Device 4.5TB Builds (Compare 16 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 61%
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System: Thirdwave Diginnos Series

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples5x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples4x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples3x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples3x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples3x
SSD
GH-SSDR2SA120 120GBBench 68%, 26 samples3x
Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWDBench 217%, 23,579 samples3x
PM830 128GBSamsungBench 61%, 13,767 samples1x
RAM
99U5403-166.A00LF 0012 WHALEKOM DDR3 8GB 1311 NT8GC64B8HB0NF-DI 0012 WHALEKOM DDR3 8GB 32GBKingstonBench 58%, 5 samples3x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 0420 AM2L16BC8R2-B0QS M378B5173DB0-CK0 1337 FLFE85F-C8KL9 18GBSamsungBench 45%, 3 samples3x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 6,467 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $327

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