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Storage Space Device 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 85.7% (41st of 1015)

Based on 71 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 41%Average: 85.7% Great: 110%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB averaged just 14.2% 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 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.31MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB is 68.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 75.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.73MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 71 samples)
Rank 4185.7%
Min Avg Max
53.3 Read 141 189
74.6 Write 136 176
44.1 Mixed 75.4 98.4
48.8 SusWrite 157 215
93.3% 127 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 1.31 2.8
0.6 4K Write 1.73 3.64
0.1 4K Mixed 0.65 1.1
158% 1.23 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: 204 206 216 206 208 205 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 142
Write 176
Mixed 69.9
SusWrite 208
108% 149 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
228% 1.73 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 200 194 193 201 205 MB/s
91.5% Outstanding
Read 121
Write 151
Mixed 73.2
SusWrite 199
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
137% 0.97 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 144 143 145 141 MB/s
80.5% Excellent
Read 138
Write 136
Mixed 61.1
SusWrite 142
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
169% 1.33 MB/s
199GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 156 151 149 156 157 MB/s
77.5% Very good
Read 117
Write 112
Mixed 73
SusWrite 154
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.8 MB/s
425GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 90 87 86 91 90 MB/s
75% Very good
Read 175
Write 196
Mixed 96.8
SusWrite 85.9
102% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.9
201% 1.7 MB/s
170GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 145 148 149 150 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 95.6
Write 114
Mixed 68.9
SusWrite 148
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
101% 0.87 MB/s
885GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 102 104 104 102 103 MB/s
46.3% Average
Read 57.9
Write 105
Mixed 59.6
SusWrite 104
60% 81.5 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.4
103% 0.77 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,311,870 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 111%
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Desktop
Desktop 95%
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Workstation
Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: MSI Z370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B45) - $206

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples2,287x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples603x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples262x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples536x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples436x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples249x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples154x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples140x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples137x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples194x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples121x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples85x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $964

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