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Storage Space Device 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 104% (238th of 1072)

Based on 391 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 70%Average: 104% Great: 130%

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Outstanding average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB averaged 4.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 245MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 46MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB is 59.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 387MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 395MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 391 samples)
Rank 238104%
Min Avg Max
317 Read 452 515
303 Write 433 493
292 Mixed 395 461
159 SusWrite 387 490
93.8% 416 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.9 4K Read 35.4 48.2
39.8 4K Write 84.4 128
17.9 4K Mixed 46 65.7
157% 55.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
151 DQ Read 323 388
160 DQ Write 284 363
37.2 DQ Mixed 245 371
200% 284 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 462 467 466 471 471 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 480
Mixed 446
SusWrite 467
107% 475 MB/s
4K Read 43.1
4K Write 74.3
4K Mixed 53.5
173% 57 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 357
DQ Mixed 369
277% 370 MB/s
640GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 446 435 431 423 415 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 379
Write 403
Mixed 368
SusWrite 429
89% 395 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 61.3
202% 70.4 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 229
171% 228 MB/s
300GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 270 237 195 160 190 MB/s
82.4% Excellent
Read 427
Write 434
Mixed 357
SusWrite 221
81% 360 MB/s
4K Read 31.4
4K Write 67.5
4K Mixed 40.2
135% 46.4 MB/s
DQ Read 246
DQ Write 196
DQ Mixed 200
156% 214 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,711,885 SSDs tested

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Gaming 123%
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Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 113%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE V2

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples2,384x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples1,270x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples483x
GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples708x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples664x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples605x
SSD
Storage Space Device 4TBMicrosoftBench 104%, 391 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples311x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples211x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples179x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $533

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