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Virtual Disk 378GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 80.9% (474th of 1072)

Based on 22 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Virtual Disk
Poor: 71%Average: 80.9% Great: 86%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Virtual Disk 378GB averaged just 19.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Virtual Disk 378GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 124MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.5MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Virtual Disk 378GB is just 15.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Microsoft Virtual Disk 378GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 125MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 130MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)
Rank 47480.9%
Min Avg Max
458 Read 491 501
470 Write 494 502
449 Mixed 491 502
176 SusWrite 308 350
100% 446 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.5 4K Read 28.5 32
34.7 4K Write 51.4 59.7
26.5 4K Mixed 36.5 41.5
117% 38.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
66.3 DQ Read 125 133
128 DQ Write 130 131
76.2 DQ Mixed 124 132
94.1% 126 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
344GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 356 337 346 352 324 MB/s
84.7% Excellent
Read 494
Write 502
Mixed 500
SusWrite 346
104% 460 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 53
4K Mixed 37.3
122% 40.1 MB/s
DQ Read 130
DQ Write 131
DQ Mixed 131
98% 131 MB/s
336GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 295 290 307 308 301 MB/s
81.5% Excellent
Read 491
Write 500
Mixed 502
SusWrite 299
101% 448 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 51.7
4K Mixed 37.5
121% 39.7 MB/s
DQ Read 130
DQ Write 131
DQ Mixed 131
98% 131 MB/s
344GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 362 353 344 352 341 MB/s
81.4% Excellent
Read 492
Write 492
Mixed 487
SusWrite 350
103% 455 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 54.3
4K Mixed 34.8
114% 38.7 MB/s
DQ Read 76.7
DQ Write 128
DQ Mixed 97.9
75% 101 MB/s
336GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 323 359 325 321 324 MB/s
75.2% Very good
Read 462
Write 486
Mixed 465
SusWrite 329
98% 436 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 44.3
4K Mixed 29.1
99% 33 MB/s
DQ Read 130
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 130
98% 130 MB/s
337GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 375 344 339 353 323 MB/s
74.8% Very good
Read 494
Write 488
Mixed 495
SusWrite 345
102% 455 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 27.5
90% 29.6 MB/s
DQ Read 130
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 130
98% 130 MB/s
344GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 354 370 349 362 303 MB/s
72.7% Very good
Read 487
Write 484
Mixed 490
SusWrite 350
102% 453 MB/s
4K Read 16.5
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 28.2
82% 27.8 MB/s
DQ Read 133
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 128
97% 130 MB/s
344GB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 285 280 264 309 256 MB/s
72% Very good
Read 501
Write 496
Mixed 499
SusWrite 276
100% 443 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 38.2
4K Mixed 30.6
93% 30.2 MB/s
DQ Read 129
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 128
96% 129 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,830,827 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,027x
Core i7-2600Intel  $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,573x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples936x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,044x
SSD
Virtual Disk 378GBMicrosoftBench 81%, 22 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples517x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297

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