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Storage Space Device 8TB

Storage Space Device 8TB
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Effective Speed -11%Effective Speed -11%Average Score -9%Read -4%, Write -6%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -27%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -24%, SusWrite 21%Peak Score +3% Read 1%, Write -1%, 4K Read -3%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -0%, SusWrite 25%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -6%DQ Read 6%, DQ Write 1%, DQ Mixed 11%, ADQ Read -35%, ADQ Write -42%, ADQ Mixed -31%, Age 40%, AS-SSD Total 2%

Average Bench: 88.9% (348^th of 1072)

Based on 108 user benchmarks. Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device

Poor: 27%Average: 88.9% Great: 126%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 8TB averaged just 11.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 199MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.4MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 8TB is 98.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 335MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 359MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 108 samples)

Rank 34888.9%

Min	Avg	Max
297	Read 440	513
128	Write 383	481
91.6	Mixed 335	438
58.2	SusWrite 359	482
85.2% 379 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1.37	4K Read 29.2	41.6
8.94	4K Write 69.1	120
0.25	4K Mixed 36.4	58.2
127% 44.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
2.19	DQ Read 241	388
3.64	DQ Write 204	362
1.43	DQ Mixed 199	368
155% 215 MB/s

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 25 days ago.

7.5TB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 375 378 373 378 378 MB/s

86.5% Excellent

Write 384

Mixed 341

SusWrite 377

86% 382 MB/s

4K Read 26.7

4K Write 71.3

4K Mixed 35.7

124% 44.6 MB/s

DQ Read 77.5

DQ Write 282

DQ Mixed 131

115% 164 MB/s

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) - $175

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Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,277x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	903x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	330x

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GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	875x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	742x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	587x

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Storage Space Device 8TBMicrosoftBench 89%, 108 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	215x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	132x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $868

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Storage Space Device 8TB

Average Bench: 88.9% (348^th of 1072)

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Strengths

Terrible consistency

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Storage Space Device 8TB

Average Bench: 88.9% (348th of 1072)

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Very good average bench

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Terrible consistency

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Average Bench

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) - $175

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Average Bench: 88.9% (348^th of 1072)