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Storage Space Device 5TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 14.5% (1066th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 14%Average: 14.5% Great: 15%

Terrible average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 5TB averaged 85.4% 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. Sustained Write Speed 114MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 14.4MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1.15MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 0.88MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 106614.5%
Min Avg Max
79.5 Read 106 128
65 Write 93.1 135
31 Mixed 67.7 89
85.2 SusWrite 114 153
21.4% 95.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.9 4K Read 1.02 1.1
8.2 4K Write 14.4 32
0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 1.1
10.2% 5.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 DQ Read 1.15 2.8
6.1 DQ Write 19.3 50.2
0.1 DQ Mixed 0.88 2.3
3.47% 7.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 155 153 151 158 152 MB/s
15.1% Very poor
Read 92.5
Write 135
Mixed 31
SusWrite 153
23% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 8.2
4K Mixed 0.7
7% 3.27 MB/s
DQ Read 1.1
DQ Write 6.1
DQ Mixed 2.3
2% 3.17 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 88 183 142 60 28 MB/s
15.1% Very poor
Read 79.5
Write 65
Mixed 89
SusWrite 85.2
18% 79.7 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 32
4K Mixed 1.1
20% 11.4 MB/s
DQ Read 2.8
DQ Write 50.2
DQ Mixed 0.1
8% 17.7 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 108 109 110 110 MB/s
14.1% Very poor
Read 128
Write 105
Mixed 80.9
SusWrite 109
24% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 8.9
4K Mixed 0.8
7% 3.6 MB/s
DQ Read 0.4
DQ Write 10.7
DQ Mixed 0.6
2% 3.9 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 110 110 112 111 MB/s
13.9% Very poor
Read 124
Write 67.6
Mixed 70
SusWrite 111
21% 92.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 8.4
4K Mixed 0.6
7% 3.37 MB/s
DQ Read 0.3
DQ Write 10.1
DQ Mixed 0.5
2% 3.63 MB/s

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