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Storage Space Device 2.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 66% (731st of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 35%Average: 66% Great: 88%

Above average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 2.5TB averaged 33.9% 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. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 112MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 26.4MB/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. Sustained Write Speed 188MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 191MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 73166%
Min Avg Max
288 Read 436 596
211 Write 327 442
42.8 Mixed 191 349
70 SusWrite 188 376
63.6% 286 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.4 4K Read 20.2 35.2
9.6 4K Write 53 111
12.7 4K Mixed 26.4 42.8
92.5% 33.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.3 DQ Read 253 396
45.4 DQ Write 126 295
6.6 DQ Mixed 112 289
104% 164 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 458 273 360 370 354 MB/s
88.4% Excellent
Read 288
Write 442
Mixed 349
SusWrite 376
83% 364 MB/s
4K Read 12.8
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 42.8
133% 55.6 MB/s
DQ Read 238
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 289
212% 274 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 123 105 64 159 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 596
Write 211
Mixed 315
SusWrite 112
68% 309 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 50.9
4K Mixed 32.4
122% 39.5 MB/s
DQ Read 396
DQ Write 84
DQ Mixed 78.8
100% 186 MB/s
740GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 421 179 161 119 62 MB/s
61.9% Good
Read 550
Write 376
Mixed 42.8
SusWrite 192
64% 290 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 9.6
4K Mixed 12.7
63% 16.5 MB/s
DQ Read 354
DQ Write 81.1
DQ Mixed 74
92% 170 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 120 6.7 13 9.2 112 MB/s
35% Below average
Read 312
Write 279
Mixed 58.2
SusWrite 70
40% 180 MB/s
4K Read 5.4
4K Write 40.5
4K Mixed 17.7
52% 21.2 MB/s
DQ Read 24.3
DQ Write 45.4
DQ Mixed 6.6
13% 25.4 MB/s

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