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Storage Space Device 129GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 68% (699th of 1072)

Based on 196 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 42%Average: 68% Great: 100%

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Above average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 129GB averaged 32.0% 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 Read Speed 27.8MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 129GB is 58.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 129GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 153MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 270MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 196 samples)
Rank 69968%
Min Avg Max
307 Read 418 503
96.8 Write 275 445
84.8 Mixed 270 423
59.5 SusWrite 153 371
62.1% 279 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.3 4K Read 27.8 40.1
23.7 4K Write 64.8 105
9.55 4K Mixed 26.6 46.8
111% 39.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
55.9 DQ Read 174 316
48.5 DQ Write 204 341
15.6 DQ Mixed 112 231
106% 163 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
120GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 262 80 80 80 81 MB/s
91.3% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 420
Mixed 368
SusWrite 152
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 91.8
4K Mixed 39.5
161% 57.4 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 203
181% 269 MB/s
86GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 127 122 128 213 129 MB/s
66.7% Good
Read 309
Write 95.5
Mixed 322
SusWrite 156
49% 221 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 55.1
4K Mixed 29.8
105% 36.5 MB/s
DQ Read 259
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 183
164% 247 MB/s
86GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 50 55 43 78 74 MB/s
52.4% Above average
Read 448
Write 243
Mixed 172
SusWrite 81
52% 236 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 40.9
4K Mixed 19.8
82% 28 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 87.6
DQ Mixed 13.5
34% 72.9 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 92%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 84%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples402x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples288x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples163x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples138x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples126x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples114x
SSD
Storage Space Device 129GBMicrosoftBench 68%, 196 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples29x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples29x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $629

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