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Storage Space Device 496GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 108% (231st of 1080)

Based on 133 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 86%Average: 108% Great: 126%

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Outstanding average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 496GB averaged 8.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 496GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 284MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 50.6MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 496GB is 39.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 496GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 332MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 380MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 133 samples)
Rank 231108%
Min Avg Max
372 Read 482 515
298 Write 437 491
248 Mixed 380 462
195 SusWrite 332 450
91.6% 408 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.5 4K Read 38.4 47.6
52.3 4K Write 93.1 124
32.3 4K Mixed 50.6 64.5
172% 60.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
220 DQ Read 356 390
183 DQ Write 319 367
146 DQ Mixed 284 367
228% 320 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
462GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 481 470 486 486 485 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 495
Write 483
Mixed 411
SusWrite 480
105% 467 MB/s
4K Read 41.1
4K Write 92.9
4K Mixed 54.7
182% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 358
269% 359 MB/s
170GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 160 160 160 160 160 MB/s
93.4% Outstanding
Read 461
Write 437
Mixed 412
SusWrite 170
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 36.9
4K Write 89.8
4K Mixed 43.4
159% 56.7 MB/s
DQ Read 360
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 354
265% 351 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,564,208 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 37%
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Motherboard: Asrock H97 Performance

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples99x
Core i7-4790Intel  $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples87x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples71x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples41x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples39x
SSD
Storage Space Device 496GBMicrosoftBench 108%, 133 samples1x
RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 1,884 samples19x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples16x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples14x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $548

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