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Storage Space Device 273GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 82.4% (449th of 1072)

Based on 42 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 68%Average: 82.4% Great: 95%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 273GB averaged just 17.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 273GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 272MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 84.2MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 273GB is 27.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 273GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 246MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 227MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42 samples)
Rank 44982.4%
Min Avg Max
272 Read 435 478
118 Write 387 484
167 Mixed 370 405
132 SusWrite 246 449
80.6% 359 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.9 4K Read 24.2 28.5
35.2 4K Write 84.2 124
21.3 4K Mixed 34.3 41.7
125% 47.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
124 DQ Read 227 237
98 DQ Write 283 327
110 DQ Mixed 272 308
200% 261 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
254GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 428 261 151 150 154 MB/s
93.3% Outstanding
Read 456
Write 481
Mixed 399
SusWrite 266
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 40.4
152% 58.8 MB/s
DQ Read 233
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 306
222% 285 MB/s
244GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 456 209 32 75 150 MB/s
84.8% Excellent
Read 470
Write 474
Mixed 397
SusWrite 228
88% 392 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 79.6
4K Mixed 36.6
128% 47.3 MB/s
DQ Read 229
DQ Write 325
DQ Mixed 295
218% 283 MB/s
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 330 317 152 145 149 MB/s
73.6% Very good
Read 415
Write 351
Mixed 298
SusWrite 239
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 62.9
4K Mixed 29.6
103% 37.8 MB/s
DQ Read 235
DQ Write 239
DQ Mixed 284
200% 253 MB/s
254GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 211 212 211 207 135 MB/s
73.3% Very good
Read 352
Write 371
Mixed 327
SusWrite 198
70% 312 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 91.8
4K Mixed 32.5
122% 48.5 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 223
165% 217 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 34%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) - $90

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples292x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples245x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples221x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples236x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples150x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples141x
SSD
Storage Space Device 273GBMicrosoftBench 82%, 42 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples70x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples45x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples31x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $484

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