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Storage Space Device 254GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 88.3% (358th of 1072)

Based on 639 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 57%Average: 88.3% Great: 117%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 254GB averaged just 11.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 254GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 175MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.5MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 254GB is 60.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 254GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 299MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 338MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 639 samples)
Rank 35888.3%
Min Avg Max
324 Read 446 509
229 Write 377 472
207 Mixed 338 444
111 SusWrite 299 456
81.9% 365 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.6 4K Read 30.5 41.1
34.8 4K Write 77.8 115
12.3 4K Mixed 34.5 55.5
132% 47.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
119 DQ Read 257 385
100 DQ Write 277 356
17.2 DQ Mixed 175 336
157% 237 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
67GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 439 439 442 423 62 MB/s
95.3% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 436
Mixed 395
SusWrite 374
96% 427 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 29.7
138% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 157
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 42.1
90% 179 MB/s
162GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 327 333 336 342 335 MB/s
91.9% Outstanding
Read 411
Write 330
Mixed 302
SusWrite 335
77% 344 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 86.5
4K Mixed 37.7
135% 50.5 MB/s
DQ Read 324
DQ Write 268
DQ Mixed 226
188% 273 MB/s
237GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 368 370 383 381 398 MB/s
82.6% Excellent
Read 397
Write 402
Mixed 355
SusWrite 379
86% 383 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 63
4K Mixed 31.9
111% 39.7 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 179
145% 198 MB/s
201GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 65 66 66 65 66 MB/s
74.6% Very good
Read 474
Write 253
Mixed 334
SusWrite 111
65% 293 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 74.8
4K Mixed 30.1
124% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 206
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 172
152% 225 MB/s
48GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 144 143 144 166 152 MB/s
64.9% Good
Read 318
Write 271
Mixed 245
SusWrite 149
55% 246 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 57.9
4K Mixed 26.1
95% 34.7 MB/s
DQ Read 337
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 313
235% 314 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 73,436,901 SSDs tested

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Gaming 65%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 59%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME H410M-K

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $107Bench 85%, 153,026 samples1,071x
Core i3-10100FIntel  $69Bench 80%, 39,812 samples589x
Core i3-10100Intel  $112Bench 80%, 24,563 samples252x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $205Bench 71%, 428,800 samples309x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples229x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $100Bench 29%, 946,701 samples218x
SSD
Storage Space Device 254GBMicrosoftBench 88%, 639 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBAdataBench 77%, 24,552 samples151x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples54x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $81Bench 82%, 134,977 samples48x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $312

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