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Storage Space Device 550GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 93.8% (290th of 1072)

Based on 97 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 59%Average: 93.8% Great: 124%

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Excellent average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 550GB averaged just 6.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 550GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 158MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 32.7MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 550GB is 65.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 550GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 328MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 338MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 97 samples)
Rank 29093.8%
Min Avg Max
310 Read 450 512
162 Write 396 479
49.4 Mixed 338 441
118 SusWrite 328 466
84.9% 378 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.7 4K Read 32.7 44.2
35.7 4K Write 81.8 118
2.49 4K Mixed 38.1 60.4
142% 50.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
133 DQ Read 277 387
12.7 DQ Write 273 357
0.89 DQ Mixed 158 353
151% 236 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
400GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 434 433 432 431 432 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 352
Write 439
Mixed 385
SusWrite 434
91% 403 MB/s
4K Read 40.1
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 52.4
186% 67.2 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 140
162% 279 MB/s
174GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 411 413 410 423 422 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 453
Write 423
Mixed 375
SusWrite 411
94% 415 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 70
4K Mixed 40.7
136% 47.3 MB/s
DQ Read 275
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 261
202% 276 MB/s
511GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 403 406 416 411 407 MB/s
87.4% Excellent
Read 418
Write 447
Mixed 400
SusWrite 409
94% 418 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 92.6
4K Mixed 30
124% 48.8 MB/s
DQ Read 94
DQ Write 273
DQ Mixed 151
125% 173 MB/s
66GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 224 67 37 20 85 MB/s
75.9% Very good
Read 473
Write 414
Mixed 386
SusWrite 140
79% 353 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 72
4K Mixed 28.5
119% 43.3 MB/s
DQ Read 224
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 49.8
102% 202 MB/s
256GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 240 246 243 159 94 MB/s
54.1% Above average
Read 346
Write 117
Mixed 112
SusWrite 197
43% 193 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 35.5
4K Mixed 23.5
82% 26.9 MB/s
DQ Read 53.1
DQ Write 73
DQ Mixed 89.1
60% 71.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,768,674 SSDs tested

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Typical Storage Space Device 550GB Builds (Compare 1,411 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus H110M-E/M.2

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples211x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples186x
Core i3-7100Intel  $41Bench 57%, 79,299 samples167x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples176x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples167x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples108x
SSD
Storage Space Device 550GBMicrosoftBench 94%, 97 samples1x
RAM
CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x16GBGEILBench 73%, 565 samples56x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples33x
9905678-023.A00G 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 4,415 samples27x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $154

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