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Storage Space Device 523GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 88.3% (357th of 1072)

Based on 165 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 72%Average: 88.3% Great: 98%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 523GB averaged just 11.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 523GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 294MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 89.2MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 523GB is 25.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 523GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 297MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 353MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 165 samples)
Rank 35788.3%
Min Avg Max
352 Read 403 441
239 Write 405 480
221 Mixed 353 390
183 SusWrite 297 332
82.1% 365 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.3 4K Read 24.7 27.9
57.2 4K Write 89.2 118
25.7 4K Mixed 36.5 42.3
131% 50.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
196 DQ Read 309 352
184 DQ Write 297 328
169 DQ Mixed 294 331
223% 300 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
487GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 464 314 235 245 250 MB/s
95.9% Outstanding
Read 418
Write 485
Mixed 390
SusWrite 330
92% 406 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 97.1
4K Mixed 40.7
142% 54.3 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 334
252% 337 MB/s
226GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 432 437 468 334 245 MB/s
95.8% Outstanding
Read 399
Write 458
Mixed 370
SusWrite 392
91% 405 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 86.7
4K Mixed 37.7
133% 50 MB/s
DQ Read 344
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 328
247% 329 MB/s
226GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 357 368 380 404 407 MB/s
85.8% Excellent
Read 322
Write 419
Mixed 358
SusWrite 378
84% 369 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 71.6
4K Mixed 32.2
114% 42.2 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 329
247% 330 MB/s
379GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 449 290 243 243 241 MB/s
82.8% Excellent
Read 418
Write 449
Mixed 360
SusWrite 321
87% 387 MB/s
4K Read 18.5
4K Write 64.5
4K Mixed 30.6
101% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 347
DQ Write 321
DQ Mixed 236
204% 301 MB/s
487GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 473 350 235 235 238 MB/s
78.8% Very good
Read 364
Write 236
Mixed 209
SusWrite 333
64% 285 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 87.2
4K Mixed 23.2
106% 43.5 MB/s
DQ Read 221
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 321
229% 288 MB/s
44GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 240 239 226 203 151 MB/s
73.3% Very good
Read 461
Write 471
Mixed 366
SusWrite 216
85% 379 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 76.9
4K Mixed 24.5
108% 41.6 MB/s
DQ Read 174
DQ Write 240
DQ Mixed 143
126% 186 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,813,950 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
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Workstation
Workstation 35%
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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples877x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples665x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples498x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples332x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples200x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples168x
SSD
Storage Space Device 523GBMicrosoftBench 88%, 165 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples148x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples133x
CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 11,058 samples44x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $695

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