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Storage Space Device 511GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 91% (313th of 1072)

Based on 911 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 46%Average: 91% Great: 124%

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Excellent average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 511GB averaged just 8.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 511GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 159MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.9MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 511GB is 77.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 511GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 328MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 343MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 911 samples)
Rank 31391%
Min Avg Max
339 Read 450 516
210 Write 399 479
87 Mixed 343 445
121 SusWrite 328 464
85.3% 380 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.6 4K Read 30.9 42.2
19 4K Write 80.9 114
1.3 4K Mixed 35.3 57.5
135% 49 MB/s
Min Avg Max
97.1 DQ Read 247 385
30.9 DQ Write 279 358
7.15 DQ Mixed 159 329
149% 228 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
434GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 446 446 447 448 447 MB/s
96.1% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 438
Mixed 364
SusWrite 446
98% 438 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 20.3
134% 56.7 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 24.6
77% 158 MB/s
230GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 417 418 407 396 386 MB/s
86% Excellent
Read 498
Write 403
Mixed 338
SusWrite 406
92% 411 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 80.7
4K Mixed 21.4
105% 41.8 MB/s
DQ Read 135
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 32.1
80% 161 MB/s
405GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 395 390 397 388 391 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 388
Write 433
Mixed 390
SusWrite 396
91% 402 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 53.5
4K Mixed 28.2
100% 35 MB/s
DQ Read 89.5
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 154
126% 173 MB/s
25GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 25 39 22 6 MB/s
35.7% Below average
Read 467
Write 99.7
Mixed 17.5
SusWrite 27.4
32% 153 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 10.7
4K Mixed 0.3
42% 11.7 MB/s
DQ Read 182
DQ Write 3.2
DQ Mixed 12.7
29% 65.9 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 141%
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Desktop
Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 129%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples1,047x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples451x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples397x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples332x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples313x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples257x
SSD
Storage Space Device 511GBMicrosoftBench 91%, 911 samples1x
RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples103x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples97x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples93x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $603

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