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Storage Space Device 515GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 81.1% (470th of 1072)

Based on 203 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 46%Average: 81.1% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 515GB averaged just 18.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 515GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 139MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.8MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 515GB is 61.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 515GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 286MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 302MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 203 samples)
Rank 47081.1%
Min Avg Max
264 Read 424 509
99.3 Write 322 466
55.1 Mixed 302 408
94.4 SusWrite 286 457
74.7% 333 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.3 4K Read 28.8 40.3
20 4K Write 68.7 108
8.04 4K Mixed 29.7 47
118% 42.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33.9 DQ Read 221 378
26.5 DQ Write 264 353
1.4 DQ Mixed 139 258
134% 208 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
147GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 299 287 290 286 284 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 364
Mixed 260
SusWrite 298
79% 355 MB/s
4K Read 34
4K Write 86.4
4K Mixed 41.9
151% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 391
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 242
209% 310 MB/s
125GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 439 175 12 69 23 MB/s
83.8% Excellent
Read 485
Write 436
Mixed 351
SusWrite 191
82% 366 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 71.8
4K Mixed 43.1
147% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 156
DQ Mixed 126
103% 147 MB/s
402GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 347 192 197 198 190 MB/s
83.2% Excellent
Read 456
Write 435
Mixed 418
SusWrite 262
88% 393 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 66.3
4K Mixed 39.2
131% 45.2 MB/s
DQ Read 225
DQ Write 136
DQ Mixed 76
85% 146 MB/s
463GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 30 135 202 231 232 MB/s
58.4% Above average
Read 458
Write 386
Mixed 264
SusWrite 191
72% 325 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 37.1
4K Mixed 19.5
77% 26 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 30.7
45% 84.8 MB/s
122GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 135 233 171 138 226 MB/s
51.2% Above average
Read 446
Write 374
Mixed 177
SusWrite 192
66% 297 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 37.8
4K Mixed 10.6
60% 21.8 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 75.6
DQ Mixed 28.8
40% 73.5 MB/s
480GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 134 88 98 97 91 MB/s
39.7% Below average
Read 384
Write 260
Mixed 417
SusWrite 161
68% 306 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 13.7
4K Mixed 12.8
44% 13.4 MB/s
DQ Read 13.6
DQ Write 19.9
DQ Mixed 25.7
17% 19.7 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 66%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Lenovo 81FV

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples2,165x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples1,917x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples2,099x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples1,060x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples923x
SSD
Storage Space Device 515GBMicrosoftBench 81%, 203 samples1x
RAM
RMSA3260MD78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 39%, 6,442 samples585x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples410x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples298x
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