Microsoft

Storage Space Device 958GB

Storage Space Device 958GB
BENCHMARKS (1,030)
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Effective Speed -20%Effective Speed -20%Average Score -24%Read -18%, Write -36%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -23%, 4K Mixed -52%, SusWrite 12%Peak Score -9%Read -0%, Write -6%, 4K Read -19%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -36%, SusWrite 19%Value & Sentiment -846%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,678%Nice To Haves -21%DQ Read -7%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -43%, ADQ Read -54%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed -85%, Age 36%, AS-SSD Total -6%

Average Bench: 82% (457^th of 1072)

Based on 1,030 user benchmarks. Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device

Poor: 48%Average: 82% Great: 104%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 958GB averaged just 18.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 958GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 141MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.5MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 958GB is 55.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 958GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 293MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 299MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,030 samples)

Rank 45782%

Min	Avg	Max
166	Read 387	506
65.6	Write 299	459
33.9	Mixed 293	408
96.4	SusWrite 333	460
73.7% 328 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.2	4K Read 27.5	36.2
15.3	4K Write 69.9	106
10.2	4K Mixed 29.7	42.7
117% 42.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.2	DQ Read 212	343
14.2	DQ Write 265	354
12.7	DQ Mixed 141	232
133% 206 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

ROU-User, 3 days ago.

291GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 420 421 439 440 440 MB/s

95.7% Outstanding

Write 261

Mixed 320

SusWrite 414

77% 341 MB/s

4K Read 30.7

4K Write 80.5

4K Mixed 37.8

138% 49.7 MB/s

DQ Read 256

DQ Write 343

DQ Mixed 207

182% 269 MB/s

DNK-User, 2 days ago.

482GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 348 452 452 459 458 MB/s

94.6% Outstanding

Write 377

Mixed 373

SusWrite 397

86% 382 MB/s

4K Read 30.3

4K Write 78.2

4K Mixed 38

136% 48.8 MB/s

DQ Read 256

DQ Write 334

DQ Mixed 206

180% 265 MB/s

HUN-User, 6 days ago.

176GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 450 448 290 93 26 MB/s

89.2% Excellent

Write 449

Mixed 417

SusWrite 294

93% 416 MB/s

4K Read 31.7

4K Write 78.4

4K Mixed 28

125% 46 MB/s

DQ Read 259

DQ Write 351

DQ Mixed 98.8

132% 236 MB/s

HUN-User, 19 days ago.

194GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 427 428 412 65 80 MB/s

87.8% Excellent

Write 441

Mixed 415

SusWrite 309

94% 418 MB/s

4K Read 29.4

4K Write 79.7

4K Mixed 28

123% 45.7 MB/s

DQ Read 177

DQ Write 350

DQ Mixed 111

128% 213 MB/s

FIN-User, 1 day ago.

87GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 348 348 353 334 25 MB/s

77.8% Very good

Write 270

Mixed 320

SusWrite 274

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 28.8

4K Write 69.7

4K Mixed 35.6

126% 44.7 MB/s

DQ Read 164

DQ Write 198

DQ Mixed 162

128% 175 MB/s

BRA-User, 21 hrs ago.

436GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 373 392 410 397 376 MB/s

62.4% Good

Write 309

Mixed 81.8

SusWrite 381

59% 262 MB/s

4K Read 12.1

4K Write 51.4

4K Mixed 10.4

59% 24.6 MB/s

DQ Read 166

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 41.2

89% 177 MB/s

USA-User, 9 days ago.

290GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 25 137 288 3.2 159 MB/s

46% Average

Write 287

Mixed 181

SusWrite 106

40% 174 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 45.3

4K Mixed 19

84% 29.2 MB/s

DQ Read 114

DQ Write 315

DQ Mixed 32.2

77% 154 MB/s

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	525x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
Storage Space Device 958GBMicrosoftBench 82%, 1,030 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	183x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	101x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $548

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Storage Space Device 958GB

Average Bench: 82% (457^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

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Storage Space Device 958GB

Average Bench: 82% (457th of 1072)

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Very good average bench

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Below average consistency

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

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Average Bench: 82% (457^th of 1072)