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Storage Space Device 508GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 93.8% (289th of 1072)

Based on 102 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 63%Average: 93.8% Great: 122%

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Excellent average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 508GB averaged just 6.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 508GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 188MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.5MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 508GB is 59.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 508GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 320MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 328MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 102 samples)
Rank 28993.8%
Min Avg Max
337 Read 462 518
242 Write 384 485
194 Mixed 320 442
84.4 SusWrite 328 483
83.8% 373 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.4 4K Read 30.6 38.2
37.2 4K Write 85.3 119
17.6 4K Mixed 37.5 56
140% 51.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
104 DQ Read 294 413
74.2 DQ Write 263 364
24.4 DQ Mixed 188 355
166% 248 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
432GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 431 429 430 431 424 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 474
Write 401
Mixed 409
SusWrite 427
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 72.6
4K Mixed 49.6
155% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 306
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 255
207% 292 MB/s
143GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 259 260 258 252 250 MB/s
90.4% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 258
Mixed 207
SusWrite 256
68% 305 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 85.3
4K Mixed 30.4
136% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 253
DQ Mixed 75.5
120% 234 MB/s
85GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 209 180 199 204 220 MB/s
82.9% Excellent
Read 492
Write 259
Mixed 221
SusWrite 212
66% 296 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 57.5
4K Mixed 30.9
116% 39.5 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 209
190% 292 MB/s
473GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 351 390 414 404 397 MB/s
73.8% Very good
Read 350
Write 357
Mixed 188
SusWrite 386
72% 320 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 39.3
4K Mixed 21.4
82% 27.8 MB/s
DQ Read 238
DQ Write 261
DQ Mixed 157
144% 219 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 46%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC-CF

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples180x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples45x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples41x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples31x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples27x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples21x
SSD
Storage Space Device 508GBMicrosoftBench 94%, 102 samples1x
RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $237

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