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Storage Space Device 258GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 73.3% (603rd of 1072)

Based on 242 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 46%Average: 73.3% Great: 106%

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Good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 258GB averaged 26.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 107MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.5MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 258GB is 60.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 258GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 210MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 307MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 242 samples)
Rank 60373.3%
Min Avg Max
320 Read 438 506
114 Write 341 456
126 Mixed 307 423
90.7 SusWrite 210 432
72.4% 324 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.6 4K Read 27.5 39.5
15 4K Write 66 112
5.33 4K Mixed 26.7 47.5
111% 40 MB/s
Min Avg Max
83.1 DQ Read 193 328
44.5 DQ Write 231 350
9.99 DQ Mixed 107 237
110% 177 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
240GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 254 93 99 95 117 MB/s
87% Excellent
Read 461
Write 396
Mixed 347
SusWrite 171
77% 344 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 88
4K Mixed 36.6
143% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 308
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 206
188% 285 MB/s
61GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 235 235 235 168 131 MB/s
72.5% Very good
Read 436
Write 238
Mixed 275
SusWrite 207
64% 289 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 29.2
131% 54.3 MB/s
DQ Read 91.8
DQ Write 35.1
DQ Mixed 98
63% 75 MB/s
149GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 154 142 143 140 142 MB/s
52.5% Above average
Read 440
Write 370
Mixed 187
SusWrite 167
65% 291 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 36.4
4K Mixed 11.6
68% 23.3 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 36.2
48% 87.6 MB/s
81GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 85 90 53 68 74 MB/s
52.2% Above average
Read 424
Write 348
Mixed 27.7
SusWrite 105
50% 226 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 14.7
4K Mixed 12.7
55% 16 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 330
DQ Mixed 1.7
78% 185 MB/s
169GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 161 93 103 163 83 MB/s
52% Above average
Read 478
Write 449
Mixed 414
SusWrite 174
85% 379 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 15.7
4K Mixed 1.2
58% 16.2 MB/s
DQ Read 214
DQ Write 95.8
DQ Mixed 49.1
64% 120 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,718,562 SSDs tested

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Typical Storage Space Device 258GB Builds (Compare 23,315 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,013x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,182x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,949x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,316x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,304x
SSD
Storage Space Device 258GBMicrosoftBench 73%, 242 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,558x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples960x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $598

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