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Storage Space Device 959GB

Storage Space Device 959GB
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Effective Speed -27%Effective Speed -27%Average Score -30%Read -21%, Write -33%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -39%, Mixed -32%, 4K Mixed -65%, SusWrite 13%Peak Score -10%Read -0%, Write -7%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -39%, SusWrite 19%Value & Sentiment -846%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,678%Nice To Haves -26%DQ Read -12%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -31%, ADQ Read -71%, ADQ Write -23%, ADQ Mixed -100%, Age 36%, AS-SSD Total -9%

Average Bench: 77.8% (523^rd of 1072)

Based on 664 user benchmarks. Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device

Poor: 46%Average: 77.8% Great: 103%

Popular builds with this SSD

Good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 959GB averaged 22.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 959GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 130MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.8MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 959GB is 56.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 959GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 272MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 304MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 664 samples)

Rank 52377.8%

Min	Avg	Max
160	Read 379	505
65.2	Write 304	454
31.6	Mixed 272	406
95.8	SusWrite 334	460
72.4% 323 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14	4K Read 25.8	35.3
14	4K Write 63	104
8.67	4K Mixed 27.3	42
107% 38.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.5	DQ Read 191	329
13.1	DQ Write 235	354
11.4	DQ Mixed 130	252
121% 185 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

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

ISR-User, 16 days ago.

676GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 465 462 387 465 464 MB/s

109% Outstanding

Write 460

Mixed 374

SusWrite 454

99% 438 MB/s

4K Read 41.2

4K Write 80.1

4K Mixed 48.8

167% 56.7 MB/s

DQ Read 241

DQ Write 243

DQ Mixed 231

176% 238 MB/s

RUS-User, 19 days ago.

698GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 381 429 445 449 454 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 415

Mixed 387

SusWrite 418

90% 397 MB/s

4K Read 34.4

4K Write 81.3

4K Mixed 45.7

154% 53.8 MB/s

DQ Read 346

DQ Write 289

DQ Mixed 262

211% 299 MB/s

SWE-User, 8 days ago.

269GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 415 403 421 422 419 MB/s

90.5% Outstanding

Write 276

Mixed 337

SusWrite 395

77% 342 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 71.7

4K Mixed 35.2

126% 45 MB/s

DQ Read 255

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 204

180% 267 MB/s

MEX-User, 9 days ago.

730GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 366 355 367 367 364 MB/s

80.2% Excellent

Write 364

Mixed 340

SusWrite 356

82% 365 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 62.9

4K Mixed 32

110% 39.4 MB/s

DQ Read 174

DQ Write 202

DQ Mixed 179

138% 185 MB/s

FRA-User, 15 days ago.

445GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 210 253 281 308 231 MB/s

57.3% Above average

Write 379

Mixed 85

SusWrite 251

65% 292 MB/s

4K Read 4

4K Write 53.2

4K Mixed 10.3

47% 22.5 MB/s

DQ Read 128

DQ Write 305

DQ Mixed 36.4

79% 157 MB/s

MEX-User, 11 days ago.

73GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 380 405 407 444 378 MB/s

49.6% Average

Write 104

Mixed 86.3

SusWrite 398

47% 210 MB/s

4K Read 14.7

4K Write 20.5

4K Mixed 11.7

48% 15.6 MB/s

DQ Read 16

DQ Write 17.1

DQ Mixed 16

12% 16.4 MB/s

DNK-User, 16 hrs ago.

184GB free

Firmware: 0.1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 24 345 471 469 469 MB/s

41% Average

Write 65.5

Mixed 31.9

SusWrite 300

33% 148 MB/s

4K Read 17.4

4K Write 15.2

4K Mixed 10.5

48% 14.4 MB/s

DQ Read 12.9

DQ Write 12.8

DQ Mixed 150

75% 58.5 MB/s

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Desktop 97%

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Workstation 113%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z390-F GAMING - $309

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Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	4,437x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	4,361x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	1,796x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,211x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1,167x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	917x

SSD
Storage Space Device 959GBMicrosoftBench 78%, 664 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	500x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	490x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	437x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 959GB

Average Bench: 77.8% (523^rd of 1072)

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Storage Space Device 959GB

Average Bench: 77.8% (523rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 77.8% (523^rd of 1072)