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Storage Space Device 235GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 75.9% (557th of 1072)

Based on 64 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 45%Average: 75.9% Great: 107%

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Good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 235GB averaged 24.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 235GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 154MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 235GB is 62.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 235GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 166MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 275MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 64 samples)
Rank 55775.9%
Min Avg Max
299 Read 423 506
105 Write 275 465
63.1 Mixed 289 422
48.9 SusWrite 166 368
64.2% 288 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.2 4K Read 30 41.6
11.8 4K Write 74.5 114
3.8 4K Mixed 31.4 56.2
125% 45.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
101 DQ Read 239 376
51.3 DQ Write 245 370
6.25 DQ Mixed 154 345
140% 213 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
132GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 241 142 81 84 65 MB/s
79.8% Very good
Read 453
Write 361
Mixed 302
SusWrite 134
70% 313 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 87.5
4K Mixed 30.8
134% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 250
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 186
170% 257 MB/s
83GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 208 200 181 99 117 MB/s
74.8% Very good
Read 311
Write 240
Mixed 238
SusWrite 170
54% 240 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 88.6
4K Mixed 32.5
139% 51.6 MB/s
DQ Read 180
DQ Write 264
DQ Mixed 162
140% 202 MB/s
219GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 136 136 163 99 77 MB/s
71.3% Very good
Read 449
Write 126
Mixed 177
SusWrite 132
48% 221 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 95.6
4K Mixed 32
135% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 75.8
DQ Write 116
DQ Mixed 95.3
72% 95.7 MB/s
215GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 213 212 216 217 217 MB/s
67.9% Good
Read 372
Write 357
Mixed 332
SusWrite 211
72% 318 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 66.9
4K Mixed 29.9
106% 39.4 MB/s
DQ Read 101
DQ Write 226
DQ Mixed 168
127% 165 MB/s
219GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 45 38 38 38 40 MB/s
44.9% Average
Read 445
Write 350
Mixed 310
SusWrite 52.3
64% 289 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 26
4K Mixed 14.8
65% 20.7 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 82.1
DQ Mixed 34.6
43% 77.7 MB/s
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Gaming 80%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 66%
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Motherboard: Asrock B365M Pro4

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples1,203x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples510x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples486x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples295x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples276x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples236x
SSD
Storage Space Device 235GBMicrosoftBench 76%, 64 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples157x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples124x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $466

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