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Storage Space Device 486GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 89.4% (338th of 1072)

Based on 45 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 65%Average: 89.4% Great: 115%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 486GB averaged just 10.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 486GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 200MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.7MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 486GB is 49.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 486GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 278MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 326MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 45 samples)
Rank 33889.4%
Min Avg Max
322 Read 450 512
186 Write 375 487
162 Mixed 326 457
132 SusWrite 278 422
80.1% 358 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18 4K Read 30.7 47
28.2 4K Write 83.2 121
0.4 4K Mixed 36.7 63.5
138% 50.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.3 DQ Read 279 413
95.1 DQ Write 270 370
28.9 DQ Mixed 200 371
171% 250 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
387GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 105 103 104 102 104 MB/s
85.7% Excellent
Read 501
Write 479
Mixed 243
SusWrite 111
74% 333 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 80.8
4K Mixed 45.8
139% 50.4 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 243
208% 306 MB/s
152GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 232 193 200 133 195 MB/s
75.1% Very good
Read 442
Write 186
Mixed 254
SusWrite 186
59% 267 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 29.1
117% 40.7 MB/s
DQ Read 279
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 224
171% 233 MB/s
74GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 31 99 36 61 37 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 315
Write 191
Mixed 180
SusWrite 53.9
41% 185 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 71.8
4K Mixed 36.5
128% 45.5 MB/s
DQ Read 240
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 134
122% 188 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,802,563 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 51%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS - $87

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples384x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples289x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples202x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples121x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples114x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples92x
SSD
Storage Space Device 486GBMicrosoftBench 89%, 45 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples46x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples30x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 109% - Outstanding Total price: $420

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