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Storage Space Device 1.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 81.8% (458th of 1071)

Based on 26 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 51%Average: 81.8% Great: 121%

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Very good average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB averaged just 18.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 172MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 32.3MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB is 69.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 285MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 327MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 26 samples)
Rank 45881.8%
Min Avg Max
196 Read 400 509
81.1 Write 347 482
88 Mixed 285 458
104 SusWrite 327 483
76.3% 340 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.1 4K Read 26.5 40.6
17.4 4K Write 66.2 118
12.3 4K Mixed 32.3 54
117% 41.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.8 DQ Read 222 397
31.2 DQ Write 223 438
30.4 DQ Mixed 172 372
143% 206 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
498GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 447 446 448 387 95 MB/s
99.6% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 411
Mixed 418
SusWrite 374
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 31.1
144% 55.5 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 352
DQ Mixed 101
131% 232 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 418 418 430 427 434 MB/s
99.1% Outstanding
Read 415
Write 429
Mixed 429
SusWrite 430
96% 426 MB/s
4K Read 34.2
4K Write 80.1
4K Mixed 39.6
145% 51.3 MB/s
DQ Read 229
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 282
207% 268 MB/s
922GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 459 453 455 453 453 MB/s
97.3% Outstanding
Read 452
Write 419
Mixed 409
SusWrite 456
98% 434 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 29.2
133% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 166
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 89.9
116% 202 MB/s
676GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 315 81 80 300 251 MB/s
74.4% Very good
Read 352
Write 105
Mixed 159
SusWrite 233
47% 212 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 61.6
4K Mixed 36.7
125% 42.8 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 157
119% 159 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 170 317 292 253 231 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 445
Write 379
Mixed 318
SusWrite 270
79% 353 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 37
4K Mixed 11
66% 23.1 MB/s
DQ Read 46.6
DQ Write 95.6
DQ Mixed 35.7
37% 59.3 MB/s
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Gaming 90%
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Desktop 96%
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Workstation
Workstation 83%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390M-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $295Bench 97%, 550,833 samples356x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples356x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples185x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples100x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples92x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples78x
SSD
Storage Space Device 1.5TBMicrosoftBench 82%, 26 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples48x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples47x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples36x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $659

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