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Storage Space Device 490GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 100% (252nd of 1072)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 83%Average: 100% Great: 115%

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Outstanding average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 490GB averaged 0.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 490GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 244MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 45.1MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 490GB is 32.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 490GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 319MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 365MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 252100%
Min Avg Max
396 Read 466 500
409 Write 438 476
252 Mixed 365 430
154 SusWrite 319 433
89.2% 397 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.6 4K Read 33.2 44.6
67.3 4K Write 88.6 124
19 4K Mixed 45.1 62.2
155% 55.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
150 DQ Read 328 387
182 DQ Write 310 353
44 DQ Mixed 244 362
204% 294 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
299GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 424 419 432 428 416 MB/s
121% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 487
Mixed 416
SusWrite 430
103% 458 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 54.5
190% 68.6 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 329
DQ Mixed 261
221% 323 MB/s
268GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 438 436 464 449 279 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 500
Write 476
Mixed 416
SusWrite 416
102% 452 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 94.3
4K Mixed 54
170% 60.6 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 353
DQ Mixed 362
273% 365 MB/s
346GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 442 418 411 410 413 MB/s
95.6% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 409
Mixed 373
SusWrite 424
96% 425 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 95.8
4K Mixed 27.6
132% 51.3 MB/s
DQ Read 150
DQ Write 325
DQ Mixed 44
89% 173 MB/s
53GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 275 169 171 112 81 MB/s
87% Excellent
Read 424
Write 412
Mixed 289
SusWrite 173
73% 325 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 67.5
4K Mixed 42.1
138% 47.2 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 325
255% 353 MB/s
43GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 222 199 168 132 146 MB/s
82.7% Excellent
Read 476
Write 410
Mixed 252
SusWrite 185
74% 331 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 79.8
4K Mixed 46.7
135% 49.4 MB/s
DQ Read 231
DQ Write 182
DQ Mixed 190
147% 201 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,797,546 SSDs tested

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Typical Storage Space Device 490GB Builds (Compare 1,299 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H170M-PLUS - $296

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples321x
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples283x
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples140x
GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples137x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples105x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples74x
SSD
Storage Space Device 490GBMicrosoftBench 100%, 10 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples59x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair  $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples31x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $601

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