Average Bench: 37.6% (965th of 1071)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 31%Average: 37.6% Great: 45%

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Poor average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 21GB averaged 62.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 332MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 47.7MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 21GB is just 13.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 21GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 70.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 115MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Min Avg Max
225 Read 332 482
41.8 Write 115 298
56.2 Mixed 148 321
41.8 SusWrite 70.2 116
36.5% 166 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.1 4K Read 14.8 28.1
9.3 4K Write 33.9 79.1
0.5 4K Mixed 10.1 19.5
53.2% 19.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.8 DQ Read 108 228
8.4 DQ Write 86.3 223
9.9 DQ Mixed 47.7 165
49.1% 80.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
20GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 118 112 83 101 97 MB/s
Read 378
Write 171
Mixed 266
SusWrite 116
52% 233 MB/s
4K Read 20.2
4K Write 72.4
4K Mixed 19.5
94% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 228
DQ Write 186
DQ Mixed 34.1
73% 149 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,749,404 SSDs tested

Typical Storage Space Device 21GB Builds (Compare 144 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Veriton M6610G

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $250

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