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Storage Space Device 1.5TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 99.7% (257th of 1072)

Based on 40 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 79%Average: 99.7% Great: 127%

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Excellent average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB averaged just 0.2% 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 248MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 45MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB is 47.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 301MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 328MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 40 samples)
Rank 25799.7%
Min Avg Max
293 Read 479 514
217 Write 414 492
164 Mixed 328 470
92.8 SusWrite 301 472
85.3% 380 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.4 4K Read 34.2 44
54.7 4K Write 90.9 118
23.1 4K Mixed 45 60.8
158% 56.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
141 DQ Read 318 447
145 DQ Write 280 364
35.8 DQ Mixed 248 373
200% 282 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
754GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.6 6.1 MB/s
79.6% Very good
Read 472
Write 404
Mixed 380
SusWrite 56.4
73% 328 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 32.1
145% 57.4 MB/s
DQ Read 271
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 40
105% 220 MB/s
544GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 395 407 230 100 99 MB/s
79.1% Very good
Read 429
Write 161
Mixed 341
SusWrite 271
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 63.1
4K Mixed 27.8
107% 38.6 MB/s
DQ Read 281
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 201
176% 260 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,711,239 SSDs tested

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Gaming 82%
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Desktop 81%
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Workstation 80%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING - $140

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples1,405x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples540x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples533x
GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples318x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples227x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples207x
SSD
Storage Space Device 1.5TBMicrosoftBench 100%, 40 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples245x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples183x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples156x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $593

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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