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Storage Space Device 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 109% (219th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 105%Average: 109% Great: 118%

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Outstanding average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB averaged 9.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 253MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 47.1MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 314MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 443MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 219109%
Min Avg Max
401 Read 443 460
403 Write 430 478
279 Mixed 314 375
344 SusWrite 399 445
89.2% 396 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.9 4K Read 35.7 41.3
65.8 4K Write 98.2 117
41.9 4K Mixed 47.1 52.9
166% 60.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
378 DQ Read 383 388
304 DQ Write 317 346
193 DQ Mixed 253 355
216% 318 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 450 465 458 478 477 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 460
Write 478
Mixed 313
SusWrite 431
95% 420 MB/s
4K Read 36.8
4K Write 85
4K Mixed 45
158% 55.6 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 193
185% 292 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 387 399 394 382 377 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 446
Write 403
Mixed 282
SusWrite 364
84% 374 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 41.9
170% 63.5 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 246
212% 314 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 254 331 326 363 273 MB/s
74.3% Very good
Read 350
Write 321
Mixed 216
SusWrite 297
66% 296 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 37.6
4K Mixed 25.2
90% 29.2 MB/s
DQ Read 355
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 240
204% 299 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,649,251 SSDs tested

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Typical Storage Space Device 3TB Builds (Compare 13,896 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples6,618x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples1,044x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples2,165x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples1,381x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,247x
SSD
Storage Space Device 3TBMicrosoftBench 109%, 5 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples806x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples559x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $650

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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