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Storage Space Device 30GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 63.6% (756th of 1071)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 57%Average: 63.6% Great: 76%

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Above average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 30GB averaged 36.4% 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. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 110MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 32.6MB/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. Sustained Write Speed 77.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 78.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 75663.6%
Min Avg Max
315 Read 387 503
66 Write 78.7 86.6
111 Mixed 126 138
72.4 SusWrite 77.8 85.7
36.5% 167 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.6 4K Read 27.6 34.7
57 4K Write 64.9 76.6
28.7 4K Mixed 32.6 37.5
118% 41.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
227 DQ Read 229 230
83.5 DQ Write 84.5 86.3
109 DQ Mixed 110 112
93.8% 141 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
28GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 79 87 87 87 87 MB/s
75.7% Very good
Read 503
Write 86.6
Mixed 138
SusWrite 85.7
44% 203 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 76.6
4K Mixed 37.5
141% 49.6 MB/s
DQ Read 227
DQ Write 86.3
DQ Mixed 112
95% 142 MB/s
12GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 68 71 72 76 71 MB/s
58% Above average
Read 315
Write 83.5
Mixed 130
SusWrite 72.4
33% 150 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 61
4K Mixed 31.5
110% 39 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 83.5
DQ Mixed 109
93% 141 MB/s
12GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 78 83 74 67 68 MB/s
57% Above average
Read 342
Write 66
Mixed 111
SusWrite 75.3
32% 149 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 57
4K Mixed 28.7
103% 36.4 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 83.8
DQ Mixed 110
94% 141 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,748,642 SSDs tested

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Typical Storage Space Device 30GB Builds (Compare 5,060 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 8700

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples2,692x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples1,738x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples207x
GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia  $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples572x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples361x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples322x
SSD
Storage Space Device 30GBMicrosoftBench 64%, 3 samples1x
RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples351x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples194x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples147x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $195

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