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Storage Space Device 215GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 50.5% (295th of 1015)

Based on 208 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 16%Average: 50.5% Great: 88%

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Average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 215GB averaged 49.4% 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 Random Mixed IO Speed 0.77MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.92MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 215GB is 71.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 215GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 53MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 62.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 208 samples)
Rank 29550.5%
Min Avg Max
29.7 Read 123 200
22.9 Write 112 186
21 Mixed 62.1 104
10.9 SusWrite 53 152
64.2% 87.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.34 4K Read 0.92 1.7
0.64 4K Write 1.98 4.95
0.3 4K Mixed 0.77 1.2
160% 1.22 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
194GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 103 103 105 104 MB/s
57.6% Above average
Read 96.5
Write 73.4
Mixed 57
SusWrite 104
61% 82.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.6
132% 1.17 MB/s
200GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 42 44 43 44 MB/s
47.1% Average
Read 121
Write 100
Mixed 63.5
SusWrite 43.1
60% 81.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.23 MB/s
78GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 17 17 17 17 MB/s
26% Poor
Read 72.8
Write 90.8
Mixed 20
SusWrite 17.6
37% 50.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.77 MB/s
200GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 1.1 2.6 5.3 6.9 33 MB/s
3% Terrible
Read 1.7
Write 113
Mixed 1.7
SusWrite 8.5
22% 31.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.2
41% 0.37 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 90%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 88%
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Motherboard: Asrock X370 Taichi - $250

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples120x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD  $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples87x
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD  $60Bench 72%, 30,050 samples73x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples58x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples51x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples44x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples30x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples26x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples22x
RAM
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL  $73Bench 98%, 54,616 samples38x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples23x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $1,046

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