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Storage Space Device 526GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 44.7% (406th of 1014)

Based on 17 user benchmarks.  Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
Poor: 29%Average: 44.7% Great: 51%

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Below average average bench

The Microsoft Storage Space Device 526GB averaged 55.3% 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 0.83MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.78MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Microsoft Storage Space Device 526GB is 21.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Microsoft Storage Space Device 526GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 54.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 68.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)
Rank 40644.7%
Min Avg Max
40.8 Read 87 121
38 Write 86.5 116
29.6 Mixed 54.7 83.5
11.7 SusWrite 68.5 97
54.6% 74.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.62 1.4
1.3 4K Write 1.78 2
0.5 4K Mixed 0.83 0.9
151% 1.08 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
102GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 100 98 97 97 96 MB/s
57.2% Above average
Read 102
Write 94.2
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 97
66% 90.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.23 MB/s
378GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 82 81 82 84 MB/s
49.4% Average
Read 89.4
Write 90.1
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 82.4
58% 79.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
158% 1.1 MB/s
377GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 83 83 82 82 MB/s
47.2% Average
Read 81.5
Write 82.1
Mixed 53.6
SusWrite 82.6
55% 75 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.17 MB/s
164GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 41 40 40 40 37 MB/s
41.4% Average
Read 103
Write 102
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 40.4
61% 82.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
195% 1.43 MB/s
375GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 13 13 11 12 MB/s
29.2% Poor
Read 89.8
Write 89.3
Mixed 55.4
SusWrite 11.7
46% 61.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
105% 0.77 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 89%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 76%
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Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A63) - $175

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples3,283x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples903x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples330x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples875x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples743x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples588x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples244x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples159x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples215x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples132x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $960

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