--- title: HPE STORESERV SPC-1 BENCHMARK RESULTS ARE IN - ALL PERFORMANCE, NONE OF THE PRICE description: The results of the latest benchmark, released on March 8, 2016 demonstrated the BEST SPC-1 price/performance result among all participating external arrays (think Dell Storage SC4020, EMC VNX8000, X-IO ISE 920 G3 AFA, etc.), including all-flash arrays. Now noted as the most affordable external all-flash array on the planet, HPE’s StoreServ 8450 achieved a world-leading result of $0.23 SPC-1 $/IOPS. image: https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PHS-STORAGE-CAPACITY.png?t=1534520300673&width=692&name=PHS-STORAGE-CAPACITY.png --- [![VLCM Getting IT Right Logo](https://blog.vlcm.com/hubfs/_vlcmlogos/vlcm%20tagline.svg "VLCM Getting IT Right Logo")](https://www.vlcm.com) # HPE STORESERV SPC-1 BENCHMARK RESULTS ARE IN - ALL PERFORMANCE, NONE OF THE PRICE ![](https://blog.vlcm.com/hubfs/vlcm.png) VLCM August 18, 2018 [mailto:?subject=[SUBJECT]&body=Check%20out%20this%20site%20https://blog.vlcm.com/blog/ne/hpe-storeserv-spc-1-benchmark-results-are-in-all-performance-none-of-the-price](mailto:?subject=[SUBJECT]&body=Check%20out%20this%20site%20https://blog.vlcm.com/blog/ne/hpe-storeserv-spc-1-benchmark-results-are-in-all-performance-none-of-the-price) It looks like HPE’s all-flash StoreServ 8450 is blowing the competition out the water after some notable SPC-1 benchmark results.The SPC - 1 (Storage Performance Council) provides a source of comparative storage performance information that is objective, relevant, and verifiable. This benchmark is designed to be vendor/platform independent and are applicable across a broad range of storage configuration and topologies. The results of the latest benchmark, released on March 8, 2016 demonstrated the BEST SPC-1 price/performance result among all participating external arrays (think Dell Storage SC4020, EMC VNX8000, X-IO ISE 920 G3 AFA, etc.), including all-flash arrays. Now noted as the most affordable external all-flash array on the planet, HPE’s StoreServ 8450 achieved a world-leading result of $0.23 SPC-1 $/IOPS. **** **** Why is this impressive? The other top 10 external arrays averaged $0.47 SPC-1 $/IOPS. **** **** The buck doesn’t stop there. The SPC-1’s Executive Summary (details included below) also reported a configuration price of $126,558.24 for the 8450, the lowest of the competition. And an SPC-1 IOPS of 545,164 at 0.80ms latency. **** **** ## Check out the rest of the Executive Summary Below: The following four charts and table document the various storage capacities used in the benchmark, and their relationships, as well as the storage utilization values required to be reported.      ![PHS-STORAGE-CAPACITY.png](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PHS-STORAGE-CAPACITY.png?t=1534520300673&width=692&name=PHS-STORAGE-CAPACITY.png "PHS-STORAGE-CAPACITY.png")     ![configured-storage-capacity.png](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/configured-storage-capacity.png?t=1534520300673&width=665&name=configured-storage-capacity.png "configured-storage-capacity.png")   ![addressable-storage-capacity.png](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/addressable-storage-capacity.png?t=1534520300673&width=618&name=addressable-storage-capacity.png "addressable-storage-capacity.png")   ![UNUSED-STORAGE.png](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/UNUSED-STORAGE.png?t=1534520300673&width=683&name=UNUSED-STORAGE.png "UNUSED-STORAGE.png") ![unused-storage-table.png](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unused-storage-table.png?t=1534520300673&width=741&name=unused-storage-table.png "unused-storage-table.png") ## Response Time - Throughput Curve The Response Time-Throughput Curve illustrates the Average Response Time (milliseconds) and I/O Request Throughput at 100%, 95%, 90%, 80%, 50%, and 10% of the workload level used to generage the SPC-1 IOPS metric. The Average Response Time measured at the any of the above load points cannot exceed 30 milliseconds or the benchmark measurement is invalid.  ![response-time--throughput-curve.png](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/response-time--throughput-curve.png?t=1534520300673&width=600&name=response-time--throughput-curve.png "response-time--throughput-curve.png") *Source: [SPC BENCHMARK 1™ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY](https://blog.vlcm.com/hubfs/a00168_HPE_8450_SPC-1_executive-summary.pdf?t=1534520300673)* **Copyright VLCM   |  All Rights Reserved  |  [Privacy](https://www.vlcm.com/privacy)** - [![facebook icon](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/i-img/social-fa.png?t=1444107731905&width=22&name=social-fa.png "facebook icon")](https://www.facebook.com/VLCMtech/)[![linkedin icon](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/i-img/social-in.png?t=1444107731905&width=22&name=social-in.png "linkedin icon") ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/valcom-vlcm-) [![instagram icon](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/i-img/social-phot.png?t=1444107731905&width=22&name=social-phot.png "instagram icon") ](https://www.instagram.com/vlcmtech/) [![twitter icon](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/i-img/social-twi.png?t=1444107731905&width=22&name=social-twi.png "twitter icon") ](https://twitter.com/vlcmtech)[![shopping cart icon](https://blog.vlcm.com/hs-fs/hubfs/cart.png?width=24&name=cart.png "shopping cart icon") ](https://usm.channelonline.com/valcomslc/storesite/Login/?destination=/valcomslc/storesite/Search/Category/index.co) ![](https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=494756&fmt=gif)