During battery cycling, lithium ions follow a tortuous, reactive diffusion path around a densely packed distribution of particles of active material in a porous battery electrode, which defines its instantaneous response and long term degradation. The associated microstructural properties that control the electrochemical battery response are particle morphology, spatial orientation, size and size distribution, and is a direct function of electrode fabrication. While traditional microstructure optimization approaches are made through fabrication trial and error, the impact on performance of currently used porous electrode microstructures remains unclear. In this paper, we present an alternative approach to evaluate the impact of several existing, possible (and a few impossible) battery microstructure architectures on their corresponding macroscopic properties. Based on published 2D and 3D microstructural data for traditionally and non-traditionally used battery fabrication approaches, we discuss the microstructural characteristics of these architectures by defining a theoretical framework where they can be compared on the same footing.