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MZNLN256HCHP-000 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 72.5% (622nd of 1072)

Based on 448 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZNLN256HCHP-000
Poor: 46%Average: 72.5% Great: 99%

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Good average bench

The Samsung MZNLN256HCHP-000 256GB averaged 27.4% 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 120MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.2MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZNLN256HCHP-000 256GB is 53.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZNLN256HCHP-000 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 179MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 221MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 448 samples)
Rank 62272.5%
Min Avg Max
324 Read 450 509
95.7 Write 221 295
116 Mixed 249 360
58.3 SusWrite 179 292
61% 275 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.4 4K Read 25.2 35.3
22.2 4K Write 69.9 119
11.6 4K Mixed 24.7 38.1
107% 39.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27 DQ Read 259 380
53.6 DQ Write 181 294
15 DQ Mixed 120 244
117% 187 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT21K0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 296 296 296 297 298 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 459
Write 299
Mixed 245
SusWrite 297
72% 325 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 41.7
162% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 250
212% 312 MB/s
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT21K0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 255 272 285 292 287 MB/s
98.6% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 103
Mixed 246
SusWrite 275
62% 282 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 41.1
157% 58.4 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 229
DQ Mixed 234
194% 283 MB/s
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 254 226 226 238 253 MB/s
84.8% Excellent
Read 446
Write 279
Mixed 236
SusWrite 238
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 92.3
4K Mixed 38.4
134% 51.5 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 217
DQ Mixed 191
157% 225 MB/s
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT21K0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 229 229 227 226 222 MB/s
72.9% Very good
Read 426
Write 237
Mixed 229
SusWrite 228
62% 280 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 49.8
4K Mixed 26.5
92% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 244
DQ Mixed 220
186% 275 MB/s
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT21K0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 223 227 218 229 223 MB/s
68.2% Good
Read 406
Write 244
Mixed 215
SusWrite 224
61% 273 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 43.1
4K Mixed 26.1
82% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 335
DQ Write 224
DQ Mixed 206
174% 255 MB/s
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Gaming 9%
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Desktop 49%
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Workstation 8%
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System: Samsung 900X5L

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples16x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples15x
Pentium 4405UIntelBench 48%, 3,663 samples4x
GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples36x
HD Graphics 510IntelBench 2%, 6,504 samples4x
SSD
MZNLN256HCHP-000 256GBSamsungBench 73%, 448 samples8x
RAM
K4E6E304EB-EGCG 2x4GBSamsungBench 62%, 8,887 samples33x
K4E8E324EB-EGCF 2x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 710 samples7x
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