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SAMSUNG MZALQ128 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 139% (169th of 1072)

Based on 60 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SAMSUNG MZALQ128
Poor: 81%Average: 139% Great: 182%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ128 128GB averaged 39.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ128 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 452MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 511MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ128 128GB is 101%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ128 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 211MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 648MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 60 samples)
Rank 169139%
Min Avg Max
544 Read 1,082 1,387
59.4 Write 648 984
144 Mixed 665 1,013
66.9 SusWrite 211 274
144% 652 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.6 4K Read 46.3 58.5
26.2 4K Write 116 196
21.9 4K Mixed 55.2 77.5
202% 72.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
237 DQ Read 432 507
105 DQ Write 511 935
147 DQ Mixed 452 596
346% 465 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL1QFXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 615 176 179 176 183 172 MB/s
145% Outstanding
Read 1,291
Write 876
Mixed 832
SusWrite 250
180% 812 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 85.5
4K Mixed 54.9
180% 61 MB/s
DQ Read 507
DQ Write 475
DQ Mixed 550
397% 511 MB/s
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3L1QFXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 669 163 176 179 191 193 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 1,176
Write 789
Mixed 891
SusWrite 262
174% 779 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 49.3
4K Mixed 37.2
122% 39.4 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 230
DQ Mixed 284
211% 282 MB/s
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL2QFXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 161 133 142 143 134 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 1003
Write 719
Mixed 390
SusWrite 152
125% 566 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 76.7
4K Mixed 40.5
148% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 291
DQ Write 225
DQ Mixed 245
187% 254 MB/s
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 619 217 221 151 232 235 MB/s
94% Outstanding
Read 812
Write 687
Mixed 701
SusWrite 279
139% 620 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 39.6
4K Mixed 27.3
93% 30.4 MB/s
DQ Read 358
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 348
263% 352 MB/s
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL2QFXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 112 117 111 129 122 MB/s
70.7% Very good
Read 778
Write 182
Mixed 244
SusWrite 120
72% 331 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 33.8
4K Mixed 23.3
75% 25 MB/s
DQ Read 268
DQ Write 131
DQ Mixed 186
142% 195 MB/s
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Gaming 26%
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Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 21%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-M2-CF

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $90Bench 64%, 234,266 samples120x
Core i3-7100Intel  $70Bench 57%, 79,299 samples43x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples42x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples43x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples41x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples29x
SSD
SAMSUNG MZALQ128 128GBNvmeBench 139%, 60 samples1x
RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples12x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples8x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $149

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