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MZMPD256 256GB

MZMPD256 256GB
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Effective Speed -52%Effective Speed -52%Average Score -68%Read -15%, Write -61%, 4K Read -55%, 4K Write -123%, Mixed -59%, 4K Mixed -81%, SusWrite -82%Peak Score -95%Read -20%, Write -53%, 4K Read -88%, 4K Write -196%, Mixed -76%, 4K Mixed -128%, SusWrite -107%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -35%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -60%, DQ Mixed -147%, ADQ Read 14%, ADQ Write -54%, ADQ Mixed -102%, Age 92%, AS-SSD Total -27%

Average Bench: 65% (741^st of 1072)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG MZMPD256

Poor: 62%Average: 65% Great: 68%

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Toshiba PORTEGE Z930 (1)

Above average average bench

The Samsung MZMPD256 256GB averaged 35.0% 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 129MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 371MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 163MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 226MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 74165%

Min	Avg	Max
371	Read 397	423
187	Write 251	316
210	Mixed 226	241
140	SusWrite 163	187
57.7% 259 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.7	4K Read 22.2	22.8
37.2	4K Write 39.2	41.3
24.1	4K Mixed 24.9	25.6
86.3% 28.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
357	DQ Read 371	386
149	DQ Write 187	224
124	DQ Mixed 129	134
136% 229 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 2 years ago.

110GB free (System drive)

Firmware: DXM41H0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 188 231 187 170 176 MB/s

68.3% Good

Write 316

Mixed 241

SusWrite 187

65% 292 MB/s

4K Read 22.8

4K Write 37.2

4K Mixed 25.6

87% 28.5 MB/s

DQ Read 357

DQ Write 224

DQ Mixed 134

142% 238 MB/s

USA-User, 4 years ago.

179GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1H0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 118 134 142 151 114 MB/s

61.7% Good

Write 187

Mixed 210

SusWrite 140

50% 227 MB/s

4K Read 21.7

4K Write 41.3

4K Mixed 24.1

86% 29 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 149

DQ Mixed 124

129% 220 MB/s

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 3%

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System: Toshiba PORTEGE Z930

CPU
Core i7-3687UIntelBench 53%, 2,933 samples	42x
Core i5-3437UIntelBench 49%, 3,817 samples	34x
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	24x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	154x

SSD
MZMPD256 256GBSamsungBench 65%, 2 samples	1x

RAM
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	46x
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples	37x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	32x

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Toshiba PORTEGE Z930 (1)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Average Bench: 65% (741^st of 1072)

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Average Bench: 65% (741st of 1072)

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