Samsung

MZ9LQ512HALU-00000 512GB

MZ9LQ512HALU-00000 512GB
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Effective Speed +17% Effective Speed 17%Average Score +22% Read 13%, Write 61%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write -39%, Mixed 52%, 4K Mixed -18%, SusWrite 95%Peak Score +41% Read 50%, Write 81%, 4K Read 4%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed 75%, 4K Mixed 2%, SusWrite 89%Value & Sentiment -190%User Rating -14%, Market Share -367%Nice To Haves +74% DQ Read 139%, DQ Write 13%, DQ Mixed 111%, ADQ Read 90%, ADQ Write -13%, ADQ Mixed 82%, Age 97%, AS-SSD Total 71%

Average Bench: 115% (199^th of 1072)

Based on 1,535 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG MZ9LQ512HALU-00000

Poor: 69%Average: 115% Great: 156%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZ9LQ512HALU-00000 512GB averaged 15.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZ9LQ512HALU-00000 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 473MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 619MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZ9LQ512HALU-00000 512GB is 87.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZ9LQ512HALU-00000 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 62.8MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 519MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,535 samples)

Rank 199115%

Min	Avg	Max
363	Read 519	762
315	Write 654	878
285	Mixed 546	739
271	SusWrite 579	733
130% 574 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.6	4K Read 30.6	44.8
19.6	4K Write 62.8	105
15.8	4K Mixed 38.1	59.2
128% 43.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
298	DQ Read 619	876
114	DQ Write 256	406
191	DQ Mixed 473	699
341% 449 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 14 hrs ago.

402GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1148 1134 1170 703 322 323 MB/s

198% Outstanding

Write 1,184

Mixed 915

SusWrite 800

233% 1,038 MB/s

4K Read 42.4

4K Write 92.7

4K Mixed 57.2

187% 64.1 MB/s

DQ Read 898

DQ Write 933

DQ Mixed 743

606% 858 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

427GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1157 1157 1164 659 319 313 MB/s

172% Outstanding

Write 1139

Mixed 923

SusWrite 795

206% 908 MB/s

4K Read 38.7

4K Write 82.3

4K Mixed 50

166% 57 MB/s

DQ Read 896

DQ Write 923

DQ Mixed 731

599% 850 MB/s

CAN-User, 7 days ago.

300GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 847 873 873 861 632 303 MB/s

143% Outstanding

Write 906

Mixed 670

SusWrite 732

156% 682 MB/s

4K Read 43.8

4K Write 91.3

4K Mixed 56.6

187% 63.9 MB/s

DQ Read 740

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 618

431% 552 MB/s

CAN-User, 7 days ago.

297GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 850 824 875 881 634 295 MB/s

142% Outstanding

Write 862

Mixed 642

SusWrite 726

150% 659 MB/s

4K Read 42.6

4K Write 93.7

4K Mixed 57.9

188% 64.7 MB/s

DQ Read 733

DQ Write 295

DQ Mixed 616

429% 548 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

371GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 642 753 665 636 904 518 MB/s

133% Outstanding

Write 780

Mixed 688

SusWrite 686

165% 732 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 78

4K Mixed 49.6

162% 55.2 MB/s

DQ Read 224

DQ Write 207

DQ Mixed 177

144% 203 MB/s

AUS-User, 4 days ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 659 397 399 399 237 192 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 881

Mixed 683

SusWrite 380

143% 633 MB/s

4K Read 40.5

4K Write 83.5

4K Mixed 51.2

171% 58.4 MB/s

DQ Read 694

DQ Write 254

DQ Mixed 545

384% 497 MB/s

USA-User, 10 days ago.

27GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 89 76 74 77 78 MB/s

78.4% Very good

Write 201

Mixed 129

SusWrite 89.8

48% 219 MB/s

4K Read 32.3

4K Write 73.2

4K Mixed 37.7

136% 47.7 MB/s

DQ Read 463

DQ Write 108

DQ Mixed 208

173% 260 MB/s

USA-User, 10 hrs ago.

9GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 35 35 37 34 35 MB/s

60.5% Good

Write 129

Mixed 139

SusWrite 37.3

45% 206 MB/s

4K Read 18.5

4K Write 39.9

4K Mixed 28.3

85% 28.9 MB/s

DQ Read 414

DQ Write 53.9

DQ Mixed 96.4

106% 188 MB/s

USA-User, 6 days ago.

6GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 47 46 44 41 44 MB/s

56.5% Above average

Write 59.7

Mixed 101

SusWrite 45.8

33% 152 MB/s

4K Read 26

4K Write 42.3

4K Mixed 20.1

88% 29.5 MB/s

DQ Read 444

DQ Write 63.7

DQ Mixed 106

115% 204 MB/s

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 19%

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System: Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio

CPU
Core i7-11370HIntelBench 74%, 12,227 samples	2,312x
Core i5-11300HIntelBench 71%, 8,880 samples	328x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	1,923x
RTX 3050-Ti (Laptop)NvidiaBench 61%, 35,839 samples	652x
RTX A2000 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 54%, 1,331 samples	45x

SSD
MZ9LQ512HALU-00000 512GBSamsungBench 115%, 1,535 samples	1,023x

RAM
HCNNNCPMMLXR-NEE 8x2GBHynixBench 116%, 4,501 samples	1,309x
HCNNNFAMMLXR-NEE 8x4GBHynixBench 106%, 1,722 samples	734x
53E2G32D4NQ 8x4GBMicronBench 112%, 303 samples	259x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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MZ9LQ512HALU-00000 512GB

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Average Bench: 115% (199^th of 1072)