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SAMSUNG MZVLQ512HALU-00000 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 156% (146th of 1072)

Based on 561 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLQ512HALU-00000
Poor: 92%Average: 156% Great: 212%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLQ512HALU-00000 512GB averaged 55.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLQ512HALU-00000 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 596MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 714MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLQ512HALU-00000 512GB is 120%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLQ512HALU-00000 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 448MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 104MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 561 samples)
Rank 146156%
Min Avg Max
760 Read 1,141 1,450
150 Write 873 1,318
215 Mixed 842 1,233
142 SusWrite 448 585
185% 826 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.3 4K Read 42.2 54.2
44.3 4K Write 104 170
25.2 4K Mixed 53.1 77.1
187% 66.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
392 DQ Read 714 912
115 DQ Write 424 910
165 DQ Mixed 596 925
436% 578 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
184GB free
Firmware: FXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 824 384 220 221 218 167 MB/s
181% Outstanding
Read 1,308
Write 1210
Mixed 1,160
SusWrite 339
225% 1,004 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 63.5
219% 82 MB/s
DQ Read 898
DQ Write 891
DQ Mixed 728
593% 839 MB/s
230GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7101Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 154 164 175 166 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 1,164
Write 280
Mixed 254
SusWrite 163
101% 465 MB/s
4K Read 33.9
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 41.9
165% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 474
DQ Write 107
DQ Mixed 327
231% 303 MB/s
259GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7101Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 163 176 151 153 163 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 1,139
Write 168
Mixed 311
SusWrite 166
96% 446 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 86
4K Mixed 42.6
152% 54.4 MB/s
DQ Read 347
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 184
159% 240 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7101Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 82 81 81 83 70 MB/s
100% Outstanding
Read 989
Write 97.3
Mixed 173
SusWrite 82.9
72% 336 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 81.2
4K Mixed 37.6
142% 50.7 MB/s
DQ Read 457
DQ Write 94.8
DQ Mixed 178
156% 243 MB/s
307GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 150 148 151 112 136 MB/s
65.2% Good
Read 477
Write 84.2
Mixed 130
SusWrite 139
45% 208 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 59.9
4K Mixed 20.7
91% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 349
DQ Write 112
DQ Mixed 203
157% 221 MB/s
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 98 101 103 105 106 MB/s
46.2% Average
Read 518
Write 125
Mixed 160
SusWrite 106
50% 227 MB/s
4K Read 13.2
4K Write 16
4K Mixed 11.1
43% 13.4 MB/s
DQ Read 175
DQ Write 97.7
DQ Mixed 146
106% 139 MB/s
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Gaming 20%
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Desktop 78%
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Workstation 19%
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System: Acer Swift SF314-59

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples246x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples141x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples21x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples381x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples21x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 47%, 22,284 samples2x
SSD
SAMSUNG MZVLQ512HALU-00000 512GBNvmeBench 156%, 561 samples78x
RAM
HCNNNBKMBLHR-NEE 8x1GBHynixBench 117%, 269 samples160x
U6E3S4AA-MGCR 8x1GBSamsungBench 96%, 3,575 samples106x
HCNNNCPMBLHR-NEE 8x2GBHynixBench 122%, 539 samples78x
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