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MZALQ1T0HALB-000L2 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 161% (143rd of 1072)

Based on 78 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZALQ1T0HALB-000L2
Poor: 85%Average: 161% Great: 236%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZALQ1T0HALB-000L2 1TB averaged 61.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZALQ1T0HALB-000L2 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 479MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 661MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZALQ1T0HALB-000L2 1TB is 150%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZALQ1T0HALB-000L2 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 651MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 356MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 78 samples)
Rank 143161%
Min Avg Max
558 Read 966 1,261
237 Write 945 1,386
214 Mixed 845 1,175
177 SusWrite 651 909
192% 852 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.7 4K Read 42.3 57.5
34.5 4K Write 112 192
18.5 4K Mixed 55.7 83.6
195% 70.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
223 DQ Read 661 1,163
92.6 DQ Write 356 1,051
142 DQ Mixed 479 1,087
364% 499 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
842GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL2QFXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1068 1025 1053 971 341 399 MB/s
207% Outstanding
Read 1,081
Write 1,151
Mixed 985
SusWrite 810
227% 1,007 MB/s
4K Read 49.1
4K Write 172
4K Mixed 73.5
260% 98.2 MB/s
DQ Read 921
DQ Write 602
DQ Mixed 512
450% 679 MB/s
735GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL2QFXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1025 1140 1115 851 300 320 MB/s
199% Outstanding
Read 1165
Write 1,178
Mixed 1,082
SusWrite 792
237% 1,054 MB/s
4K Read 51.8
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 72.8
250% 90.7 MB/s
DQ Read 761
DQ Write 428
DQ Mixed 542
417% 577 MB/s
889GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL2QFXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 609 515 533 597 1026 840 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 1,198
Write 1,117
Mixed 1,027
SusWrite 687
226% 1,007 MB/s
4K Read 46.9
4K Write 90.4
4K Mixed 59.4
195% 65.6 MB/s
DQ Read 483
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 424
294% 373 MB/s
884GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL2QFXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 596 587 516 506 797 769 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 930
Write 955
Mixed 785
SusWrite 628
186% 824 MB/s
4K Read 45.1
4K Write 95.9
4K Mixed 56.8
192% 65.9 MB/s
DQ Read 457
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 359
259% 341 MB/s
774GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL2QFXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 186 153 203 197 148 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 896
Write 238
Mixed 248
SusWrite 172
85% 389 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 44.6
167% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 738
DQ Write 248
DQ Mixed 260
253% 415 MB/s
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Gaming 14%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 13%
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System: Lenovo 82MA

CPU
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples46x
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples37x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples81x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples2x
SSD
MZALQ1T0HALB-000L2 1TBSamsungBench 161%, 78 samples39x
RAM
8ATS2G64HZ-3G2B1 1x16GBMicronBench 44%, 47 samples27x
M471A2G44AM0-CWE 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 2,901 samples19x
4ATF11G64HZ-3G2E1 1x8GBMicronBench 33%, 29 samples15x
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