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SAMSUNG MZALQ256HAJD-000L2 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 129% (179th of 1072)

Based on 669 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SAMSUNG MZALQ256HAJD-000L2
Poor: 80%Average: 129% Great: 190%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ256HAJD-000L2 256GB averaged 29.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ256HAJD-000L2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 425MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,050MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ256HAJD-000L2 256GB is 110%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ256HAJD-000L2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 254MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 592MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 669 samples)
Rank 179129%
Min Avg Max
724 Read 1,050 1,376
104 Write 592 937
164 Mixed 624 991
107 SusWrite 254 340
140% 630 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.5 4K Read 40.3 54.9
59.1 4K Write 107 187
25.3 4K Mixed 48.1 76.1
179% 65.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
244 DQ Read 397 483
108 DQ Write 342 855
145 DQ Mixed 425 580
304% 388 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL2QFXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 688 520 179 168 162 143 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 907
Write 725
Mixed 654
SusWrite 310
145% 649 MB/s
4K Read 44.8
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 57.8
204% 73.6 MB/s
DQ Read 482
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 575
385% 466 MB/s
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL2QFXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 125 126 131 127 140 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 978
Write 119
Mixed 207
SusWrite 130
77% 359 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 31.6
158% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 250
DQ Write 125
DQ Mixed 174
133% 183 MB/s
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL2QFXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 130 107 82 70 71 MB/s
92.1% Outstanding
Read 857
Write 210
Mixed 263
SusWrite 99.5
78% 357 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 85.8
4K Mixed 36.5
142% 51.8 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 120
DQ Mixed 156
123% 175 MB/s
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL2QFXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 109 102 106 112 103 MB/s
89.7% Excellent
Read 876
Write 117
Mixed 179
SusWrite 108
69% 320 MB/s
4K Read 29.6
4K Write 76.1
4K Mixed 34.4
129% 46.7 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 143
119% 174 MB/s
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL2QFXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 75 72 70 70 71 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 590
Write 131
Mixed 151
SusWrite 73.7
51% 236 MB/s
4K Read 31.9
4K Write 79.6
4K Mixed 29.9
129% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 244
DQ Write 72.5
DQ Mixed 146
111% 154 MB/s
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AL2QFXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 104 104 91 97 95 MB/s
71.7% Very good
Read 763
Write 104
Mixed 157
SusWrite 101
60% 281 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 47.8
4K Mixed 21.5
90% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 109
DQ Mixed 165
126% 174 MB/s
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Gaming 13%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 12%
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System: Lenovo 20VE

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples1,226x
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples884x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples192x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,996x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples190x
GeForce MX450NvidiaBench 29%, 1,913 samples110x
SSD
SAMSUNG MZALQ256HAJD-000L2 256GBNvmeBench 129%, 669 samples180x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 32%, 6,771 samples296x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 19,438 samples278x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE Hynix HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 16GBSamsungBench 66%, 408 samples114x
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