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MZVLQ512HALU-000 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 165% (136th of 1072)

Based on 242 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZVLQ512HALU-000
Poor: 88%Average: 165% Great: 203%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZVLQ512HALU-000 512GB averaged 65.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZVLQ512HALU-000 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 572MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 761MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZVLQ512HALU-000 512GB is 114%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZVLQ512HALU-000 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 451MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 794MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 242 samples)
Rank 136165%
Min Avg Max
685 Read 1,020 1,429
150 Write 835 1,190
197 Mixed 794 1,189
139 SusWrite 451 582
173% 775 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.1 4K Read 46 53.9
65.6 4K Write 129 163
28.7 4K Mixed 60.6 77.5
216% 78.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
402 DQ Read 761 899
116 DQ Write 612 899
150 DQ Mixed 572 726
459% 648 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
281GB free
Firmware: FXV70K0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1285 910 345 345 343 339 MB/s
201% Outstanding
Read 1,305
Write 1,248
Mixed 1,170
SusWrite 594
242% 1,079 MB/s
4K Read 46.1
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 69.9
234% 85.3 MB/s
DQ Read 897
DQ Write 891
DQ Mixed 724
591% 838 MB/s
70GB free
Firmware: FXV70K0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 196 196 167 192 183 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 1,017
Write 210
Mixed 342
SusWrite 192
96% 440 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 38.7
152% 58 MB/s
DQ Read 466
DQ Write 150
DQ Mixed 298
222% 305 MB/s
316GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV70K0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 200 185 201 195 175 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 988
Write 153
Mixed 243
SusWrite 194
85% 394 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 84
4K Mixed 39.5
143% 51.8 MB/s
DQ Read 467
DQ Write 245
DQ Mixed 262
220% 325 MB/s
338GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV70K0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 185 182 158 152 147 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 940
Write 195
Mixed 303
SusWrite 166
87% 401 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 91
4K Mixed 37.7
149% 54.5 MB/s
DQ Read 458
DQ Write 186
DQ Mixed 260
209% 302 MB/s
359GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV70K0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 162 151 162 165 MB/s
95.3% Outstanding
Read 856
Write 205
Mixed 241
SusWrite 158
79% 365 MB/s
4K Read 19.8
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 27.7
127% 54.8 MB/s
DQ Read 470
DQ Write 121
DQ Mixed 266
203% 285 MB/s
259GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV70K0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 186 165 180 158 150 MB/s
92.4% Outstanding
Read 802
Write 180
Mixed 271
SusWrite 168
77% 355 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 91.1
4K Mixed 27.1
117% 46.8 MB/s
DQ Read 469
DQ Write 202
DQ Mixed 153
162% 275 MB/s
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Gaming 20%
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Desktop 77%
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Workstation 18%
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System: Samsung 930QDB

CPU
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples177x
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples60x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples233x
GTX 1050Nvidia  $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples1x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1x
SSD
MZVLQ512HALU-000 512GBSamsungBench 165%, 242 samples132x
RAM
UBE3D4AA-MGCR 8x2GBSamsungBench 108%, 9,706 samples161x
U6E3S4AA-MGCR 8x1GBSamsungBench 96%, 3,575 samples76x
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