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MZ9LQ256HBJQ-00000 256GB

MZ9LQ256HBJQ-00000 256GB
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Effective Speed +15% Effective Speed 15%Average Score +21% Read 14%, Write 56%, 4K Read 1%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed 45%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite 60%Peak Score +37% Read 46%, Write 76%, 4K Read 13%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed 68%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 53%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +81% DQ Read 148%, DQ Write 23%, DQ Mixed 96%, ADQ Read 92%, ADQ Write -12%, ADQ Mixed 76%, Age 146%, AS-SSD Total 79%

Average Bench: 114% (199^th of 1072)

Based on 809 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG MZ9LQ256HBJQ-00000

Poor: 69%Average: 114% Great: 151%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZ9LQ256HBJQ-00000 256GB averaged 13.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZ9LQ256HBJQ-00000 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 458MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 627MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZ9LQ256HBJQ-00000 256GB is 81.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZ9LQ256HBJQ-00000 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 520MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 474MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 809 samples)

Rank 199114%

Min	Avg	Max
377	Read 520	741
316	Write 633	852
298	Mixed 522	709
222	SusWrite 474	592
121% 537 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.2	4K Read 34.6	48.5
21.8	4K Write 72.7	115
16	4K Mixed 41	62.8
144% 49.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
200	DQ Read 627	909
90.9	DQ Write 258	439
157	DQ Mixed 458	649
335% 448 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

183GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 618 608 605 615 427 239 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 574

Mixed 479

SusWrite 519

114% 502 MB/s

4K Read 41.4

4K Write 83.1

4K Mixed 47.3

167% 57.3 MB/s

DQ Read 675

DQ Write 266

DQ Mixed 569

395% 504 MB/s

AUS-User, 20 days ago.

195GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 591 612 591 555 569 265 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 608

Mixed 534

SusWrite 531

125% 554 MB/s

4K Read 39.6

4K Write 72.1

4K Mixed 46

157% 52.6 MB/s

DQ Read 625

DQ Write 209

DQ Mixed 451

324% 428 MB/s

SRB-User, 6 days ago.

167GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 570 564 542 402 312 294 MB/s

86.8% Excellent

Write 553

Mixed 434

SusWrite 447

102% 451 MB/s

4K Read 18.9

4K Write 39.5

4K Mixed 27.6

85% 28.7 MB/s

DQ Read 651

DQ Write 164

DQ Mixed 322

259% 379 MB/s

SAU-User, 1 month ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 401 393 382 352 352 MB/s

72.7% Very good

Write 451

Mixed 365

SusWrite 380

92% 407 MB/s

4K Read 13.4

4K Write 33.7

4K Mixed 21.3

65% 22.8 MB/s

DQ Read 403

DQ Write 115

DQ Mixed 306

213% 275 MB/s

IND-User, 18 days ago.

54GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 316 311 333 260 142 MB/s

69% Good

Write 299

Mixed 310

SusWrite 281

78% 351 MB/s

4K Read 17.4

4K Write 29.1

4K Mixed 18.1

65% 21.5 MB/s

DQ Read 354

DQ Write 151

DQ Mixed 348

232% 284 MB/s

CAN-User, 23 days ago.

181GB free (System drive)

Firmware: FXV72M0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 232 284 298 241 183 MB/s

58.4% Above average

Write 490

Mixed 482

SusWrite 237

92% 408 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 24

4K Mixed 23.8

76% 23.3 MB/s

DQ Read 97

DQ Write 37.9

DQ Mixed 59.4

46% 64.8 MB/s

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 18%

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System: Microsoft Surface Pro 8

CPU
Core i7-1185G7IntelBench 67%, 9,588 samples	1,489x
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples	1,078x
Core i5-1145G7IntelBench 69%, 4,608 samples	182x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	2,616x
RTX 3060Nvidia $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	15x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	10x

SSD
MZ9LQ256HBJQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 114%, 809 samples	243x

RAM
53E1G32D2NP-046 8x2GBMicronBench 109%, 5,383 samples	701x
HCNNNCPMMLXR-NEE 8x2GBHynixBench 116%, 4,501 samples	518x
53E512M32D2NP-046 8x1GBMicronBench 111%, 2,273 samples	504x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	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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MZ9LQ256HBJQ-00000 256GB

Average Bench: 114% (199^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 114% (199^th of 1072)