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MZVLQ512HBLU-00B 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 165% (136th of 1072)

Based on 1,221 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZVLQ512HBLU-00B
Poor: 108%Average: 165% Great: 218%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZVLQ512HBLU-00B 512GB averaged 64.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZVLQ512HBLU-00B 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 696MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,209MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZVLQ512HBLU-00B 512GB is 110%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZVLQ512HBLU-00B 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 628MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 94.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,221 samples)
Rank 136165%
Min Avg Max
718 Read 1,129 1,566
732 Write 1,209 1,702
648 Mixed 1,048 1,471
381 SusWrite 628 884
226% 1,003 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.7 4K Read 35.7 51
44.5 4K Write 94.1 140
26.4 4K Mixed 50.3 72.5
168% 60 MB/s
Min Avg Max
329 DQ Read 712 844
144 DQ Write 590 1,022
205 DQ Mixed 696 1,017
509% 666 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXM7AK1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1631 328 182 149 141 167 MB/s
190% Outstanding
Read 1,368
Write 1,468
Mixed 1,284
SusWrite 433
256% 1,138 MB/s
4K Read 46.6
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 70.6
235% 85.7 MB/s
DQ Read 827
DQ Write 774
DQ Mixed 891
644% 830 MB/s
368GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXM7AK1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1465 391 179 189 154 127 MB/s
176% Outstanding
Read 1,369
Write 1711
Mixed 1,198
SusWrite 417
264% 1,174 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 55
188% 70.5 MB/s
DQ Read 814
DQ Write 878
DQ Mixed 823
626% 838 MB/s
390GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXM7AK1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1137 1155 1186 833 314 179 MB/s
176% Outstanding
Read 813
Write 994
Mixed 813
SusWrite 801
193% 855 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 60.6
185% 71.6 MB/s
DQ Read 823
DQ Write 805
DQ Mixed 890
648% 839 MB/s
289GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXM7AK1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1404 416 177 155 154 169 MB/s
169% Outstanding
Read 1,099
Write 1,184
Mixed 929
SusWrite 412
203% 906 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 55.6
193% 71.5 MB/s
DQ Read 817
DQ Write 995
DQ Mixed 1,044
749% 952 MB/s
372GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXM7AK1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1058 983 132 176 154 157 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 970
Write 915
Mixed 906
SusWrite 444
182% 809 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 71
214% 80.3 MB/s
DQ Read 798
DQ Write 713
DQ Mixed 912
641% 808 MB/s
288GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXM7AK1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1144 723 210 147 149 146 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 878
Write 977
Mixed 804
SusWrite 420
173% 770 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 58.8
197% 73.9 MB/s
DQ Read 805
DQ Write 870
DQ Mixed 917
668% 864 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 950QDB

CPU
Core i7-1165G7IntelBench 66%, 51,565 samples369x
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples38x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples387x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples2x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples2x
SSD
MZVLQ512HBLU-00B 512GBSamsungBench 165%, 1,221 samples181x
RAM
UBE3D4AA-MGCR 8x2GBSamsungBench 108%, 9,706 samples336x
U6E3S4AA-MGCR 8x1GBSamsungBench 96%, 3,575 samples71x
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