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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%
393GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXM7AK1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1699 618 278 278 284 213 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 1,284
Write 1,405
Mixed 1,090
SusWrite 562
244% 1,085 MB/s
4K Read 41.2
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 64
208% 75.3 MB/s
DQ Read 836
DQ Write 1095
DQ Mixed 995
743% 975 MB/s
229GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXM7AK1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1487 397 119 151 116 116 MB/s
192% Outstanding
Read 1,360
Write 1,292
Mixed 1,318
SusWrite 398
245% 1,092 MB/s
4K Read 49.4
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 76.4
247% 88.7 MB/s
DQ Read 825
DQ Write 789
DQ Mixed 872
637% 829 MB/s
380GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXM7AK1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1028 1103 1117 994 293 297 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 1,081
Write 1,181
Mixed 991
SusWrite 805
229% 1,014 MB/s
4K Read 33
4K Write 76.4
4K Mixed 45.6
149% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 730
DQ Write 502
DQ Mixed 619
461% 617 MB/s
319GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXM7AK1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 874 1072 187 157 141 142 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1,244
Write 1,398
Mixed 1,184
SusWrite 429
239% 1,064 MB/s
4K Read 37.7
4K Write 94.5
4K Mixed 52.3
174% 61.5 MB/s
DQ Read 726
DQ Write 512
DQ Mixed 650
477% 629 MB/s
303GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXM7AK1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1140 1192 726 239 208 210 MB/s
153% Outstanding
Read 1,450
Write 1,421
Mixed 1,309
SusWrite 619
269% 1,200 MB/s
4K Read 37.7
4K Write 62.8
4K Mixed 39
140% 46.5 MB/s
DQ Read 422
DQ Write 224
DQ Mixed 336
246% 327 MB/s
19GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXM7AK1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 115 48 48 47 46 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 811
Write 218
Mixed 274
SusWrite 72.3
75% 344 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 43.6
168% 66.6 MB/s
DQ Read 718
DQ Write 49.7
DQ Mixed 336
257% 368 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 samples351x
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples37x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples370x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples2x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $119Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples2x
SSD
MZVLQ512HBLU-00B 512GBSamsungBench 165%, 1,221 samples177x
RAM
UBE3D4AA-MGCR 8x2GBSamsungBench 117%, 5,946 samples318x
U6E3S4AA-MGCR 8x1GBSamsungBench 96%, 3,575 samples70x
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