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MZVLQ256HAJD-000AC 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 125% (185th of 1072)

Based on 225 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HAJD-000AC
Poor: 69%Average: 125% Great: 168%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZVLQ256HAJD-000AC 256GB averaged 24.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZVLQ256HAJD-000AC 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 404MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 962MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZVLQ256HAJD-000AC 256GB is 99.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZVLQ256HAJD-000AC 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 242MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 553MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 225 samples)
Rank 185125%
Min Avg Max
577 Read 962 1,306
99.8 Write 553 936
145 Mixed 572 946
84.3 SusWrite 242 335
129% 582 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.6 4K Read 38.8 52.3
42.5 4K Write 101 151
18 4K Mixed 48 72.5
174% 62.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
238 DQ Read 393 482
94.4 DQ Write 426 804
135 DQ Mixed 404 575
305% 408 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7000Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 182 139 147 148 145 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 1,085
Write 849
Mixed 848
SusWrite 175
165% 739 MB/s
4K Read 36.8
4K Write 87.5
4K Mixed 50.8
167% 58.4 MB/s
DQ Read 481
DQ Write 652
DQ Mixed 551
421% 561 MB/s
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7000Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 117 138 131 129 122 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 908
Write 134
Mixed 235
SusWrite 128
76% 351 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 96.3
4K Mixed 37
151% 55.9 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 165
129% 180 MB/s
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7000Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 131 138 135 124 MB/s
96.4% Outstanding
Read 920
Write 143
Mixed 258
SusWrite 133
78% 363 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 93
4K Mixed 36.5
141% 53.1 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 123
DQ Mixed 144
118% 172 MB/s
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7101Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 557 508 197 148 135 136 MB/s
87.9% Excellent
Read 682
Write 609
Mixed 572
SusWrite 280
120% 536 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 55.8
4K Mixed 27.5
94% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 361
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 341
251% 330 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7000Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 72 74 70 66 69 MB/s
72.6% Very good
Read 780
Write 85.9
Mixed 137
SusWrite 71.9
58% 269 MB/s
4K Read 19.9
4K Write 64.1
4K Mixed 25.4
97% 36.5 MB/s
DQ Read 246
DQ Write 83.6
DQ Mixed 135
108% 155 MB/s
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7000Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 61 54 62 59 58 MB/s
69.7% Good
Read 856
Write 88.7
Mixed 161
SusWrite 61.4
62% 292 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 50.8
4K Mixed 17.6
87% 31.1 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 105
DQ Mixed 143
104% 136 MB/s
144GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7000Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 85 68 72 71 60 MB/s
60.5% Good
Read 526
Write 98.5
Mixed 200
SusWrite 79.1
49% 226 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 56.5
4K Mixed 20.8
88% 32.6 MB/s
DQ Read 242
DQ Write 121
DQ Mixed 162
126% 175 MB/s
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Workstation 9%
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System: Huawei BOHB-WAX9

CPU
Core i3-10110UIntelBench 47%, 11,481 samples724x
Core i5-10210UIntelBench 53%, 54,859 samples557x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 110,580 samples1,276x
GeForce MX250NvidiaBench 14%, 8,806 samples5x
SSD
MZVLQ256HAJD-000AC 256GBSamsungBench 125%, 225 samples1x
RAM
K4A8G165WC-BCTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 63%, 1,724 samples462x
MT40A512M16LY-075:E 2x4GBMicronBench 63%, 974 samples323x
H5AN8G6NCJR-VKC 2x4GBHynixBench 58%, 822 samples214x
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