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SAMSUNG MZALQ512HBLU-00BL2 512GB

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Effective Speed +64% Effective Speed 64%Average Score +88% Read 156%, Write 159%, 4K Read 15%, 4K Write 11%, Mixed 177%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite 83%Peak Score +119% Read 206%, Write 204%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 32%, Mixed 225%, 4K Mixed 25%, SusWrite 119%Value & Sentiment -114%User Rating -14%, Market Share -215%Nice To Haves +152% DQ Read 183%, DQ Write 178%, DQ Mixed 211%, ADQ Read 140%, ADQ Write 39%, ADQ Mixed 147%, Age 160%, AS-SSD Total 157%

Average Bench: 162% (143^rd of 1072)

Based on 2,080 user benchmarks. Model: NVMe SAMSUNG MZALQ512HBLU-00BL2

Poor: 100%Average: 162% Great: 220%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ512HBLU-00BL2 512GB averaged 61.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ512HBLU-00BL2 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 642MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 782MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ512HBLU-00BL2 512GB is 120%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ512HBLU-00BL2 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 543MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 97.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,080 samples)

Rank 143162%

Min	Avg	Max
776	Read 1,173	1,549
502	Write 1,049	1,473
515	Mixed 995	1,377
296	SusWrite 543	847
211% 940 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23	4K Read 39.6	52.7
46.6	4K Write 97.3	162
28.2	4K Mixed 52.5	73.1
179% 63.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
368	DQ Read 782	1,037
158	DQ Write 401	995
259	DQ Mixed 642	1,031
463% 608 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ROU-User, 1 day ago.

152GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 7L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1626 640 143 118 129 140 MB/s

215% Outstanding

Write 1,762

Mixed 1,511

SusWrite 466

299% 1,332 MB/s

4K Read 54.1

4K Write 152

4K Mixed 76.6

261% 94.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,030

DQ Write 865

DQ Mixed 939

706% 945 MB/s

USA-User, 19 hrs ago.

430GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 875 908 839 1166 609 331 MB/s

194% Outstanding

Write 1,198

Mixed 1169

SusWrite 788

252% 1,124 MB/s

4K Read 49.8

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 65.3

217% 74.9 MB/s

DQ Read 806

DQ Write 292

DQ Mixed 519

392% 539 MB/s

IND-User, 5 days ago.

115GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 991 934 213 200 271 284 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 1,155

Mixed 1,109

SusWrite 482

228% 1,019 MB/s

4K Read 46.6

4K Write 91.7

4K Mixed 59

195% 65.8 MB/s

DQ Read 683

DQ Write 254

DQ Mixed 453

339% 463 MB/s

IND-User, 5 days ago.

113GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 945 900 31 114 134 163 MB/s

162% Outstanding

Write 1197

Mixed 1,109

SusWrite 381

225% 1,005 MB/s

4K Read 47.4

4K Write 92.7

4K Mixed 59.9

198% 66.7 MB/s

DQ Read 805

DQ Write 277

DQ Mixed 588

422% 557 MB/s

BRA-User, 6 days ago.

402GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 7L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 750 803 765 839 824 446 MB/s

160% Outstanding

Write 830

Mixed 863

SusWrite 738

196% 874 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 82.2

4K Mixed 48.5

163% 56.2 MB/s

DQ Read 692

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 583

407% 522 MB/s

IND-User, 6 days ago.

175GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1037 898 136 149 148 98 MB/s

159% Outstanding

Write 1,162

Mixed 1,138

SusWrite 411

226% 1010 MB/s

4K Read 45.2

4K Write 91.4

4K Mixed 56

189% 64.2 MB/s

DQ Read 733

DQ Write 268

DQ Mixed 585

410% 529 MB/s

IND-User, 2 days ago.

353GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 636 849 492 125 129 166 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 748

Mixed 757

SusWrite 400

157% 702 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 65.1

4K Mixed 30.2

116% 41.1 MB/s

DQ Read 554

DQ Write 255

DQ Mixed 422

308% 410 MB/s

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Lenovo 82K1

CPU
Core i5-11300HIntelBench 71%, 8,880 samples	2,864x
Gen Intel Core i5-11320H11thBench 70%, 3,048 samples	1,447x
Core i7-11370HIntelBench 74%, 12,227 samples	638x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	3,259x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples	763x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 39%, 8,686 samples	597x

SSD
SAMSUNG MZALQ512HBLU-00BL2 512GBNvmeBench 162%, 2,080 samples	950x

RAM
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 19,438 samples	1,035x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 68%, 57,752 samples	541x
RMSA3320MR78HAF-3200 1x8GBRAMAXELBench 43%, 878 samples	476x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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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SAMSUNG MZALQ512HBLU-00BL2 512GB

Average Bench: 162% (143^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 162% (143rd of 1072)

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