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MZNTD256HAGL-000L1 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 56% (841st of 1072)

Based on 55 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZNTD256HAGL-000L1
Poor: 41%Average: 56% Great: 70%

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Average average bench

The Samsung MZNTD256HAGL-000L1 256GB averaged 43.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 407MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZNTD256HAGL-000L1 256GB is 28.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung MZNTD256HAGL-000L1 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 152MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 160MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 55 samples)
Rank 84156%
Min Avg Max
297 Read 407 488
57.1 Write 166 244
89.2 Mixed 152 221
46.2 SusWrite 160 238
48.8% 221 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.3 4K Read 19.8 27
22 4K Write 49.8 83.6
7.75 4K Mixed 15.9 24.2
76.8% 28.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.9 DQ Read 195 359
37.6 DQ Write 117 203
7.76 DQ Mixed 39.3 63.2
60.7% 117 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXT23L0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 199 216 224 228 MB/s
62.2% Good
Read 394
Write 235
Mixed 162
SusWrite 202
55% 249 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 41.1
4K Mixed 20.2
79% 27.4 MB/s
DQ Read 283
DQ Write 164
DQ Mixed 61.6
89% 170 MB/s
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXT23L0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 148 211 205 209 189 MB/s
60.4% Good
Read 416
Write 203
Mixed 153
SusWrite 191
53% 241 MB/s
4K Read 16.8
4K Write 43.6
4K Mixed 19.8
74% 26.7 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 188
DQ Mixed 48.7
81% 157 MB/s
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXT23L0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 148 104 201 207 196 MB/s
58.8% Above average
Read 403
Write 138
Mixed 137
SusWrite 174
47% 213 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 35.8
4K Mixed 17.7
72% 24.5 MB/s
DQ Read 288
DQ Write 173
DQ Mixed 61.8
91% 174 MB/s
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXT23L0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 116 165 169 156 192 MB/s
51.4% Above average
Read 304
Write 115
Mixed 132
SusWrite 157
39% 177 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 43.6
4K Mixed 19.1
77% 27.3 MB/s
DQ Read 186
DQ Write 99.7
DQ Mixed 55.6
65% 114 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 43%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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System: Lenovo 20344

CPU
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples71x
Core i5-4200UIntel  $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples27x
Core i3-4030UIntelBench 45%, 24,177 samples24x
GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples162x
SSD
MZNTD256HAGL-000L1 256GBSamsungBench 56%, 55 samples1x
RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples67x
2x2GBMicronBench 23%, 2,546 samples26x
2x4GBHynixBench 60%, 11,918 samples21x
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