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SAMSUNG MZALQ256HBJD-00BL2 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 149% (156th of 1072)

Based on 1,454 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SAMSUNG MZALQ256HBJD-00BL2
Poor: 92%Average: 149% Great: 204%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ256HBJD-00BL2 256GB averaged 49.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ256HBJD-00BL2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 572MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 662MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ256HBJD-00BL2 256GB is 112%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ256HBJD-00BL2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 473MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 92.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,454 samples)
Rank 156149%
Min Avg Max
647 Read 1,077 1,475
423 Write 868 1120
444 Mixed 837 1,129
318 SusWrite 473 627
182% 814 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.1 4K Read 41.1 51.6
37.8 4K Write 92.1 151
23.3 4K Mixed 50.2 69.8
175% 61.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
307 DQ Read 662 837
144 DQ Write 376 852
226 DQ Mixed 572 807
411% 537 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
116GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 993 856 127 130 130 122 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,090
Write 905
Mixed 959
SusWrite 393
187% 837 MB/s
4K Read 49.9
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 66.5
223% 78.1 MB/s
DQ Read 835
DQ Write 438
DQ Mixed 808
554% 693 MB/s
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 840 932 841 612 126 149 MB/s
156% Outstanding
Read 1,114
Write 908
Mixed 822
SusWrite 583
192% 857 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 87.2
4K Mixed 49.2
163% 57.4 MB/s
DQ Read 809
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 633
448% 582 MB/s
159GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 7L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 835 914 780 799 177 148 MB/s
133% Outstanding
Read 1028
Write 862
Mixed 798
SusWrite 609
185% 824 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 63.9
4K Mixed 34.7
124% 42.9 MB/s
DQ Read 496
DQ Write 259
DQ Mixed 442
311% 399 MB/s
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 727 716 580 109 103 112 MB/s
127% Outstanding
Read 1,065
Write 784
Mixed 760
SusWrite 391
167% 750 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 78.9
4K Mixed 43.1
146% 51.5 MB/s
DQ Read 410
DQ Write 271
DQ Mixed 335
251% 338 MB/s
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 204 183 183 84 187 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 1,103
Write 908
Mixed 905
SusWrite 293
179% 802 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 63.3
4K Mixed 46.5
136% 46 MB/s
DQ Read 642
DQ Write 220
DQ Mixed 496
349% 452 MB/s
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 598 671 577 211 142 134 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 939
Write 694
Mixed 704
SusWrite 389
152% 682 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 64
4K Mixed 37.3
126% 43.5 MB/s
DQ Read 649
DQ Write 225
DQ Mixed 469
338% 448 MB/s
166GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 635 606 752 120 96 105 MB/s
89.4% Excellent
Read 679
Write 677
Mixed 624
SusWrite 386
133% 592 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 41.9
4K Mixed 30.1
97% 32 MB/s
DQ Read 221
DQ Write 154
DQ Mixed 193
143% 189 MB/s
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Gaming 14%
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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 samples2,681x
Gen Intel Core i5-11320H11thBench 70%, 3,048 samples1,260x
Core i7-11370HIntelBench 74%, 12,227 samples604x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples2,995x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 54%, 21,526 samples701x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 39%, 8,686 samples546x
SSD
SAMSUNG MZALQ256HBJD-00BL2 256GBNvmeBench 149%, 1,454 samples1x
RAM
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 39%, 19,438 samples986x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 68%, 57,752 samples518x
RMSA3320MR78HAF-3200 1x8GBRAMAXELBench 43%, 878 samples447x
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