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MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 127% (183rd of 1072)

Based on 2,256 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-000L2
Poor: 85%Average: 127% Great: 153%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GB averaged 27.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 359MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 827MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GB is 67.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 234MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 264MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,256 samples)
Rank 183127%
Min Avg Max
696 Read 1,094 1,197
118 Write 264 308
161 Mixed 287 351
80.1 SusWrite 234 299
102% 470 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.9 4K Read 37.4 41.9
42.9 4K Write 106 158
17.1 4K Mixed 30.7 40.2
152% 58 MB/s
Min Avg Max
322 DQ Read 827 985
110 DQ Write 262 308
150 DQ Mixed 359 423
313% 482 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
128GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L0QBXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 300 296 288 276 267 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 1,114
Write 305
Mixed 319
SusWrite 285
110% 506 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 70.9
4K Mixed 27.3
116% 42.2 MB/s
DQ Read 516
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 403
303% 411 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: 5L0QBXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 290 291 292 291 290 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 640
Write 297
Mixed 303
SusWrite 291
85% 383 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 77.1
4K Mixed 32.7
134% 47.9 MB/s
DQ Read 757
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 418
339% 492 MB/s
164GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L0QBXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 237 253 245 246 244 MB/s
87.9% Excellent
Read 1009
Write 281
Mixed 228
SusWrite 247
96% 441 MB/s
4K Read 17.4
4K Write 43
4K Mixed 10.1
62% 23.5 MB/s
DQ Read 580
DQ Write 73
DQ Mixed 134
147% 262 MB/s
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L0QBXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 97 88 85 82 86 MB/s
70.9% Very good
Read 787
Write 112
Mixed 157
SusWrite 92.3
62% 287 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 41.9
4K Mixed 12.7
69% 25 MB/s
DQ Read 429
DQ Write 177
DQ Mixed 269
208% 291 MB/s
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L0QBXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 111 103 79 61 55 MB/s
45.9% Average
Read 601
Write 114
Mixed 80.2
SusWrite 83.8
47% 220 MB/s
4K Read 10.8
4K Write 13.9
4K Mixed 4.2
29% 9.63 MB/s
DQ Read 309
DQ Write 73.6
DQ Mixed 213
151% 198 MB/s
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Gaming 10%
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Desktop 58%
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Workstation 10%
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System: Lenovo 80RU

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples977x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples478x
Core i3-6100HIntelBench 56%, 313 samples1x
GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples988x
GTX 950MNvidiaBench 14%, 38,813 samples468x
SSD
MZVLV256HCHP-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 127%, 2,256 samples103x
RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples173x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples136x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples97x
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