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MZALQ256HBJD-00BL1 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 157% (146th of 1072)

Based on 693 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZALQ256HBJD-00BL1
Poor: 91%Average: 157% Great: 214%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZALQ256HBJD-00BL1 256GB averaged 57.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZALQ256HBJD-00BL1 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 621MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 591MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZALQ256HBJD-00BL1 256GB is 123%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZALQ256HBJD-00BL1 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 503MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 85.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 693 samples)
Rank 146157%
Min Avg Max
589 Read 1,146 1,560
470 Write 961 1,194
485 Mixed 930 1,235
316 SusWrite 503 648
198% 885 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.1 4K Read 40.5 53.6
26.5 4K Write 85.7 154
18.5 4K Mixed 49.1 75.4
170% 58.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
194 DQ Read 694 885
126 DQ Write 591 1,053
158 DQ Mixed 621 815
471% 635 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 7L1QFXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1131 1028 1016 266 165 142 MB/s
213% Outstanding
Read 1,626
Write 1196
Mixed 1,216
SusWrite 625
260% 1,166 MB/s
4K Read 46.9
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 65.8
222% 79.4 MB/s
DQ Read 887
DQ Write 934
DQ Mixed 816
640% 879 MB/s
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 7L1QFXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 813 1043 1123 446 147 193 MB/s
192% Outstanding
Read 1,470
Write 1184
Mixed 1,150
SusWrite 628
248% 1,108 MB/s
4K Read 44.9
4K Write 97.4
4K Mixed 59.7
196% 67.3 MB/s
DQ Read 885
DQ Write 613
DQ Mixed 782
575% 760 MB/s
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 9L1QFXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 973 940 1047 484 149 200 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1,366
Write 1,109
Mixed 1,022
SusWrite 632
231% 1,032 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 79.8
4K Mixed 49.5
163% 55.7 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 255
DQ Mixed 292
224% 306 MB/s
192GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6L1QFXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1064 1086 1107 196 178 96 MB/s
155% Outstanding
Read 1,268
Write 1,132
Mixed 1,095
SusWrite 621
231% 1,029 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 55.6
4K Mixed 39.8
129% 42.4 MB/s
DQ Read 722
DQ Write 448
DQ Mixed 613
449% 594 MB/s
176GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 9L1QFXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 994 975 151 121 128 127 MB/s
146% Outstanding
Read 1,345
Write 1,066
Mixed 1,086
SusWrite 416
219% 978 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 74
4K Mixed 49.7
159% 53.7 MB/s
DQ Read 462
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 348
269% 370 MB/s
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 9L1QFXM7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 323 357 238 127 118 MB/s
48.6% Average
Read 447
Write 361
Mixed 435
SusWrite 247
84% 373 MB/s
4K Read 11.9
4K Write 14.6
4K Mixed 13.1
43% 13.2 MB/s
DQ Read 65.9
DQ Write 36.8
DQ Mixed 40.8
33% 47.8 MB/s
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Gaming 14%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 13%
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CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples15x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples15x
SSD
MZALQ256HBJD-00BL1 256GBSamsungBench 157%, 693 samples9x
RAM
SMS4WEC8C1K0446FCG 1x8GBSmartBench 41%, 126 samples6x
AL1P32NC8T1-B8DS 1x8GBAdataBench 43%, 25 samples6x
1x16GBUnknownBench 53%, 15,722 samples1x
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