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SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HBJD-00BH1 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 115% (199th of 1072)

Based on 833 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HBJD-00BH1
Poor: 62%Average: 115% Great: 191%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HBJD-00BH1 256GB averaged 15.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HBJD-00BH1 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 330MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 936MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HBJD-00BH1 256GB is 130%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HBJD-00BH1 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 321MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 225MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 833 samples)
Rank 199115%
Min Avg Max
581 Read 936 1,423
79.6 Write 500 1,113
135 Mixed 520 1,084
72.7 SusWrite 321 639
126% 569 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.5 4K Read 32.7 47
32.6 4K Write 75 128
17.9 4K Mixed 37.1 64.6
137% 48.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
242 DQ Read 514 879
68.8 DQ Write 225 706
115 DQ Mixed 330 800
255% 356 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1NFAV Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 679 188 153 141 152 152 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 1,245
Write 1,087
Mixed 979
SusWrite 244
198% 889 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 88.6
4K Mixed 49.8
169% 59 MB/s
DQ Read 605
DQ Write 266
DQ Mixed 438
324% 436 MB/s
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1NFAV Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 644 444 155 147 123 130 MB/s
134% Outstanding
Read 1,088
Write 952
Mixed 691
SusWrite 274
168% 751 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 83.4
4K Mixed 44.6
152% 53.9 MB/s
DQ Read 862
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 714
495% 632 MB/s
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1NFAV Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 125 107 100 110 104 MB/s
95.8% Outstanding
Read 891
Write 140
Mixed 198
SusWrite 110
72% 335 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 88.3
4K Mixed 34.5
131% 49.7 MB/s
DQ Read 472
DQ Write 129
DQ Mixed 191
169% 264 MB/s
150GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1NFAV Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 109 112 107 103 100 MB/s
92.3% Outstanding
Read 937
Write 146
Mixed 249
SusWrite 111
78% 361 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 67.8
4K Mixed 30.7
119% 42.4 MB/s
DQ Read 443
DQ Write 89.6
DQ Mixed 133
132% 222 MB/s
164GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1NFAV Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 115 116 129 104 112 MB/s
87.7% Excellent
Read 920
Write 140
Mixed 177
SusWrite 116
73% 338 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 83
4K Mixed 24.6
102% 41.8 MB/s
DQ Read 474
DQ Write 100
DQ Mixed 173
157% 249 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1NFAV Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 66 58 59 46 MB/s
76.8% Very good
Read 841
Write 78.5
Mixed 141
SusWrite 62.1
60% 281 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 52.6
4K Mixed 25.3
100% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 343
DQ Write 58.9
DQ Mixed 147
122% 183 MB/s
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPS1NFAV Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 102 115 106 111 101 MB/s
74.7% Very good
Read 707
Write 124
Mixed 219
SusWrite 108
63% 290 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 59.1
4K Mixed 22.6
90% 33.7 MB/s
DQ Read 465
DQ Write 100
DQ Mixed 252
193% 272 MB/s
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Gaming 14%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 12%
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System: HP 250 G8 Notebook PC

CPU
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples794x
Core i3-1115G4IntelBench 51%, 18,815 samples484x
Core i5-1035G1IntelBench 51%, 53,170 samples471x
GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples1,021x
UHD G1IntelBench 5%, 68,603 samples752x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 9%, 39,662 samples488x
SSD
SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HBJD-00BH1 256GBNvmeBench 115%, 833 samples149x
RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 1x8GBMicronBench 42%, 8,707 samples238x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 1x8GBHynixBench 46%, 20,752 samples228x
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 14,450 samples203x
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