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SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HAJD-000AC 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 110% (211th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HAJD-000AC
Poor: 60%Average: 110% Great: 154%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HAJD-000AC 256GB averaged 10.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HAJD-000AC 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 378MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 872MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HAJD-000AC 256GB is 93.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HAJD-000AC 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 233MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 476MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 211110%
Min Avg Max
302 Read 872 2,063
19.9 Write 476 977
40 Mixed 509 977
16.4 SusWrite 233 340
116% 522 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.4 4K Read 35.3 277
1.9 4K Write 78.4 152
3 4K Mixed 39.8 69.2
146% 51.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.4 DQ Read 380 482
89 DQ Write 377 744
108 DQ Mixed 378 564
284% 378 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
188GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 686 518 183 185 177 178 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 1,005
Write 780
Mixed 818
SusWrite 321
163% 731 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 76
4K Mixed 44.3
145% 50.6 MB/s
DQ Read 434
DQ Write 476
DQ Mixed 497
363% 469 MB/s
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 202 217 195 164 177 MB/s
89.1% Excellent
Read 854
Write 106
Mixed 148
SusWrite 188
70% 324 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 72.8
4K Mixed 29.1
117% 43 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 102
DQ Mixed 138
112% 163 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 103 101 104 103 91 MB/s
80% Excellent
Read 750
Write 116
Mixed 165
SusWrite 102
61% 283 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 74.3
4K Mixed 31.2
116% 43.3 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 110
DQ Mixed 170
128% 176 MB/s
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 122 140 163 129 136 MB/s
78.1% Very good
Read 738
Write 140
Mixed 210
SusWrite 137
66% 306 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 73.8
4K Mixed 27.2
104% 40.2 MB/s
DQ Read 244
DQ Write 131
DQ Mixed 194
142% 190 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 70 73 77 69 63 MB/s
55.8% Above average
Read 510
Write 75.7
Mixed 101
SusWrite 72.3
41% 190 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 53.4
4K Mixed 18.9
78% 29.8 MB/s
DQ Read 239
DQ Write 82.6
DQ Mixed 121
100% 147 MB/s
157GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 115 115 131 128 78 MB/s
51.6% Above average
Read 417
Write 114
Mixed 202
SusWrite 115
47% 212 MB/s
4K Read 9.7
4K Write 58.7
4K Mixed 20.2
72% 29.5 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 134
98% 130 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 71%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Acer Aspire XC-1660G

CPU
Core i3-10105IntelBench 77%, 5,735 samples354x
Core i5-11400Intel  $136Bench 94%, 24,459 samples272x
Core i9-11900Intel  $270Bench 100%, 3,353 samples18x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples265x
UHD Graphics 730IntelBench 6%, 14,644 samples226x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples51x
SSD
SAMSUNG MZVLQ256HAJD-000AC 256GBNvmeBench 110%, 50 samples1x
RAM
AM2P32NC8W1-BCFS 1x8GBAdataBench 34%, 1,264 samples281x
4ATF1G64AZ-3G2E1 1x8GBMicronBench 36%, 1,124 samples27x
ACR32D4U2S1ME-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 39%, 532 samples26x
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