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MZVPV256HDGL-000L7 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 188% (111th of 1072)

Based on 713 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZVPV256HDGL-000L7
Poor: 122%Average: 188% Great: 241%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000L7 256GB averaged 87.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000L7 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 477MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 849MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000L7 256GB is 119%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000L7 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 323MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 682MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 713 samples)
Rank 111188%
Min Avg Max
883 Read 1,372 1,658
515 Write 1,019 1,238
452 Mixed 682 869
286 SusWrite 817 1,200
217% 972 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.8 4K Read 41.4 51
55.6 4K Write 112 160
24.9 4K Mixed 49.7 63.3
186% 67.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
350 DQ Read 849 1,230
176 DQ Write 323 388
223 DQ Mixed 477 575
381% 549 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6L6QBXW7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1141 1109 1083 1089 1131 1045 MB/s
236% Outstanding
Read 1,666
Write 1,164
Mixed 830
SusWrite 1,100
266% 1,190 MB/s
4K Read 47.7
4K Write 139
4K Mixed 58.9
222% 82 MB/s
DQ Read 1,186
DQ Write 373
DQ Mixed 555
468% 704 MB/s
146GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L6QBXW7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 580 856 868 866 890 889 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 1,106
Write 884
Mixed 649
SusWrite 825
194% 866 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 70.6
4K Mixed 43.5
140% 48.4 MB/s
DQ Read 868
DQ Write 386
DQ Mixed 565
436% 607 MB/s
101GB free
Firmware: 5L6QBXW7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 507 538 495 543 496 MB/s
140% Outstanding
Read 718
Write 570
Mixed 458
SusWrite 523
127% 567 MB/s
4K Read 43.7
4K Write 92.1
4K Mixed 50.2
179% 62 MB/s
DQ Read 783
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 549
406% 548 MB/s
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L6QBXW7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 539 552 554 571 572 568 MB/s
139% Outstanding
Read 726
Write 598
Mixed 474
SusWrite 559
132% 589 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 77.5
4K Mixed 47.6
163% 55.2 MB/s
DQ Read 783
DQ Write 374
DQ Mixed 554
417% 570 MB/s
42GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L6QBXW7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 293 289 285 275 264 MB/s
128% Outstanding
Read 1,247
Write 473
Mixed 545
SusWrite 286
140% 638 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 76.8
4K Mixed 40.8
152% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 417
DQ Write 233
DQ Mixed 317
238% 322 MB/s
138GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5L6QBXW7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 598 451 617 621 591 611 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 1178
Write 978
Mixed 535
SusWrite 581
182% 818 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 50.5
4K Mixed 19.8
78% 29.1 MB/s
DQ Read 270
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 229
171% 229 MB/s
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6L6QBXW7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 351 356 367 395 373 MB/s
53.3% Above average
Read 483
Write 377
Mixed 317
SusWrite 365
86% 386 MB/s
4K Read 8.5
4K Write 9.5
4K Mixed 8.5
29% 8.83 MB/s
DQ Read 70.4
DQ Write 53
DQ Mixed 53.8
42% 59.1 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 49%
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Workstation 8%
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System: Dell Latitude 7275

CPU
Core m5-6Y57IntelBench 43%, 1,787 samples119x
Core m7-6Y75IntelBench 43%, 1,933 samples23x
GPU
HD 515 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 3%, 10,056 samples142x
SSD
MZVPV256HDGL-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 188%, 713 samples54x
RAM
MT52L512M64D4PQ-10 2x4GBMicronBench 56%, 801 samples71x
H9CCNNNCPTMLBR-NTE 2x4GBHynixBench 49%, 302 samples40x
EDFB164A1MA-GD-F 2x4GBElpidaBench 49%, 362 samples25x
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