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SAMSUNG MZ9LQ256 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2023.

Average Bench: 114% (207th of 1080)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SAMSUNG MZ9LQ256
Poor: 72%Average: 114% Great: 163%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SAMSUNG MZ9LQ256 256GB averaged 14.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SAMSUNG MZ9LQ256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 406MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 510MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SAMSUNG MZ9LQ256 256GB is 90.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SAMSUNG MZ9LQ256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 53MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 498MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 207114%
Min Avg Max
383 Read 691 1,309
208 Write 799 1,140
505 Mixed 725 1,131
283 SusWrite 498 650
153% 678 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.4 4K Read 30.1 39.6
8.6 4K Write 53 80.7
1.9 4K Mixed 35.1 51.6
119% 39.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
303 DQ Read 510 735
50.3 DQ Write 364 605
92.7 DQ Mixed 406 667
312% 427 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2M0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 923 927 952 370 78 235 MB/s
136% Outstanding
Read 758
Write 1,007
Mixed 863
SusWrite 581
181% 802 MB/s
4K Read 38.3
4K Write 71
4K Mixed 46.5
155% 51.9 MB/s
DQ Read 582
DQ Write 406
DQ Mixed 451
348% 479 MB/s
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV72M0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 591 675 777 572 475 233 MB/s
93.8% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 701
Mixed 558
SusWrite 554
131% 578 MB/s
4K Read 14.6
4K Write 28.9
4K Mixed 23.4
67% 22.3 MB/s
DQ Read 503
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 373
291% 404 MB/s
117GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV72M0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 645 568 652 260 229 217 MB/s
93.5% Outstanding
Read 565
Write 710
Mixed 583
SusWrite 428
129% 572 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 38.1
4K Mixed 30.6
98% 31.3 MB/s
DQ Read 323
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 297
230% 313 MB/s
88GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV72M0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 587 362 296 246 224 221 MB/s
93.3% Outstanding
Read 582
Write 682
Mixed 584
SusWrite 322
122% 542 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 48.4
4K Mixed 35.4
115% 37.7 MB/s
DQ Read 353
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 307
235% 318 MB/s
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2M0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 311 419 279 231 186 MB/s
61.2% Good
Read 553
Write 208
Mixed 505
SusWrite 283
86% 388 MB/s
4K Read 9.4
4K Write 8.6
4K Mixed 9.5
31% 9.17 MB/s
DQ Read 303
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 135
139% 228 MB/s
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Core i7-7600UIntelBench 50%, 13,451 samples1,218x
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples957x
Core i5-7300UIntelBench 45%, 24,421 samples793x
GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples2,125x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples1,505x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples99x
SSD
SAMSUNG MZ9LQ256 256GBNvmeBench 114%, 14 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples601x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples238x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1R 1x8GBUnknownBench 36%, 2,497 samples174x
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