Samsung

MZAL4512HBLU-00BLL 512GB

MZAL4512HBLU-00BLL 512GB
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Effective Speed -215%Effective Speed -215%Average Score -220%Read -205%, Write -352%, 4K Read -122%, 4K Write -246%, Mixed -214%, 4K Mixed -147%, SusWrite -256%Peak Score -205%Read -173%, Write -243%, 4K Read -234%, 4K Write -227%, Mixed -168%, 4K Mixed -155%, SusWrite -233%Value & Sentiment User Rating -36%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -158%DQ Read -110%, DQ Write -145%, DQ Mixed -124%, ADQ Read -198%, ADQ Write -403%, ADQ Mixed -221%, Age 83%, AS-SSD Total -143%

Average Bench: 170% (142^nd of 1080)

Based on 19 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG MZAL4512HBLU-00BLL

Poor: 105%Average: 170% Great: 257%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZAL4512HBLU-00BLL 512GB averaged 70.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZAL4512HBLU-00BLL 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 463MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,342MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZAL4512HBLU-00BLL 512GB is 152%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZAL4512HBLU-00BLL 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 58.5MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 250MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)

Rank 142170%

Min	Avg	Max
698	Read 1,342	2,087
432	Write 1,012	1,792
490	Mixed 998	1,576
383	SusWrite 894	1,371
238% 1,062 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.1	4K Read 37	57.2
15.9	4K Write 58.5	110
15.6	4K Mixed 42.1	72.4
141% 45.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
293	DQ Read 573	1,100
94.4	DQ Write 250	777
210	DQ Mixed 463	933
330% 429 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 1 month ago.

388GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CL2QHXC7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1562 1603 1597 1606 1544 275 MB/s

257% Outstanding

Write 1,624

Mixed 1,518

SusWrite 1,364

369% 1,648 MB/s

4K Read 45.1

4K Write 70.2

4K Mixed 53.4

174% 56.2 MB/s

DQ Read 989

DQ Write 638

DQ Mixed 842

620% 823 MB/s

SGP-User, 2 months ago.

398GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CL2QHXC7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 628 833 841 941 1338 1376 MB/s

209% Outstanding

Write 1,392

Mixed 1,320

SusWrite 993

312% 1,395 MB/s

4K Read 56.6

4K Write 84.7

4K Mixed 55.9

202% 65.7 MB/s

DQ Read 334

DQ Write 143

DQ Mixed 254

184% 244 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

104GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CL2QHXC7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 633 474 375 319 219 280 MB/s

152% Outstanding

Write 1,242

Mixed 1,213

SusWrite 383

244% 1,095 MB/s

4K Read 36.6

4K Write 59.5

4K Mixed 41.9

141% 46 MB/s

DQ Read 782

DQ Write 254

DQ Mixed 615

428% 550 MB/s

USA-User, 6 months ago.

219GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CL2QHXC7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 798 837 824 689 622 377 MB/s

148% Outstanding

Write 783

Mixed 743

SusWrite 691

178% 792 MB/s

4K Read 41.1

4K Write 66.3

4K Mixed 47.7

158% 51.7 MB/s

DQ Read 647

DQ Write 201

DQ Mixed 605

399% 484 MB/s

CAN-User, 4 months ago.

260GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CL2QHXC7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 533 558 558 610 591 521 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 624

Mixed 665

SusWrite 562

152% 680 MB/s

4K Read 26

4K Write 36.9

4K Mixed 30.8

98% 31.2 MB/s

DQ Read 389

DQ Write 117

DQ Mixed 294

206% 267 MB/s

USA-User, 23 days ago.

428GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CL2QHXC7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 784 613 686 563 589 613 MB/s

109% Outstanding

Write 432

Mixed 620

SusWrite 641

146% 657 MB/s

4K Read 18.1

4K Write 22.7

4K Mixed 15.6

59% 18.8 MB/s

DQ Read 297

DQ Write 377

DQ Mixed 406

287% 360 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

422GB free (System drive)

Firmware: CL2QHXC7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 523 564 576 622 655 667 MB/s

92.5% Outstanding

Write 484

Mixed 599

SusWrite 601

134% 595 MB/s

4K Read 22.6

4K Write 15.9

4K Mixed 16.4

64% 18.3 MB/s

DQ Read 293

DQ Write 94.4

DQ Mixed 210

151% 199 MB/s

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Lenovo 21C6S4VQ00

CPU
Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U GraphicsAMDBench 65%, 233 samples	4x

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Radeon GraphicsAMDBench 12%, 10,863 samples	4x

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MZAL4512HBLU-00BLL 512GBSamsungBench 170%, 19 samples	5x

RAM
RMSA3340MF88HBF-3200 1x16GBRAMAXELBench 44%, 75 samples	4x

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MZAL4512HBLU-00BLL 512GB

Average Bench: 170% (142^nd of 1080)

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Average Bench: 170% (142^nd of 1080)