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MAL2500HSA-T54L 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 12.1% (1067th of 1071)

Based on 20 user benchmarks.  Model: MARSHAL MAL2500HSA-T54L
Poor: 3%Average: 12.1% Great: 15%

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Terrible average bench

The Marshal MAL2500HSA-T54L 500GB averaged 87.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 13.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 82.7MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Marshal MAL2500HSA-T54L 500GB is just 12.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Marshal MAL2500HSA-T54L 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.39MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 20 samples)
Rank 106712.1%
Min Avg Max
12.6 Read 85.4 182
16.5 Write 82.7 107
11.2 Mixed 34.7 85
15.9 SusWrite 79.4 109
15.9% 70.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 1.39 19.3
0.6 4K Write 13.2 20.3
0.09 4K Mixed 1.96 15
11.6% 5.52 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1 DQ Read 4 30.1
18 DQ Write 21 22.6
0.32 DQ Mixed 7.85 17.4
7.4% 10.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
277GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HDF01C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 89 86 90 88 MB/s
31.3% Below average
Read 182
Write 57.7
Mixed 74.3
SusWrite 88
22% 101 MB/s
4K Read 19.3
4K Write 16.5
4K Mixed 15
57% 16.9 MB/s
DQ Read 30.1
DQ Write 19.6
DQ Mixed 17.4
15% 22.4 MB/s
465GB free
Firmware: HDF01K
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 103 105 92 98 105 MB/s
14.8% Very poor
Read 102
Write 103
Mixed 33
SusWrite 98.2
19% 84.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 20.3
4K Mixed 2
14% 7.63 MB/s
DQ Read 2
DQ Write 22.3
DQ Mixed 9.1
8% 11.1 MB/s
297GB free
Firmware: HDF01D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 101 102 101 MB/s
12.9% Very poor
Read 63.1
Write 85.5
Mixed 31.8
SusWrite 102
16% 70.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 16.9
4K Mixed 1.9
12% 6.47 MB/s
DQ Read 2.2
DQ Write 21.9
DQ Mixed 8.7
8% 10.9 MB/s
237GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HDFD2C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 85 84 83 86 MB/s
11.3% Very poor
Read 81.7
Write 88.2
Mixed 31.4
SusWrite 80.7
16% 70.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 11.1
4K Mixed 1.4
9% 4.37 MB/s
DQ Read 1.9
DQ Write 22.6
DQ Mixed 7.6
7% 10.7 MB/s
275GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HDF01D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 85 88 52 74 77 MB/s
8.59% Terrible
Read 83.4
Write 94.3
Mixed 28.4
SusWrite 75.7
16% 70.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
2% 0.7 MB/s
301GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HDF01D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 23 31 34 30 27 MB/s
2.6% Terrible
Read 12.6
Write 54.1
Mixed 11.2
SusWrite 30
6% 27 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.2
1% 0.4 MB/s
327GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HDF01D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 11 21 23 14 14 MB/s
2.23% Terrible
Read 25
Write 16.5
Mixed 15.3
SusWrite 15.9
4% 18.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.2
1% 0.33 MB/s
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Desktop 40%
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Workstation 2%
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System: HP ProBook 6455b

CPU
Phenom II N620 Dual-CoreAMDBench 42%, 297 samples3x
Turion II P520AMDBench 39%, 591 samples1x
Athlon II P320AMD  $20Bench 34%, 3,972 samples1x
GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 11,054 samples5x
SSD
MAL2500HSA-T54L 500GBMarshalBench 12%, 20 samples2x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples4x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples1x
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