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MZVLB256HAHQ-000 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 180% (120th of 1072)

Based on 361 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZVLB256HAHQ-000
Poor: 99%Average: 180% Great: 249%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-000 256GB averaged 79.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-000 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 682MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,505MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-000 256GB is 150%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-000 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 337MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 109MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 361 samples)
Rank 120180%
Min Avg Max
695 Read 1,505 2,223
524 Write 1,114 1,449
422 Mixed 859 1,218
183 SusWrite 337 451
212% 954 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25 4K Read 53.6 65
39 4K Write 109 167
27.8 4K Mixed 63.7 85.7
220% 75.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
137 DQ Read 768 978
125 DQ Write 636 1,244
183 DQ Mixed 682 1,008
516% 695 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXD72K1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 29 29 28 29 30 MB/s
249% Outstanding
Read 3,449
Write 27.7
Mixed 58.7
SusWrite 28.1
185% 891 MB/s
4K Read 270
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 2.4
413% 91.3 MB/s
146GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXD72K1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 325 323 317 317 328 MB/s
190% Outstanding
Read 1,756
Write 1,447
Mixed 997
SusWrite 338
252% 1,134 MB/s
4K Read 46
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 66.2
214% 74.9 MB/s
DQ Read 967
DQ Write 499
DQ Mixed 820
586% 762 MB/s
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXD72K1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 279 260 254 251 250 MB/s
149% Outstanding
Read 1,178
Write 1,407
Mixed 1,002
SusWrite 282
217% 967 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 79.3
4K Mixed 57
186% 61 MB/s
DQ Read 708
DQ Write 500
DQ Mixed 598
448% 602 MB/s
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXD72K1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 158 150 143 132 130 MB/s
67.3% Good
Read 650
Write 489
Mixed 478
SusWrite 167
99% 446 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 28.6
4K Mixed 22.8
78% 24.5 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 113
DQ Mixed 228
151% 181 MB/s
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Typical MZVLB256HAHQ-000 256GB Builds (Compare 50 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 26%
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Desktop
Desktop 69%
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Workstation
Workstation 22%
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System: Samsung 760XBE

CPU
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples30x
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples20x
GPU
GTX 1650 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 36%, 6,904 samples29x
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples21x
SSD
MZVLB256HAHQ-000 256GBSamsungBench 180%, 361 samples18x
RAM
M471A1K43BB1-CRC M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBSamsungBench 70%, 2,694 samples12x
M471A1K43BB1-CRC 0194 SF4641G8CK8IEHLSBG 16GBSamsungBench 74%, 84 samples12x
M471A1K43BB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 42,779 samples11x
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