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MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 206% (82nd of 1058)

Based on 6,385 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7
Poor: 111%Average: 206% Great: 288%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7 256GB averaged 106.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 739MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,708MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7 256GB is 177%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 554MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 121MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,385 samples)
Rank 82206%
Min Avg Max
675 Read 1,708 2,377
300 Write 1,463 2,205
348 Mixed 1,051 1,574
180 SusWrite 554 959
266% 1,194 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.7 4K Read 53.2 67.5
50.2 4K Write 121 186
29.3 4K Mixed 67.4 92.2
231% 80.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
353 DQ Read 809 1,009
158 DQ Write 646 1,230
192 DQ Mixed 739 1,163
550% 731 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5M2QEXH7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2030 2015 699 259 260 258 MB/s
261% Outstanding
Read 2,250
Write 2,101
Mixed 1,280
SusWrite 920
366% 1,638 MB/s
4K Read 57.5
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 70
231% 76.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,008
DQ Write 901
DQ Mixed 1,013
744% 974 MB/s
114GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5M2QEXH7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 424 388 356 338 326 MB/s
229% Outstanding
Read 1960
Write 1842
Mixed 787
SusWrite 382
276% 1,243 MB/s
4K Read 58.8
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 76.7
258% 89.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,010
DQ Write 1,115
DQ Mixed 1,170
851% 1,098 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: 5M2QEXH7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 836 745 977 966 950 535 MB/s
182% Outstanding
Read 1,185
Write 1,035
Mixed 637
SusWrite 835
207% 923 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 54.6
193% 68.8 MB/s
DQ Read 748
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 730
493% 608 MB/s
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5M2QEXH7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 387 370 376 377 380 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 1,672
Write 1485
Mixed 1,150
SusWrite 379
261% 1,172 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 35.3
4K Mixed 29.5
95% 30.1 MB/s
DQ Read 82.6
DQ Write 67.6
DQ Mixed 73.1
55% 74.4 MB/s
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Gaming 13%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 12%
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System: Lenovo 20QVCTO1WW

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 77%, 318,995 samples539x
Core i9-9880HIntelBench 79%, 9,766 samples94x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 72%, 118,791 samples37x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 466,129 samples338x
GTX 1650 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 36%, 6,553 samples186x
GTX 1650 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 41%, 85,585 samples184x
SSD
MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 206%, 6,385 samples47x
RAM
M471A4G43MB1-CTD 2x31.5GBSamsungBench 78%, 5,435 samples89x
M471A4G43MB1-CTD 1x31GBSamsungBench 43%, 2,682 samples76x
M471A2K43DB1-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 81%, 5,608 samples51x
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