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MZVLB256HBHQ-000L2 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 198% (99th of 1072)

Based on 9,460 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZVLB256HBHQ-000L2
Poor: 119%Average: 198% Great: 264%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZVLB256HBHQ-000L2 256GB averaged 98.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZVLB256HBHQ-000L2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 786MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,540MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZVLB256HBHQ-000L2 256GB is 145%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZVLB256HBHQ-000L2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 427MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 119MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9,460 samples)
Rank 99198%
Min Avg Max
638 Read 1,628 2,364
512 Write 1,540 2,211
519 Mixed 1,068 1,559
236 SusWrite 427 554
260% 1,166 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.7 4K Read 55.1 67.2
64 4K Write 119 175
34.8 4K Mixed 69.3 89.9
235% 81.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
500 DQ Read 873 1,009
267 DQ Write 672 1,036
393 DQ Mixed 786 1,137
584% 777 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3L1QEXH7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 563 418 418 421 421 417 MB/s
186% Outstanding
Read 2,125
Write 1,982
Mixed 1,412
SusWrite 443
333% 1,491 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 48.2
153% 49.6 MB/s
DQ Read 748
DQ Write 410
DQ Mixed 602
442% 587 MB/s
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3L1QEXH7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 414 416 414 410 405 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 1,062
Write 1,140
Mixed 807
SusWrite 423
192% 858 MB/s
4K Read 46.1
4K Write 82.3
4K Mixed 51.9
180% 60.1 MB/s
DQ Read 731
DQ Write 530
DQ Mixed 639
475% 633 MB/s
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Typical MZVLB256HBHQ-000L2 256GB Builds (Compare 1,503 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
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Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 31%
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System: Lenovo 82B5

CPU
Ryzen 5 4600HAMDBench 70%, 27,218 samples1,105x
Ryzen 7 4800HAMDBench 74%, 20,504 samples398x
GPU
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples607x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples497x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples399x
SSD
MZVLB256HBHQ-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 198%, 9,460 samples358x
RAM
LV32D4S2S8HD-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 48%, 8,552 samples319x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 45%, 34,565 samples162x
LV32D4S2S8HD-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 91%, 10,928 samples105x
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