Samsung

MZALQ512HALU-000L2 512GB

MZALQ512HALU-000L2 512GB
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Effective Speed +38% Effective Speed 38%Average Score +40% Read 122%, Write 50%, 4K Read 11%, 4K Write 13%, Mixed 66%, 4K Mixed 6%, SusWrite 11%Peak Score +94% Read 181%, Write 169%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 190%, 4K Mixed 24%, SusWrite 51%Value & Sentiment -212%User Rating -13%, Market Share -411%Nice To Haves +115% DQ Read 148%, DQ Write 166%, DQ Mixed 180%, ADQ Read 92%, ADQ Write 30%, ADQ Mixed 82%, Age 85%, AS-SSD Total 135%

Average Bench: 136% (172^nd of 1071)

Based on 14,504 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG MZALQ512HALU-000L2

Poor: 79%Average: 136% Great: 202%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZALQ512HALU-000L2 512GB averaged 35.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZALQ512HALU-000L2 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 474MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 625MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZALQ512HALU-000L2 512GB is 123%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZALQ512HALU-000L2 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 330MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 595MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14,504 samples)

Rank 172136%

Min	Avg	Max
624	Read 1,017	1,424
116	Write 609	1,306
161	Mixed 595	1,226
95.5	SusWrite 330	586
142% 638 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.8	4K Read 38	52.8
43.4	4K Write 98.9	149
23.2	4K Mixed 47.8	72.4
171% 61.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
351	DQ Read 625	910
91	DQ Write 376	954
142	DQ Mixed 474	927
360% 492 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

COL-User, 5 hrs ago.

441GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BL2Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1158 994 349 344 311 207 MB/s

171% Outstanding

Write 1,293

Mixed 1,206

SusWrite 561

248% 1,106 MB/s

4K Read 41.1

4K Write 92.1

4K Mixed 58

185% 63.7 MB/s

DQ Read 609

DQ Write 466

DQ Mixed 515

391% 530 MB/s

GBR-User, 27 mins ago.

276GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 952 1011 379 329 344 350 MB/s

167% Outstanding

Write 1,091

Mixed 1,024

SusWrite 561

220% 981 MB/s

4K Read 32.9

4K Write 66.2

4K Mixed 42.3

139% 47.1 MB/s

DQ Read 901

DQ Write 874

DQ Mixed 822

636% 866 MB/s

UKR-User, 1 day ago.

404GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1173 1093 207 344 344 363 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 1,229

Mixed 1,192

SusWrite 587

245% 1,091 MB/s

4K Read 39.8

4K Write 77.7

4K Mixed 50.9

167% 56.1 MB/s

DQ Read 594

DQ Write 407

DQ Mixed 519

382% 507 MB/s

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

346GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 164 176 175 158 198 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 219

Mixed 351

SusWrite 176

103% 477 MB/s

4K Read 30.7

4K Write 75.6

4K Mixed 35.1

132% 47.1 MB/s

DQ Read 470

DQ Write 142

DQ Mixed 258

203% 290 MB/s

GBR-User, 14 hrs ago.

122GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 97 96 96 92 100 MB/s

99.2% Outstanding

Write 227

Mixed 122

SusWrite 101

83% 387 MB/s

4K Read 28.9

4K Write 64.2

4K Mixed 34.1

122% 42.4 MB/s

DQ Read 428

DQ Write 96.5

DQ Mixed 141

135% 222 MB/s

IDN-User, 3 hrs ago.

268GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3L1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 198 219 206 235 221 MB/s

97.5% Outstanding

Write 178

Mixed 371

SusWrite 215

92% 423 MB/s

4K Read 26.1

4K Write 58.8

4K Mixed 26.9

105% 37.3 MB/s

DQ Read 475

DQ Write 210

DQ Mixed 320

243% 335 MB/s

FIN-User, 1 day ago.

394GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 639 557 474 331 325 MB/s

92.1% Outstanding

Write 688

Mixed 547

SusWrite 485

135% 600 MB/s

4K Read 18

4K Write 27.6

4K Mixed 20.7

68% 22.1 MB/s

DQ Read 425

DQ Write 203

DQ Mixed 477

310% 368 MB/s

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Typical MZALQ512HALU-000L2 512GB Builds (Compare 2,488 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 14%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Lenovo 82EY

CPU
Ryzen 5 4600HAMDBench 70%, 27,218 samples	1,670x
Ryzen 7 4800HAMDBench 74%, 20,504 samples	818x

GPU
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	1,506x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples	522x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples	460x

SSD
MZALQ512HALU-000L2 512GBSamsungBench 136%, 14,504 samples	1x

RAM
LV32D4S2S8HD-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 48%, 8,552 samples	571x
LV32D4S2S8HD-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 91%, 10,928 samples	520x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 45%, 34,565 samples	233x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $310	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $28
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $397	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12600K $205	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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MZALQ512HALU-000L2 512GB

Average Bench: 136% (172^nd of 1071)

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MZALQ512HALU-000L2 512GB

Average Bench: 136% (172nd of 1071)

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Average Bench: 136% (172^nd of 1071)