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 -83%User Rating -14%, Market Share -152%Nice To Haves +113% DQ Read 148%, DQ Write 166%, DQ Mixed 180%, ADQ Read 92%, ADQ Write 30%, ADQ Mixed 82%, Age 74%, AS-SSD Total 135%

Average Bench: 136% (173^rd of 1072)

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 173136%

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%

MLT-User, 20 hrs ago.

391GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 879 956 414 259 288 282 MB/s

143% Outstanding

Write 1,090

Mixed 970

SusWrite 513

211% 942 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 58.6

4K Mixed 36.1

120% 40.9 MB/s

DQ Read 327

DQ Write 851

DQ Mixed 608

458% 595 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 day ago.

119GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 160 144 165 161 147 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 218

Mixed 181

SusWrite 153

85% 394 MB/s

4K Read 34.3

4K Write 97.1

4K Mixed 43

158% 58.1 MB/s

DQ Read 471

DQ Write 107

DQ Mixed 257

197% 278 MB/s

ROU-User, 10 hrs ago.

289GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 144 152 144 146 141 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 294

Mixed 122

SusWrite 148

92% 425 MB/s

4K Read 30.9

4K Write 75.5

4K Mixed 38.4

136% 48.3 MB/s

DQ Read 471

DQ Write 197

DQ Mixed 200

184% 290 MB/s

PAK-User, 3 hrs ago.

210GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 166 149 151 156 159 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 161

Mixed 259

SusWrite 158

87% 401 MB/s

4K Read 32

4K Write 54.5

4K Mixed 39.5

128% 42 MB/s

DQ Read 475

DQ Write 202

DQ Mixed 198

184% 292 MB/s

NLD-User, 3 days ago.

96GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 124 133 128 123 122 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 158

Mixed 239

SusWrite 130

82% 379 MB/s

4K Read 29.2

4K Write 84.3

4K Mixed 36.9

136% 50.1 MB/s

DQ Read 454

DQ Write 150

DQ Mixed 201

175% 268 MB/s

CAN-User, 7 hrs ago.

292GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 167 171 160 164 157 MB/s

95% Outstanding

Write 162

Mixed 276

SusWrite 165

91% 422 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 34.9

4K Mixed 25.9

93% 29.4 MB/s

DQ Read 452

DQ Write 125

DQ Mixed 152

148% 243 MB/s

PHL-User, 1 day ago.

20GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3L1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 203 93 108 92 114 MB/s

94.9% Outstanding

Write 66.1

Mixed 413

SusWrite 134

84% 388 MB/s

4K Read 25.9

4K Write 50.5

4K Mixed 32.6

108% 36.3 MB/s

DQ Read 462

DQ Write 241

DQ Mixed 108

145% 270 MB/s

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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	1,782x
Ryzen 7 4800HAMDBench 74%, 20,504 samples	873x

GPU
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	1,616x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples	549x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples	490x

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

RAM
LV32D4S2S8HD-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 48%, 8,552 samples	597x
LV32D4S2S8HD-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 91%, 10,928 samples	547x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 45%, 34,565 samples	245x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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MZALQ512HALU-000L2 512GB

Average Bench: 136% (173^rd of 1072)

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