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MZALQ512HALU-000L2 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 136% (181st of 1080)

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

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 14,504 samples)
Rank 181136%
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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
477GB free
Firmware: AL2QFXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1293 1024 354 383 383 386 MB/s
226% Outstanding
Read 1,478
Write 1,391
Mixed 1,312
SusWrite 637
270% 1,205 MB/s
4K Read 56.4
4K Write 163
4K Mixed 79.6
274% 99.8 MB/s
DQ Read 908
DQ Write 1,015
DQ Mixed 928
708% 950 MB/s
327GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AL2QFXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1105 416 241 243 219 219 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 1,387
Write 1,228
Mixed 1,217
SusWrite 407
237% 1,060 MB/s
4K Read 36.8
4K Write 69.7
4K Mixed 47.7
154% 51.4 MB/s
DQ Read 908
DQ Write 677
DQ Mixed 784
588% 790 MB/s
342GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL2QFXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 775 627 589 304 305 301 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 920
Write 979
Mixed 850
SusWrite 483
182% 808 MB/s
4K Read 41.5
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 55.9
189% 66.5 MB/s
DQ Read 847
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 549
410% 561 MB/s
279GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AL2QFXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 956 584 294 242 207 229 MB/s
127% Outstanding
Read 935
Write 1,127
Mixed 894
SusWrite 419
190% 844 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 66.2
4K Mixed 43.8
142% 47.7 MB/s
DQ Read 535
DQ Write 351
DQ Mixed 415
317% 434 MB/s
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AL2QFXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 82 80 78 77 77 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 1,071
Write 268
Mixed 89.4
SusWrite 82.4
81% 378 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 83.8
4K Mixed 35.9
134% 49.5 MB/s
DQ Read 473
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 224
182% 268 MB/s
123GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AL2QFXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 116 127 117 124 117 MB/s
92.5% Outstanding
Read 809
Write 210
Mixed 201
SusWrite 117
72% 334 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 33.8
128% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 473
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 165
158% 259 MB/s
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AL2QFXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 129 125 134 134 124 MB/s
85.3% Excellent
Read 870
Write 215
Mixed 261
SusWrite 132
80% 370 MB/s
4K Read 21.2
4K Write 71.8
4K Mixed 20.8
97% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 463
DQ Write 142
DQ Mixed 305
224% 303 MB/s
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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 samples1,816x
Ryzen 7 4800HAMDBench 74%, 26,507 samples867x
GPU
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples1,628x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples564x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples491x
SSD
MZALQ512HALU-000L2 512GBSamsungBench 136%, 14,504 samples1x
RAM
LV32D4S2S8HD-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 48%, 8,552 samples605x
LV32D4S2S8HD-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 91%, 10,928 samples547x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 1x8GBSamsungBench 45%, 34,565 samples244x
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