Samsung

MZALQ128HBHQ-000L2 128GB

MZALQ128HBHQ-000L2 128GB
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Effective Speed +12% Effective Speed 12%Average Score +0%Read 116%, Write -25%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite -106%Peak Score +55% Read 168%, Write 92%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 13%, Mixed 123%, 4K Mixed 18%, SusWrite -49%Value & Sentiment -412%User Rating -14%, Market Share -811%Nice To Haves +46% DQ Read 38%, DQ Write 124%, DQ Mixed 79%, ADQ Read 2%, ADQ Write -18%, ADQ Mixed 1%, Age 77%, AS-SSD Total 68%

Average Bench: 110% (211^th of 1072)

Based on 3,299 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG MZALQ128HBHQ-000L2

Poor: 64%Average: 110% Great: 169%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZALQ128HBHQ-000L2 128GB averaged 10.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZALQ128HBHQ-000L2 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 262MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 990MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZALQ128HBHQ-000L2 128GB is 106%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZALQ128HBHQ-000L2 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 144MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 324MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,299 samples)

Rank 211110%

Min	Avg	Max
529	Read 990	1,357
82.7	Write 324	929
133	Mixed 368	943
67.3	SusWrite 144	259
99.7% 456 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.1	4K Read 42.2	52.8
33	4K Write 91.1	138
17.4	4K Mixed 39.6	69
163% 57.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
214	DQ Read 332	507
82.9	DQ Write 244	802
130	DQ Mixed 262	593
203% 280 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

TUR-User, 1 day ago.

34GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 107 106 99 101 100 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 114

Mixed 172

SusWrite 104

74% 346 MB/s

4K Read 33.5

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 39.2

155% 58.5 MB/s

DQ Read 286

DQ Write 104

DQ Mixed 175

135% 189 MB/s

CZE-User, 8 days ago.

27GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 131 123 131 121 117 MB/s

100% Outstanding

Write 140

Mixed 214

SusWrite 128

80% 374 MB/s

4K Read 31.6

4K Write 82.7

4K Mixed 36.2

138% 50.2 MB/s

DQ Read 290

DQ Write 140

DQ Mixed 194

149% 208 MB/s

CHL-User, 5 days ago.

8GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 53 64 64 62 60 MB/s

99.1% Outstanding

Write 131

Mixed 185

SusWrite 67.5

78% 368 MB/s

4K Read 32.7

4K Write 91.6

4K Mixed 33.9

142% 52.7 MB/s

DQ Read 287

DQ Write 99.9

DQ Mixed 165

129% 184 MB/s

USA-User, 7 days ago.

26GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 131 125 125 123 MB/s

96% Outstanding

Write 144

Mixed 202

SusWrite 128

77% 357 MB/s

4K Read 32.4

4K Write 76.5

4K Mixed 34.4

134% 47.8 MB/s

DQ Read 286

DQ Write 126

DQ Mixed 186

143% 199 MB/s

EGY-User, 6 days ago.

57GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 137 138 136 132 134 MB/s

82.1% Excellent

Write 143

Mixed 223

SusWrite 134

64% 293 MB/s

4K Read 30.6

4K Write 61.2

4K Mixed 34.5

123% 42.1 MB/s

DQ Read 287

DQ Write 116

DQ Mixed 195

146% 199 MB/s

MYS-User, 3 days ago.

14GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3L1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 92 84 85 86 78 MB/s

65.2% Good

Write 110

Mixed 165

SusWrite 88.7

52% 240 MB/s

4K Read 20.6

4K Write 49.8

4K Mixed 24.2

89% 31.5 MB/s

DQ Read 275

DQ Write 115

DQ Mixed 162

129% 184 MB/s

ESP-User, 7 days ago.

51GB free (System drive)

Firmware: AL2QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 108 113 91 101 MB/s

54.1% Above average

Write 166

Mixed 222

SusWrite 105

53% 239 MB/s

4K Read 17

4K Write 37.1

4K Mixed 20.2

71% 24.8 MB/s

DQ Read 199

DQ Write 121

DQ Mixed 155

117% 158 MB/s

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Lenovo 81Y4

CPU
Core i5-10300HIntelBench 74%, 82,821 samples	4,123x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples	1,872x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples	3,482x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 40%, 34,471 samples	1,308x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples	1,204x

SSD
MZALQ128HBHQ-000L2 128GBSamsungBench 110%, 3,299 samples	1x

RAM
LV32D4S2S8HD-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 48%, 8,552 samples	1,276x
LV32D4S2S8HD-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 91%, 10,928 samples	929x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples	596x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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MZALQ128HBHQ-000L2 128GB

Average Bench: 110% (211^th of 1072)

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