Samsung

MZALQ256HAJD-000L1 256GB

MZALQ256HAJD-000L1 256GB
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Effective Speed +24% Effective Speed 24%Average Score +24% Read 102%, Write 15%, 4K Read 14%, 4K Write 21%, Mixed 42%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -31%Peak Score +68% Read 169%, Write 93%, 4K Read 28%, 4K Write 30%, Mixed 135%, 4K Mixed 32%, SusWrite -8%Value & Sentiment -364%User Rating -13%, Market Share -715%Nice To Haves +67% DQ Read 31%, DQ Write 148%, DQ Mixed 82%, ADQ Read 8%, ADQ Write 28%, ADQ Mixed 42%, Age 124%, AS-SSD Total 74%

Average Bench: 119% (178^th of 1058)

Based on 2,350 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG MZALQ256HAJD-000L1

Poor: 68%Average: 119% Great: 177%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZALQ256HAJD-000L1 256GB averaged 19.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZALQ256HAJD-000L1 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 352MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 922MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZALQ256HAJD-000L1 256GB is 109%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZALQ256HAJD-000L1 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 215MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 462MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,350 samples)

Rank 178119%

Min	Avg	Max
542	Read 922	1,363
89.5	Write 462	938
150	Mixed 490	970
86.8	SusWrite 215	343
115% 522 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.7	4K Read 38.3	54
49.3	4K Write 105	158
23.3	4K Mixed 47.1	74.6
174% 63.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
216	DQ Read 355	482
97.7	DQ Write 364	876
136	DQ Mixed 352	578
267% 357 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 15 hrs ago.

189GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BL1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 950 329 177 168 177 181 MB/s

186% Outstanding

Write 932

Mixed 931

SusWrite 330

198% 892 MB/s

4K Read 54.5

4K Write 160

4K Mixed 76

265% 96.8 MB/s

DQ Read 482

DQ Write 810

DQ Mixed 577

457% 623 MB/s

ARG-User, 9 hrs ago.

194GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EL1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 655 576 168 180 188 204 MB/s

163% Outstanding

Write 920

Mixed 961

SusWrite 328

198% 888 MB/s

4K Read 48.1

4K Write 97.8

4K Mixed 61.7

204% 69.2 MB/s

DQ Read 478

DQ Write 681

DQ Mixed 576

437% 578 MB/s

THA-User, 2 days ago.

206GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BL1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 805 425 160 163 158 160 MB/s

137% Outstanding

Write 768

Mixed 749

SusWrite 312

158% 705 MB/s

4K Read 44.3

4K Write 98.9

4K Mixed 58.1

194% 67.1 MB/s

DQ Read 482

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 576

380% 453 MB/s

TUR-User, 22 hrs ago.

114GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BL1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 137 139 139 134 133 MB/s

96.9% Outstanding

Write 152

Mixed 258

SusWrite 134

81% 377 MB/s

4K Read 32.4

4K Write 88.3

4K Mixed 34.1

140% 51.6 MB/s

DQ Read 214

DQ Write 135

DQ Mixed 183

134% 178 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

142GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BL1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 132 138 145 151 155 MB/s

92.3% Outstanding

Write 89.5

Mixed 159

SusWrite 135

59% 271 MB/s

4K Read 34.4

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 38.8

157% 59.3 MB/s

DQ Read 247

DQ Write 118

DQ Mixed 186

137% 184 MB/s

IND-User, 1 day ago.

106GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 7L1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 101 116 109 110 114 MB/s

90.8% Outstanding

Write 140

Mixed 162

SusWrite 111

60% 275 MB/s

4K Read 32.6

4K Write 114

4K Mixed 38.1

159% 61.7 MB/s

DQ Read 250

DQ Write 120

DQ Mixed 169

130% 180 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 9L1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 121 118 117 108 101 MB/s

89.1% Excellent

Write 155

Mixed 240

SusWrite 116

67% 309 MB/s

4K Read 32.4

4K Write 92.6

4K Mixed 37.4

146% 54.1 MB/s

DQ Read 249

DQ Write 126

DQ Mixed 172

132% 183 MB/s

CAN-User, 13 hrs ago.

181GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BL1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 124 125 128 128 124 MB/s

86.5% Excellent

Write 128

Mixed 203

SusWrite 122

64% 294 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 93.1

4K Mixed 36.2

136% 51.9 MB/s

DQ Read 247

DQ Write 127

DQ Mixed 172

132% 182 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

117GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BL1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 115 117 112 119 MB/s

80.9% Excellent

Write 148

Mixed 151

SusWrite 115

54% 251 MB/s

4K Read 27.9

4K Write 98.7

4K Mixed 34

138% 53.5 MB/s

DQ Read 248

DQ Write 126

DQ Mixed 174

133% 183 MB/s

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Lenovo 20NF0012US

CPU
Ryzen 5 3500UAMDBench 52%, 75,607 samples	183x

GPU
Radeon Vega 8 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 124,330 samples	183x

SSD
MZALQ256HAJD-000L1 256GBSamsungBench 119%, 2,350 samples	54x

RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 53,286 samples	101x
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 75%, 43,830 samples	10x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 40%, 73,050 samples	9x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $446	Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3050 $292	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $378	Nvidia RTX 3070 $536	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $62	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17

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MZALQ256HAJD-000L1 256GB

Average Bench: 119% (178^th of 1058)

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Average Bench: 119% (178th of 1058)

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Average Bench: 119% (178^th of 1058)