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MZALQ128HBHQ-000L1 128GB

MZALQ128HBHQ-000L1 128GB
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Effective Speed +25% Effective Speed 25%Average Score +26% Read 119%, Write 28%, 4K Read 19%, 4K Write 14%, Mixed 50%, 4K Mixed 7%, SusWrite -57%Peak Score +58% Read 166%, Write 94%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 20%, Mixed 125%, 4K Mixed 22%, SusWrite -45%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +65% DQ Read 38%, DQ Write 143%, DQ Mixed 80%, ADQ Read 22%, ADQ Write 35%, ADQ Mixed 48%, Age 78%, AS-SSD Total 74%

Average Bench: 123% (186^th of 1072)

Based on 491 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG MZALQ128HBHQ-000L1

Poor: 73%Average: 123% Great: 171%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung MZALQ128HBHQ-000L1 128GB averaged 23.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZALQ128HBHQ-000L1 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 386MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,001MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZALQ128HBHQ-000L1 128GB is 98%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung MZALQ128HBHQ-000L1 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 189MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 519MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 491 samples)

Rank 186123%

Min	Avg	Max
586	Read 1,001	1,346
105	Write 519	943
137	Mixed 537	954
79.1	SusWrite 189	267
124% 562 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21	4K Read 40.9	53
46.4	4K Write 100	147
22.4	4K Mixed 48.1	71.2
177% 63.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
241	DQ Read 399	508
94.3	DQ Write 389	872
137	DQ Mixed 386	596
292% 391 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 7 days ago.

12GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BL1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 44 45 44 45 43 MB/s

442% Outstanding

Write 49.2

Mixed 96.8

SusWrite 43.8

257% 1,237 MB/s

4K Read 615

4K Write 2.7

4K Mixed 5.9

940% 208 MB/s

USA-User, 5 days ago.

29GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BL1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 45 47 46 47 44 MB/s

417% Outstanding

Write 35.3

Mixed 67.5

SusWrite 45

250% 1,204 MB/s

4K Read 562

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 5.7

860% 190 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

11GB free

Firmware: 9L1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 101 88 77 68 56 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 144

Mixed 221

SusWrite 85.5

87% 408 MB/s

4K Read 39.3

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 41.3

170% 63.2 MB/s

DQ Read 288

DQ Write 122

DQ Mixed 171

136% 194 MB/s

GRC-User, 12 days ago.

18GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 9L1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 130 101 116 115 108 MB/s

99.7% Outstanding

Write 155

Mixed 204

SusWrite 117

80% 372 MB/s

4K Read 32.5

4K Write 85.1

4K Mixed 35.9

140% 51.2 MB/s

DQ Read 288

DQ Write 126

DQ Mixed 186

144% 200 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

66GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 9L1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 105 114 103 113 MB/s

82.8% Excellent

Write 118

Mixed 192

SusWrite 106

66% 306 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 75.2

4K Mixed 27.3

120% 44.2 MB/s

DQ Read 246

DQ Write 99.3

DQ Mixed 148

116% 164 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

12GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2L1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 63 60 61 61 60 MB/s

73.8% Very good

Write 99.2

Mixed 129

SusWrite 62.5

52% 245 MB/s

4K Read 27

4K Write 72.2

4K Mixed 26.2

113% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 287

DQ Write 89

DQ Mixed 112

103% 163 MB/s

FRA-User, 22 days ago.

47GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 9L1QFXV7

SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 107 101 96 104 99 MB/s

69.3% Good

Write 158

Mixed 264

SusWrite 104

74% 344 MB/s

4K Read 16.7

4K Write 37.1

4K Mixed 18.3

68% 24 MB/s

DQ Read 213

DQ Write 148

DQ Mixed 160

125% 174 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 55%

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Motherboard: Asrock B365M Pro4-F

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $96Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	366x
Core i5-9600KIntel $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	107x
Core i7-9700FIntel $289Bench 92%, 54,980 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	121x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	111x
RTX 3060Nvidia $254Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	90x

SSD
MZALQ128HBHQ-000L1 128GBSamsungBench 123%, 491 samples	1x

RAM
CM4X8GD3000C16K4D 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 12,037 samples	35x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	33x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	31x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $334

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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MZALQ128HBHQ-000L1 128GB

Average Bench: 123% (186^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 123% (186th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 123% (186^th of 1072)