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SAMSUNG MZALQ256 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 143% (164th of 1071)

Based on 140 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SAMSUNG MZALQ256
Poor: 80%Average: 143% Great: 189%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ256 256GB averaged 43.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ256 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 458MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 542MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ256 256GB is 109%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme SAMSUNG MZALQ256 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 291MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 685MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 140 samples)
Rank 164143%
Min Avg Max
602 Read 1,070 1,413
111 Write 685 984
187 Mixed 706 1,003
95.5 SusWrite 291 408
153% 688 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.6 4K Read 42.3 56.3
68.7 4K Write 114 172
27.8 4K Mixed 56.4 79
197% 70.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
243 DQ Read 428 739
113 DQ Write 542 874
133 DQ Mixed 458 682
353% 476 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 7L2QFXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1029 1118 1073 228 164 196 MB/s
170% Outstanding
Read 1072
Write 968
Mixed 934
SusWrite 634
203% 902 MB/s
4K Read 39.7
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 57
191% 68.6 MB/s
DQ Read 764
DQ Write 556
DQ Mixed 710
517% 677 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: BL1QFXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 951 490 185 191 192 192 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 1,346
Write 925
Mixed 1,001
SusWrite 367
203% 910 MB/s
4K Read 47
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 62.4
208% 72.5 MB/s
DQ Read 482
DQ Write 620
DQ Mixed 572
426% 558 MB/s
238GB free
Firmware: BL1QFXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 902 519 186 189 189 188 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1,344
Write 935
Mixed 993
SusWrite 362
202% 909 MB/s
4K Read 43.4
4K Write 94.8
4K Mixed 57.5
190% 65.2 MB/s
DQ Read 482
DQ Write 559
DQ Mixed 575
418% 539 MB/s
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AL2QFXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 72 69 64 60 52 MB/s
83.3% Excellent
Read 824
Write 134
Mixed 156
SusWrite 67.5
63% 295 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 83.2
4K Mixed 32.1
127% 47.7 MB/s
DQ Read 245
DQ Write 89.7
DQ Mixed 149
115% 161 MB/s
93GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL1QFXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 99 100 99 99 100 MB/s
77% Very good
Read 762
Write 136
Mixed 176
SusWrite 101
63% 294 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 52.6
4K Mixed 28.3
104% 35.8 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 159
125% 177 MB/s
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CPU
Core i3-1005G1IntelBench 44%, 22,960 samples925x
Core i5-1035G1IntelBench 51%, 53,170 samples766x
Core i7-1065G7IntelBench 53%, 58,314 samples40x
GPU
UHD G1IntelBench 5%, 68,603 samples1,691x
Iris Plus G7IntelBench 9%, 52,498 samples40x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples1x
SSD
SAMSUNG MZALQ256 256GBNvmeBench 143%, 140 samples1x
RAM
ACR26D4S9S1KA-4 Samsung M471A5244CB0-CTD 8GBKingstonBench 65%, 1,316 samples185x
ACR26D4S9S1KA-4 8GBKingstonBench 67%, 197 samples181x
ACR26D4S9S1KA-4 Hynix HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 8GBKingstonBench 63%, 4,994 samples158x
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