SamsungMZ-7KE2T0BW
SamsungMZ-V6E250BW

Controller: Samsung Triple Core MEX. Memory: Samsung 40nm MLC V-NAND. Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 243,298 user samples
2,669 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 130% 1.5TB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 78% 1TB free
Poor: 78% Great: 130%
SPEED RANK: 223rd / 1072
240,629 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 236% 151GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 142% 85GB free (System drive)
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
SPEED RANK: 99th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
108 % 199 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+84%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
477 MB/s 1753 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+268%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
429 MB/s 1260 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+194%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
35.3 MB/s 43.9 MB/s Faster random read.
+24%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
89.6 MB/s 141 MB/s Much faster random write.
+57%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
376 MB/s 559 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+49%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
47.3 MB/s 52.9 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+12%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
409 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+12%
366 MB/s
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
511 MB/s 2121 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+315%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
490 MB/s 1473 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+201%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
42.3 MB/s 54.5 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+29%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
123 MB/s 210 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+71%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
420 MB/s 691 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+65%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
59 MB/s 64.9 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+10%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
490 MB/s +2% 481 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 75,667,949 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0 % 0.15 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Value
Value For Money
28.3 % 46.8 % Much better value.
+65%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 56 % More popular.
+12%
Price
Price (score)
$320 $45 Hugely cheaper.
+86%
Age
Newest
101+ Months 88+ Months More recent.
+13%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
388 MB/s 1230 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+217%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
362 MB/s 1260 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+248%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1,276 Pts 3,857 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+202%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
369 MB/s 929 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+152%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
346 MB/s 1025 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+196%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
292 MB/s 921 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+215%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
308 MB/s 687 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+123%
Capacity
Capacity
2TB 250GB
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Much better options available now but still a really good SSD [Nov '18 Scarso]

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The 960 Evo SSD is one of Samsung’s premier NVMe SSDs, along with their current flagship, the 960 Pro. The Evo variant is available in a variety of capacities including 250, 500 and 1000 GB, each with a commensurate price tag, whilst the 960 Pro is available in 512, 1024 and 2048 GB capacities. The 960 Evo has lower write endurance compared to the 960 Pro due to its TLC (3-bit) V-NAND flash memory (the 960 Pro consists of MLC (2-bit) V-NAND). As a result, Samsung only guarantee 200 terabytes written on the 512 GB 960 Evo, compared to double that on the 960 Pro, however, this volume of data is very unlikely to affect consumers. The 250 GB 960 Evo has a 13 GB SLC cache which boosts initial write speed to roughly match the 960 Pro but writes exceeding 13 GB drop in speed by over 50%. Overall, the 960 Pro offers more consistent write performance than the 960 Evo, however, this will only impact workloads that exceed the 13 GB. [Nov '17 SSDrivePro]

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