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EX950 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 314% (27th of 1072)

Based on 411 user benchmarks.  Model: HP SSD EX950 2TB
Poor: 202%Average: 314% Great: 407%

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Outstanding average bench

The HP EX950 2TB averaged 214.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the HP EX950 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 587MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,218MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HP EX950 2TB is 204%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the HP EX950 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 510MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 152MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 411 samples)
Rank 27314%
Min Avg Max
1,079 Read 2,218 2,614
982 Write 1,798 2,349
122 Mixed 510 1,646
796 SusWrite 1,563 2,307
339% 1,522 MB/s
Min Avg Max
34.4 4K Read 58.8 68.9
70.1 4K Write 152 224
49 4K Mixed 80.1 101
272% 97 MB/s
Min Avg Max
723 DQ Read 1,178 1,385
196 DQ Write 884 1,292
272 DQ Mixed 587 762
559% 883 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
372GB free
Firmware: 42A0S63C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1928 1080 529 1193 1043 1048 MB/s
289% Outstanding
Read 2,465
Write 1,723
Mixed 170
SusWrite 1,137
303% 1,374 MB/s
4K Read 54.1
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 75
242% 83.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,128
DQ Write 898
DQ Mixed 586
555% 871 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 42AAT8KA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1246 1522 1522 1530 1537 1540 MB/s
276% Outstanding
Read 2,105
Write 1508
Mixed 1153
SusWrite 1483
349% 1,562 MB/s
4K Read 57
4K Write 73.7
4K Mixed 66.3
210% 65.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1275
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 558
469% 711 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 42AAT8KA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1517 1504 1463 1386 1431 1466 MB/s
234% Outstanding
Read 1,240
Write 1,460
Mixed 1329
SusWrite 1,461
311% 1,373 MB/s
4K Read 45.6
4K Write 96.4
4K Mixed 61.6
199% 67.9 MB/s
DQ Read 849
DQ Write 633
DQ Mixed 677
523% 720 MB/s
743GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42AAT8KA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 1201 944 952 955 958 MB/s
204% Outstanding
Read 1,744
Write 1432
Mixed 1,193
SusWrite 924
296% 1,323 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 84.4
4K Mixed 54
177% 60.1 MB/s
DQ Read 692
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 706
474% 580 MB/s
855GB free
Firmware: 42AAT8KA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 719 713 659 657 640 642 MB/s
190% Outstanding
Read 640
Write 713
Mixed 666
SusWrite 672
152% 673 MB/s
4K Read 65.2
4K Write 161
4K Mixed 90.2
300% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 837
DQ Write 489
DQ Mixed 577
453% 634 MB/s
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Gaming 17%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation 17%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-1581

CPU
Core i7-11800HIntelBench 88%, 56,029 samples4,324x
Core i5-11400HIntelBench 80%, 35,470 samples556x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 7%, 53,008 samples2,013x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples1,464x
RTX 3070 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 114%, 45,297 samples1,103x
SSD
EX950 2TBHPBench 314%, 411 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples1,164x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 2x8GBMicronBench 83%, 15,291 samples1,046x
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 38,732 samples932x
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