Samsung MZHPV256HDGL-00000

SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB

SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB
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BUY • $223

Effective Speed +78% Effective Speed 78%Average Score +89% Read 192%, Write 140%, 4K Read 23%, 4K Write 12%, Mixed 90%, 4K Mixed 0%, SusWrite 164%Peak Score +99% Read 208%, Write 153%, 4K Read 7%, 4K Write 15%, Mixed 103%, 4K Mixed -1%, SusWrite 208%Value & Sentiment -511%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,844%, Price -135%, Value -50%Nice To Haves +47% DQ Read 91%, DQ Write 10%, DQ Mixed 61%, ADQ Read 86%, ADQ Write 12%, ADQ Mixed 71%, Age -17%, AS-SSD Total 63%

Average Bench: 175% (128^th of 1072)

Based on 7,621 user benchmarks. Models: SAMSUNG MZHPV256HDGL-00000, SAMSUNG MZHPV256HDGL-000L1

Poor: 109%Average: 175% Great: 220%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 74.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 445MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,337MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB is 111%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 323MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 97.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7,621 samples)

Rank 128175%

Min	Avg	Max
731	Read 1,337	1,562
418	Write 973	1,225
443	Mixed 681	861
236	SusWrite 784	1,192
211% 943 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.2	4K Read 42.2	46
38.8	4K Write 97.9	141
23.2	4K Mixed 45.2	57.9
174% 61.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
338	DQ Read 608	701
126	DQ Write 323	395
164	DQ Mixed 445	534
336% 459 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MYS-User, 16 days ago.

172GB free

Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1011 1163 1092 1146 1183 1191 MB/s

184% Outstanding

Write 1,190

Mixed 696

SusWrite 1,131

241% 1,072 MB/s

4K Read 29.8

4K Write 63.8

4K Mixed 37.5

127% 43.7 MB/s

DQ Read 701

DQ Write 390

DQ Mixed 523

395% 538 MB/s

NLD-User, 3 hrs ago.

123GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 677 672 680 610 631 618 MB/s

174% Outstanding

Write 858

Mixed 571

SusWrite 648

194% 874 MB/s

4K Read 40.4

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 51.3

189% 69.7 MB/s

DQ Read 537

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 457

336% 444 MB/s

DEU-User, 13 days ago.

87GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 481 467 471 451 448 MB/s

164% Outstanding

Write 929

Mixed 730

SusWrite 478

200% 903 MB/s

4K Read 38.9

4K Write 92.5

4K Mixed 50.3

172% 60.6 MB/s

DQ Read 700

DQ Write 312

DQ Mixed 500

372% 504 MB/s

JPN-User, 9 days ago.

119GB free

Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 721 811 828 648 649 733 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 980

Mixed 504

SusWrite 732

175% 777 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 11.8

4K Mixed 35.8

88% 23.8 MB/s

DQ Read 412

DQ Write 360

DQ Mixed 384

289% 386 MB/s

RUS-User, 8 days ago.

48GB free (System drive)

Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 328 328 321 311 286 MB/s

91.4% Outstanding

Write 392

Mixed 426

SusWrite 318

114% 515 MB/s

4K Read 22.3

4K Write 25.3

4K Mixed 25.7

80% 24.4 MB/s

DQ Read 260

DQ Write 181

DQ Mixed 126

120% 189 MB/s

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 24%

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System: Asus G751JY

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	237x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	202x
Core i7-4860HQIntelBench 69%, 1,015 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	346x
GeForce GTX 980MNvidiaBench 39%, 10,379 samples	227x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	1x

SSD
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $223Bench 175%, 7,621 samples	39x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	91x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 51%, 18,309 samples	68x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	56x

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Value: 13% - Very poor

Total price: $223

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Samsung MZHPV256HDGL-00000

SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 175% (128^th of 1072)

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SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 175% (128th of 1072)

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