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Samsung MZ-V5P512BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

▲ 5129 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 223% (79th of 1072)

Based on 54,978 user benchmarks.  Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB
Poor: 138%Average: 223% Great: 283%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 123.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 426MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,062MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 146%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 347MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 749MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 54,978 samples)
Rank 79223%
Min Avg Max
1,202 Read 1,819 2,099
431 Write 1,192 1,451
460 Mixed 749 926
185 SusWrite 940 1,439
261% 1,175 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31 4K Read 44.8 53.2
39.3 4K Write 126 199
31.2 4K Mixed 54.4 69.3
204% 75.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
523 DQ Read 1,062 1,277
118 DQ Write 347 411
187 DQ Mixed 426 492
387% 612 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
476GB free
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1370 1453 1453 1446 1451 1451 MB/s
294% Outstanding
Read 2,070
Write 1,432
Mixed 945
SusWrite 1,437
328% 1,471 MB/s
4K Read 51.5
4K Write 224
4K Mixed 69
285% 115 MB/s
DQ Read 1,272
DQ Write 417
DQ Mixed 484
452% 725 MB/s
302GB free
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1254 1314 1315 1316 1316 1316 MB/s
267% Outstanding
Read 2,050
Write 1,446
Mixed 853
SusWrite 1,305
315% 1,414 MB/s
4K Read 48.8
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 61
222% 80.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,262
DQ Write 407
DQ Mixed 477
445% 715 MB/s
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 472 472 478 465 336 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 1,664
Write 674
Mixed 636
SusWrite 455
188% 857 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 78.2
4K Mixed 44.7
155% 53.4 MB/s
DQ Read 812
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 460
364% 521 MB/s
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Typical 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB Builds (Compare 7,109 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 86%
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Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples4,557x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples843x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples597x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples992x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples470x
SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples137x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $1,488

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In a system otherwise perform above or way above average, this component is way below average. Luck of the draw, I guess. Feels sluggish to boot vs 860 pro SATA SSD.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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