Samsung MZ-V5P512BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Effective Speed -142%Effective Speed -142%Average Score -176%Read -128%, Write -287%, 4K Read -92%, 4K Write -63%, Mixed -325%, 4K Mixed -98%, SusWrite -238%Peak Score -243%Read -181%, Write -337%, 4K Read -259%, 4K Write -90%, Mixed -399%, 4K Mixed -216%, SusWrite -217%Value & Sentiment -576%User Rating -34%, Market Share -1,258%, Price -62%, Value -949%Nice To Haves -257%DQ Read -82%, DQ Write -361%, DQ Mixed -326%, ADQ Read -61%, ADQ Write -263%, ADQ Mixed -249%, Age -564%, AS-SSD Total -151%

Average Bench: 223% (87^th of 1080)

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

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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

Average Bench

(Based on 54,978 samples)

Rank 87223%

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

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

USA-User, 13 hrs ago.

212GB free

Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1434 1362 614 535 534 534 MB/s

244% Outstanding

Write 1,418

Mixed 950

SusWrite 835

293% 1,317 MB/s

4K Read 48.9

4K Write 156

4K Mixed 64.5

239% 89.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,276

DQ Write 404

DQ Mixed 455

436% 712 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

116GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 632 610 632 599 590 587 MB/s

193% Outstanding

Write 1,115

Mixed 700

SusWrite 608

241% 1,089 MB/s

4K Read 36.5

4K Write 91.4

4K Mixed 49.5

167% 59.1 MB/s

DQ Read 858

DQ Write 339

DQ Mixed 459

376% 552 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

207GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 680 649 617 592 580 581 MB/s

171% Outstanding

Write 1,044

Mixed 697

SusWrite 616

216% 975 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 78.6

4K Mixed 46.1

158% 54.2 MB/s

DQ Read 690

DQ Write 325

DQ Mixed 443

346% 486 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

78GB free

Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 132 133 132 132 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 593

Mixed 452

SusWrite 132

106% 474 MB/s

4K Read 38.8

4K Write 71.8

4K Mixed 45.6

155% 52.1 MB/s

DQ Read 743

DQ Write 396

DQ Mixed 438

361% 526 MB/s

NOR-User, 1 day ago.

119GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 575 551 534 506 527 513 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 857

Mixed 520

SusWrite 534

172% 772 MB/s

4K Read 18.5

4K Write 36.6

4K Mixed 20.3

73% 25.1 MB/s

DQ Read 212

DQ Write 138

DQ Mixed 185

135% 178 MB/s

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

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Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,669x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	862x
Core i7-7700KIntel $200Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,009x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	908x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	483x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	356x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	263x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $978

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
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Samsung MZ-V5P512BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 223% (87^th of 1080)

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Samsung MZ-V5P512BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 223% (87th of 1080)

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