Samsung MZ-V5P512BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
BENCHMARKS (54,978)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $180

Effective Speed +127% Effective Speed 127%Average Score +130% Read 298%, Write 194%, 4K Read 31%, 4K Write 44%, Mixed 109%, 4K Mixed 21%, SusWrite 217%Peak Score +144% Read 314%, Write 199%, 4K Read 24%, 4K Write 63%, Mixed 119%, 4K Mixed 19%, SusWrite 272%Value & Sentiment -162%User Rating -11%, Market Share -581%, Price -109%, Value 54%Nice To Haves +95% DQ Read 248%, DQ Write 15%, DQ Mixed 49%, ADQ Read 225%, ADQ Write 20%, ADQ Mixed 64%, Age -8%, AS-SSD Total 147%

Average Bench: 223% (79^th of 1071)

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 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

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

EGY-User, 10 hrs ago.

289GB free

Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 43 45 46 47 48 MB/s

498% Outstanding

Write 53.7

Mixed 88.3

SusWrite 45.8

235% 1,130 MB/s

4K Read 799

4K Write 3.1

4K Mixed 5.4

1,219% 269 MB/s

ISR-User, 22 hrs ago.

477GB free

Firmware: 3B0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1430 1430 1348 678 534 595 MB/s

243% Outstanding

Write 1,370

Mixed 900

SusWrite 1,003

287% 1,289 MB/s

4K Read 46

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 60.2

226% 85.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,272

DQ Write 406

DQ Mixed 497

456% 725 MB/s

NLD-User, 21 hrs ago.

265GB free

Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 830 943 953 951 951 937 MB/s

123% Outstanding

Write 1,101

Mixed 660

SusWrite 927

211% 936 MB/s

4K Read 17

4K Write 26.9

4K Mixed 19.9

66% 21.3 MB/s

DQ Read 80.8

DQ Write 74.6

DQ Mixed 80.3

60% 78.6 MB/s

SWE-User, 4 hrs ago.

128GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 93 99 109 103 120 MB/s

115% Outstanding

Write 133

Mixed 191

SusWrite 115

76% 354 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 90.7

4K Mixed 38.4

138% 52 MB/s

DQ Read 1,104

DQ Write 97.4

DQ Mixed 187

241% 463 MB/s

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $221Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,956x
Core i5-6600KIntel $111Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	740x
Core i7-7700KIntel $280Bench 84%, 634,862 samples	549x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	867x
GTX 1070Nvidia $119Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	779x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $325Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	409x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $180Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	303x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	229x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	121x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,084

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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 $310	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $28
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $397	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12600K $205	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V5P512BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 223% (79^th of 1071)

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Samsung MZ-V5P512BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 223% (79th of 1071)

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