Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +102% Effective Speed 102%Average Score +96% Read 277%, Write 95%, 4K Read 42%, 4K Write 51%, Mixed 75%, 4K Mixed 15%, SusWrite 115%Peak Score +101% Read 312%, Write 91%, 4K Read 22%, 4K Write 54%, Mixed 85%, 4K Mixed 5%, SusWrite 137%Value & Sentiment -189%User Rating -9%, Market Share -530%, Price -170%, Value -45%Nice To Haves +68% DQ Read 198%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed 20%, ADQ Read 196%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed 38%, Age -8%, AS-SSD Total 111%

Average Bench: 199% (98^th of 1071)

Based on 40,327 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB

Poor: 131%Average: 199% Great: 243%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 99.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 360MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 966MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 112%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 283MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 630MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 40,327 samples)

Rank 98199%

Min	Avg	Max
711	Read 1,726	2,085
354	Write 792	927
423	Mixed 630	785
185	SusWrite 636	916
209% 946 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.6	4K Read 48.9	52.4
69.7	4K Write 132	188
34.4	4K Mixed 51.6	61.2
210% 77.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
544	DQ Read 966	1,094
164	DQ Write 283	330
253	DQ Mixed 360	396
334% 537 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

83GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 918 920 921 918 918 916 MB/s

241% Outstanding

Write 920

Mixed 765

SusWrite 918

258% 1,169 MB/s

4K Read 50.1

4K Write 148

4K Mixed 59.1

230% 85.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,099

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 384

369% 604 MB/s

ROU-User, 2 days ago.

141GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 744 617 562 578 554 565 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 849

Mixed 753

SusWrite 603

238% 1,084 MB/s

4K Read 53.3

4K Write 152

4K Mixed 61.5

240% 89.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,026

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 391

362% 580 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 days ago.

114GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 612 573 568 571 565 564 MB/s

198% Outstanding

Write 767

Mixed 613

SusWrite 576

219% 998 MB/s

4K Read 44.1

4K Write 154

4K Mixed 47.4

209% 81.7 MB/s

DQ Read 666

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 253

231% 368 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

109GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 566 521 512 506 500 504 MB/s

178% Outstanding

Write 824

Mixed 666

SusWrite 518

210% 956 MB/s

4K Read 42

4K Write 95

4K Mixed 48.6

176% 61.9 MB/s

DQ Read 613

DQ Write 279

DQ Mixed 372

295% 422 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

47GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 364 353 374 384 400 MB/s

131% Outstanding

Write 511

Mixed 523

SusWrite 377

147% 669 MB/s

4K Read 29.4

4K Write 69.4

4K Mixed 39.3

132% 46 MB/s

DQ Read 484

DQ Write 230

DQ Mixed 366

269% 360 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,583x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	847x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	602x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $910

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 199% (98^th of 1071)

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950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 199% (98th of 1071)

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