Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +106% Effective Speed 106%Average Score +99% Read 290%, Write 96%, 4K Read 61%, 4K Write 46%, Mixed 75%, 4K Mixed 14%, SusWrite 111%Peak Score +99% Read 313%, Write 91%, 4K Read 21%, 4K Write 45%, Mixed 85%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite 137%Value & Sentiment -159%User Rating -9%, Market Share -439%, Price -155%, Value -35%Nice To Haves +67% DQ Read 198%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed 19%, ADQ Read 198%, ADQ Write -4%, ADQ Mixed 37%, Age -12%, AS-SSD Total 110%

Average Bench: 203% (85^th of 1058)

Based on 38,416 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB

Poor: 132%Average: 203% Great: 242%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 103.0% 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 357MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,806MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 111%. 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 277MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 629MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 38,416 samples)

Rank 85203%

Min	Avg	Max
866	Read 1,806	2,091
460	Write 793	926
406	Mixed 629	782
213	SusWrite 633	916
213% 965 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.1	4K Read 55	51.9
52.1	4K Write 126	173
34.2	4K Mixed 51.2	60.4
216% 77.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
563	DQ Read 961	1,095
139	DQ Write 277	329
229	DQ Mixed 357	392
331% 532 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 40 mins ago.

165GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 912 914 899 906 894 815 MB/s

236% Outstanding

Write 919

Mixed 724

SusWrite 890

254% 1149 MB/s

4K Read 49.2

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 57.2

223% 82.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,090

DQ Write 325

DQ Mixed 372

362% 596 MB/s

USA-User, 45 mins ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 505 513 511 495 465 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 823

Mixed 693

SusWrite 507

227% 1,037 MB/s

4K Read 53.9

4K Write 181

4K Mixed 62.2

257% 99.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,086

DQ Write 277

DQ Mixed 377

356% 580 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

161GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 885 911 809 826 770 MB/s

223% Outstanding

Write 928

Mixed 712

SusWrite 850

252% 1,141 MB/s

4K Read 46.9

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 54.7

204% 73.1 MB/s

DQ Read 901

DQ Write 244

DQ Mixed 360

320% 502 MB/s

PRY-User, 2 hrs ago.

86GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 588 514 511 469 499 481 MB/s

203% Outstanding

Write 882

Mixed 690

SusWrite 510

224% 1,021 MB/s

4K Read 47.6

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 56.1

221% 83.2 MB/s

DQ Read 824

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 379

327% 498 MB/s

CYP-User, 13 mins ago.

63GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 254 263 247 244 235 MB/s

178% Outstanding

Write 807

Mixed 605

SusWrite 261

198% 907 MB/s

4K Read 42.1

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 47.5

178% 63.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,090

DQ Write 245

DQ Mixed 377

352% 571 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

40GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 266 240 213 244 230 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 441

Mixed 400

SusWrite 246

96% 433 MB/s

4K Read 43.9

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 52.5

190% 67.9 MB/s

DQ Read 780

DQ Write 245

DQ Mixed 375

312% 466 MB/s

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Gaming 91%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $310Bench 83%, 526,268 samples	6,807x
Core i5-6600KIntel $199Bench 79%, 321,546 samples	1,521x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 520,481 samples	825x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 831,064 samples	1,529x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 80%, 1,127,629 samples	1,479x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $1,013Bench 135%, 684,921 samples	852x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $290Bench 203%, 38,416 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $94Bench 81%, 510,924 samples	652x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 449,640 samples	417x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $85Bench 72%, 91,230 samples	228x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,384

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11600K $259	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $277	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $94	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 203% (85^th of 1058)

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950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 203% (85th of 1058)

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