Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +99% Effective Speed 99%Average Score +92% Read 276%, Write 95%, 4K Read 34%, 4K Write 45%, Mixed 75%, 4K Mixed 14%, SusWrite 109%Peak Score +99% Read 312%, Write 91%, 4K Read 20%, 4K Write 49%, Mixed 80%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite 137%Value & Sentiment -180%User Rating -9%, Market Share -502%, Price -166%, Value -43%Nice To Haves +67% DQ Read 198%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed 18%, ADQ Read 197%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed 37%, Age -13%, AS-SSD Total 110%

Average Bench: 198% (87^th of 1058)

Based on 36,255 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB

Poor: 128%Average: 198% Great: 239%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 98.1% 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 361MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,747MB/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 282MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 635MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 36,255 samples)

Rank 87198%

Min	Avg	Max
897	Read 1,747	2,089
294	Write 799	928
425	Mixed 636	765
193	SusWrite 635	916
211% 954 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.5	4K Read 46.1	51.5
67.7	4K Write 127	178
38.2	4K Mixed 51.7	60.4
203% 74.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
570	DQ Read 961	1,094
165	DQ Write 282	329
274	DQ Mixed 361	392
334% 535 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 3 hrs ago.

79GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 761 854 778 799 726 573 MB/s

234% Outstanding

Write 909

Mixed 717

SusWrite 749

244% 1,106 MB/s

4K Read 51.2

4K Write 180

4K Mixed 60.4

250% 97.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1053

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 375

358% 583 MB/s

AUS-User, 2 hrs ago.

96GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 892 903 877 861 904 895 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 912

Mixed 725

SusWrite 889

247% 1,115 MB/s

4K Read 47.4

4K Write 153

4K Mixed 54.2

222% 84.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,052

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 375

358% 584 MB/s

GBR-User, 7 hrs ago.

87GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 728 670 602 546 548 494 MB/s

219% Outstanding

Write 849

Mixed 722

SusWrite 598

231% 1,051 MB/s

4K Read 50.2

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 57

228% 85.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,081

DQ Write 325

DQ Mixed 374

361% 593 MB/s

DEU-User, 5 hrs ago.

112GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 668 578 551 504 500 509 MB/s

209% Outstanding

Write 872

Mixed 659

SusWrite 552

218% 990 MB/s

4K Read 46

4K Write 164

4K Mixed 58.6

232% 89.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,055

DQ Write 301

DQ Mixed 370

353% 575 MB/s

ESP-User, 4 hrs ago.

123GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 494 491 476 473 472 MB/s

178% Outstanding

Write 758

Mixed 591

SusWrite 482

175% 790 MB/s

4K Read 47.8

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 54

216% 80.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,090

DQ Write 250

DQ Mixed 375

352% 572 MB/s

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Gaming 91%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $220

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $267Bench 83%, 535,154 samples	6,284x
Core i5-6600KIntel $188Bench 81%, 290,890 samples	1,441x
Core i7-7700KIntel $274Bench 87%, 486,187 samples	756x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 850,334 samples	1,432x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,088,853 samples	1,364x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 135%, 622,921 samples	791x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $290Bench 198%, 36,255 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples	610x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 429,937 samples	386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 78%, 96,212 samples	213x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,300

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $173	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $316	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	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: 198% (87^th of 1058)

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Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 198% (87th of 1058)

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