Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +103% Effective Speed 103%Average Score +97% Read 272%, Write 96%, 4K Read 44%, 4K Write 49%, Mixed 80%, 4K Mixed 16%, SusWrite 120%Peak Score +104% Read 311%, Write 91%, 4K Read 25%, 4K Write 60%, Mixed 84%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 147%Value & Sentiment -151%User Rating -9%, Market Share -511%, Price -86%, Value 1%Nice To Haves +69% DQ Read 197%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed 24%, ADQ Read 191%, ADQ Write -1%, ADQ Mixed 43%, Age -10%, AS-SSD Total 112%

Average Bench: 196% (91^st of 1058)

Based on 38,868 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB

Poor: 127%Average: 196% Great: 242%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 95.7% 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 356MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 954MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 115%. 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 281MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 620MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 38,868 samples)

Rank 91196%

Min	Avg	Max
708	Read 1,698	2,081
322	Write 783	929
406	Mixed 622	761
180	SusWrite 620	916
205% 931 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.1	4K Read 48.3	52.5
58.7	4K Write 129	194
34.3	4K Mixed 50.9	61
207% 76.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
505	DQ Read 954	1,093
165	DQ Write 281	330
200	DQ Mixed 356	394
331% 530 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

113GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 873 902 902 898 902 872 MB/s

233% Outstanding

Write 919

Mixed 658

SusWrite 892

246% 1115 MB/s

4K Read 49.3

4K Write 145

4K Mixed 55.9

223% 83.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,093

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 376

364% 599 MB/s

GBR-User, 13 hrs ago.

203GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 910 902 900 898 904 903 MB/s

221% Outstanding

Write 912

Mixed 724

SusWrite 903

252% 1,141 MB/s

4K Read 45.5

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 44.4

179% 63.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,039

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 372

355% 578 MB/s

GBR-User, 16 hrs ago.

165GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 877 881 858 841 805 723 MB/s

219% Outstanding

Write 909

Mixed 721

SusWrite 831

239% 1,079 MB/s

4K Read 45.7

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 52.1

205% 75.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,091

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 375

364% 598 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

67GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 394 405 396 391 387 MB/s

202% Outstanding

Write 779

Mixed 589

SusWrite 403

206% 941 MB/s

4K Read 49.3

4K Write 147

4K Mixed 56.2

224% 84.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,050

DQ Write 259

DQ Mixed 372

347% 560 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

56GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 671 625 609 585 570 541 MB/s

163% Outstanding

Write 859

Mixed 574

SusWrite 600

185% 834 MB/s

4K Read 38.9

4K Write 88.5

4K Mixed 45.3

164% 57.6 MB/s

DQ Read 802

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 372

320% 487 MB/s

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $280Bench 82%, 592,963 samples	9,457x
Core i5-6600KIntel $195Bench 79%, 374,836 samples	2,031x
Core i7-7700KIntel $357Bench 86%, 623,615 samples	1,207x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 106%, 1,005,992 samples	2,084x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,277,123 samples	1,974x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $861Bench 137%, 717,838 samples	1,138x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $199Bench 196%, 38,868 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $62Bench 82%, 566,942 samples	879x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 86%, 616,718 samples	567x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	322x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,181

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $446	Crucial MX500 250GB $42
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3050 $292	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $378	Nvidia RTX 3070 $536	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $60	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $62	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $453	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $17

Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 196% (91^st of 1058)

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Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 196% (91st of 1058)

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