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Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed -174%Effective Speed -174%Average Score -242%Read -143%, Write -490%, 4K Read -80%, 4K Write -57%, Mixed -414%, 4K Mixed -114%, SusWrite -397%Peak Score -328%Read -185%, Write -594%, 4K Read -260%, 4K Write -101%, Mixed -497%, 4K Mixed -256%, SusWrite -400%Value & Sentiment -586%User Rating -32%, Market Share -1,256%, Price 24%, Value -1,079%Nice To Haves -300%DQ Read -112%, DQ Write -475%, DQ Mixed -430%, ADQ Read -77%, ADQ Write -343%, ADQ Mixed -312%, Age -455%, AS-SSD Total -195%

Average Bench: 199% (106^th of 1080)

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 106199%

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

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

FIN-User, 1 day ago.

171GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 912 908 908 907 905 907 MB/s

235% Outstanding

Write 916

Mixed 741

SusWrite 908

251% 1,136 MB/s

4K Read 42.9

4K Write 192

4K Mixed 52.1

233% 95.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,056

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 379

361% 586 MB/s

JPN-User, 1 day ago.

205GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 882 891 894 890 892 896 MB/s

216% Outstanding

Write 900

Mixed 701

SusWrite 891

245% 1,107 MB/s

4K Read 42.3

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 48.7

182% 64.9 MB/s

DQ Read 973

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 375

347% 555 MB/s

POL-User, 11 hrs ago.

99GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 757 770 724 689 620 569 MB/s

207% Outstanding

Write 910

Mixed 748

SusWrite 688

236% 1,068 MB/s

4K Read 42.1

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 49.6

187% 68 MB/s

DQ Read 1,052

DQ Write 321

DQ Mixed 379

360% 584 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 $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,840x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	899x
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	638x

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GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,049x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	943x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	502x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $150Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	365x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	277x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	141x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $330

Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 199% (106^th of 1080)

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Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 199% (106th of 1080)

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

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