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 +95% Read 280%, Write 99%, 4K Read 33%, 4K Write 47%, Mixed 77%, 4K Mixed 14%, SusWrite 116%Peak Score +100% Read 311%, Write 90%, 4K Read 21%, 4K Write 48%, Mixed 87%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite 137%Value & Sentiment -182%User Rating -9%, Market Share -522%, Price -154%, Value -42%Nice To Haves +68% DQ Read 198%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed 20%, ADQ Read 200%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed 38%, Age -12%, AS-SSD Total 110%

Average Bench: 200% (85^th of 1058)

Based on 37,162 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB

Poor: 131%Average: 200% Great: 239%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 100.2% 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 359MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,761MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 108%. 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. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 640MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 37,162 samples)

Rank 85200%

Min	Avg	Max
950	Read 1,761	2,085
320	Write 806	926
426	Mixed 640	793
199	SusWrite 649	915
213% 964 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.6	4K Read 46.3	52
64.2	4K Write 129	177
37.5	4K Mixed 51.9	60.7
205% 75.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
545	DQ Read 969	1,094
144	DQ Write 282	328
240	DQ Mixed 359	397
334% 537 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ZAF-User, 23 hrs ago.

81GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 904 906 904 905 834 819 MB/s

236% Outstanding

Write 916

Mixed 706

SusWrite 879

250% 1,134 MB/s

4K Read 50.2

4K Write 151

4K Mixed 58.2

230% 86.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,052

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 387

364% 587 MB/s

FRA-User, 20 hrs ago.

87GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 895 866 856 891 652 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 909

Mixed 721

SusWrite 843

248% 1,126 MB/s

4K Read 48.9

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 56

219% 80.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,053

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 382

361% 585 MB/s

USA-User, 14 hrs ago.

197GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 853 828 790 767 774 777 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 914

Mixed 726

SusWrite 798

242% 1,096 MB/s

4K Read 46.5

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 55.6

216% 81.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,087

DQ Write 325

DQ Mixed 399

374% 604 MB/s

USA-User, 44 mins ago.

61GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 534 486 426 417 379 328 MB/s

207% Outstanding

Write 804

Mixed 607

SusWrite 428

214% 976 MB/s

4K Read 50.3

4K Write 137

4K Mixed 57.3

222% 81.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,096

DQ Write 274

DQ Mixed 383

360% 584 MB/s

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

94GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 490 497 495 463 476 MB/s

205% Outstanding

Write 723

Mixed 660

SusWrite 492

208% 946 MB/s

4K Read 47.8

4K Write 153

4K Mixed 57.5

227% 86 MB/s

DQ Read 1,081

DQ Write 256

DQ Mixed 376

352% 571 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

66GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 547 523 504 450 406 MB/s

192% Outstanding

Write 880

Mixed 633

SusWrite 499

213% 969 MB/s

4K Read 50

4K Write 98.2

4K Mixed 53.1

196% 67.1 MB/s

DQ Read 927

DQ Write 270

DQ Mixed 172

238% 456 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

51GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 242 245 235 232 227 MB/s

163% Outstanding

Write 632

Mixed 528

SusWrite 251

146% 664 MB/s

4K Read 48.3

4K Write 156

4K Mixed 57.4

229% 87.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,046

DQ Write 224

DQ Mixed 344

328% 538 MB/s

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Gaming 90%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $303Bench 83%, 572,193 samples	7,503x
Core i5-6600KIntel $210Bench 79%, 344,946 samples	1,645x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 515,807 samples	928x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 878,504 samples	1,671x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 80%, 1,236,286 samples	1,602x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $1,089Bench 136%, 715,540 samples	951x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $290Bench 200%, 37,162 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $77Bench 84%, 507,810 samples	714x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 85%, 517,339 samples	450x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $75Bench 71%, 94,480 samples	257x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $1,450

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183
Intel Core i7-11700K $346	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	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

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950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

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