Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

256GB 512GB

Effective Speed +101% Effective Speed 101%Average User Bench +96% Read 281%, Write 95%, 4K Read 39%, 4K Write 50%, Mixed 77%, 4K Mixed 16%, SusWrite 111%Peak Lab Bench +101% Read 316%, Write 91%, 4K Read 26%, 4K Write 50%, Mixed 81%, 4K Mixed 7%, SusWrite 133%Value & Sentiment -86%User Rating -33%, Market Share -277%, Price -42%, Value 8%Nice To Haves +69% DQ Read 199%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed 23%, ADQ Read 192%, ADQ Write -3%, ADQ Mixed 39%, Age 1%, AS-SSD Total 111%

Average Bench: 200% (66^th of 1011)

Based on 30,097 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB

Poor: 139%Average: 200% Great: 239%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 99.6% 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 355MB/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 100%. 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 287MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 633MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 30,097 samples)

Rank 66200%

Min	Avg	Max
761	Read 1,747	2,086
410	Write 804	924
442	Mixed 637	750
249	SusWrite 633	909
211% 955 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31	4K Read 47	52.4
78.2	4K Write 137	187
38.4	4K Mixed 52.6	61.2
211% 78.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
431	DQ Read 927	1,095
195	DQ Write 287	328
229	DQ Mixed 355	389
328% 523 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

132GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 896 896 878 880 868 861 MB/s

238% Outstanding

Write 911

Mixed 729

SusWrite 880

254% 1,153 MB/s

4K Read 52.6

4K Write 139

4K Mixed 58.7

228% 83.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,054

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 375

358% 584 MB/s

SWE-User, 2 hrs ago.

194GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 861 840 843 790 791 791 MB/s

235% Outstanding

Write 922

Mixed 672

SusWrite 819

246% 1,117 MB/s

4K Read 51.3

4K Write 154

4K Mixed 59

235% 88.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,098

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 380

366% 601 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 hrs ago.

176GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 917 915 914 913 915 913 MB/s

228% Outstanding

Write 922

Mixed 690

SusWrite 914

253% 1,144 MB/s

4K Read 48.3

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 52.7

194% 67.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,054

DQ Write 321

DQ Mixed 373

357% 583 MB/s

COL-User, 3 hrs ago.

96GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 901 843 774 718 651 606 MB/s

219% Outstanding

Write 913

Mixed 745

SusWrite 749

244% 1,104 MB/s

4K Read 46.1

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 54.5

206% 75 MB/s

DQ Read 1,040

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 374

356% 579 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 hrs ago.

67GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 912 913 915 910 848 582 MB/s

159% Outstanding

Write 922

Mixed 621

SusWrite 847

210% 941 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 65.7

4K Mixed 35.7

122% 42.9 MB/s

DQ Read 390

DQ Write 283

DQ Mixed 336

251% 336 MB/s

FIN-User, 5 hrs ago.

113GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 524 577 557 553 562 MB/s

129% Outstanding

Write 568

Mixed 421

SusWrite 525

121% 537 MB/s

4K Read 42.8

4K Write 85.8

4K Mixed 47.9

172% 58.8 MB/s

DQ Read 536

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 382

297% 413 MB/s

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Gaming 96%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 67%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $220

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $275Bench 81%, 354,920 samples	12,173x
Core i5-6600KIntel $210Bench 77%, 223,944 samples	2,783x
Core i7-7700KIntel $334Bench 87%, 338,832 samples	1,661x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 101%, 504,565 samples	3,640x
GTX 1070Nvidia $390Bench 78%, 706,612 samples	3,086x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $750Bench 125%, 410,032 samples	2,038x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $199Bench 200%, 30,097 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 84%, 269,052 samples	1,402x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 87%, 146,625 samples	760x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $66Bench 72%, 50,543 samples	534x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,287

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $210	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $234	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $349	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14

Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 200% (66^th of 1011)

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950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 200% (66th of 1011)

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