Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +105% Effective Speed 105%Average Score +98% Read 287%, Write 95%, 4K Read 47%, 4K Write 51%, Mixed 77%, 4K Mixed 15%, SusWrite 115%Peak Score +102% Read 316%, Write 92%, 4K Read 28%, 4K Write 52%, Mixed 83%, 4K Mixed 9%, SusWrite 134%Value & Sentiment -101%User Rating -33%, Market Share -593%, Price 82%, Value 141%Nice To Haves +71% DQ Read 199%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed 24%, ADQ Read 204%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed 42%, Age 2%, AS-SSD Total 112%

Average Bench: 200% (70^th of 1026)

Based on 28,228 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB

Poor: 129%Average: 200% Great: 242%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 100.3% 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 1,774MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 113%. 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 631MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 28,228 samples)

Rank 70200%

Min	Avg	Max
911	Read 1,774	2,085
459	Write 796	927
421	Mixed 631	756
201	SusWrite 634	913
211% 959 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.8	4K Read 48.9	52.5
48.3	4K Write 132	184
33.4	4K Mixed 51.2	61.5
209% 77.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
621	DQ Read 970	1,095
171	DQ Write 283	328
233	DQ Mixed 359	394
334% 537 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SWE-User, 6 hrs ago.

90GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 909 881 843 451 396 389 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 917

Mixed 743

SusWrite 645

239% 1,085 MB/s

4K Read 51.1

4K Write 171

4K Mixed 58.9

244% 93.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,048

DQ Write 313

DQ Mixed 372

354% 577 MB/s

DEU-User, 4 hrs ago.

175GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 894 826 640 449 363 326 MB/s

218% Outstanding

Write 887

Mixed 680

SusWrite 583

231% 1,051 MB/s

4K Read 49.6

4K Write 157

4K Mixed 57.2

232% 87.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,041

DQ Write 319

DQ Mixed 381

359% 580 MB/s

ESP-User, 6 hrs ago.

132GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 869 901 877 846 826 608 MB/s

212% Outstanding

Write 918

Mixed 694

SusWrite 821

238% 1,076 MB/s

4K Read 41.4

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 53

196% 72.6 MB/s

DQ Read 871

DQ Write 321

DQ Mixed 374

335% 522 MB/s

SWE-User, 44 mins ago.

68GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 385 405 382 385 400 MB/s

160% Outstanding

Write 930

Mixed 694

SusWrite 407

196% 886 MB/s

4K Read 40.1

4K Write 182

4K Mixed 53.1

225% 91.7 MB/s

DQ Read 46.3

DQ Write 234

DQ Mixed 56.7

68% 112 MB/s

AUT-User, 6 hrs ago.

58GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 175 163 141 149 262 MB/s

141% Outstanding

Write 351

Mixed 512

SusWrite 177

141% 648 MB/s

4K Read 37.2

4K Write 82.8

4K Mixed 42.1

154% 54 MB/s

DQ Read 733

DQ Write 201

DQ Mixed 332

279% 422 MB/s

USA-User, 8 mins ago.

184GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 522 622 413 523 504 455 MB/s

124% Outstanding

Write 713

Mixed 473

SusWrite 506

161% 727 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 46

4K Mixed 20.2

82% 29 MB/s

DQ Read 574

DQ Write 321

DQ Mixed 369

296% 421 MB/s

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Gaming 99%

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $220

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $270Bench 85%, 385,752 samples	15,111x
Core i5-6600KIntel $205Bench 81%, 264,584 samples	3,461x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 89%, 414,115 samples	1,987x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 103%, 706,651 samples	4,319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 785,629 samples	3,754x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $749Bench 128%, 494,721 samples	2,405x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $71Bench 200%, 28,228 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 84%, 307,966 samples	1,688x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 86%, 237,234 samples	923x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 71%, 62,869 samples	637x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $1,176

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $165	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $199	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $365	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $240

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	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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