Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +106% Effective Speed 106%Average User Bench +99% Read 291%, Write 99%, 4K Read 36%, 4K Write 53%, Mixed 80%, 4K Mixed 18%, SusWrite 115%Peak Lab Bench +101% Read 317%, Write 92%, 4K Read 26%, 4K Write 48%, Mixed 87%, 4K Mixed 7%, SusWrite 133%Value & Sentiment -108%User Rating -36%, Market Share -535%, Price 39%, Value 98%Nice To Haves +73% DQ Read 199%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed 24%, ADQ Read 207%, ADQ Write 0%, ADQ Mixed 45%, Age 2%, AS-SSD Total 111%

Average Bench: 203% (67^th of 1016)

Based on 27,523 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB

Poor: 146%Average: 203% Great: 242%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 103.1% 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 364MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,796MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 96.3%. 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 290MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 645MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 27,523 samples)

Rank 67203%

Min	Avg	Max
989	Read 1,796	2,094
508	Write 822	927
459	Mixed 646	775
251	SusWrite 645	912
216% 977 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.8	4K Read 46.1	52.4
84.4	4K Write 137	183
40.3	4K Mixed 53.1	61
210% 78.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
597	DQ Read 966	1,096
190	DQ Write 290	329
262	DQ Mixed 364	395
337% 540 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

PRI-User, 22 mins ago.

184GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 3B0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 639 638 635 632 627 621 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 833

Mixed 710

SusWrite 632

234% 1,064 MB/s

4K Read 52.5

4K Write 190

4K Mixed 61.7

259% 102 MB/s

DQ Read 1,042

DQ Write 303

DQ Mixed 368

351% 571 MB/s

ESP-User, 3 hrs ago.

179GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 786 666 787 741 722 705 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 904

Mixed 734

SusWrite 734

240% 1,089 MB/s

4K Read 50.4

4K Write 164

4K Mixed 57.8

237% 90.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1051

DQ Write 314

DQ Mixed 382

360% 582 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 hrs ago.

109GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 833 809 822 789 752 735 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 922

Mixed 708

SusWrite 790

246% 1,116 MB/s

4K Read 48.2

4K Write 146

4K Mixed 57

224% 83.8 MB/s

DQ Read 862

DQ Write 316

DQ Mixed 396

343% 524 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

181GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 900 896 894 901 903 898 MB/s

221% Outstanding

Write 898

Mixed 684

SusWrite 898

237% 1,068 MB/s

4K Read 43.4

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 52.4

207% 78.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,094

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 386

370% 603 MB/s

DEU-User, 17 mins ago.

95GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 831 809 776 756 651 589 MB/s

219% Outstanding

Write 886

Mixed 671

SusWrite 735

225% 1,019 MB/s

4K Read 43

4K Write 200

4K Mixed 54.1

240% 99 MB/s

DQ Read 1,054

DQ Write 317

DQ Mixed 375

358% 582 MB/s

NLD-User, 44 mins ago.

182GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 116 386 388 392 390 MB/s

60.5% Good

Write 300

Mixed 301

SusWrite 309

68% 300 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 22.7

4K Mixed 12.8

62% 19.2 MB/s

DQ Read 422

DQ Write 111

DQ Mixed 101

118% 212 MB/s

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Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 102%

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Workstation 68%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $220

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $270Bench 81%, 330,548 samples	13,193x
Core i5-6600KIntel $175Bench 78%, 226,329 samples	3,021x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 366,906 samples	1,784x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 104%, 564,777 samples	3,884x
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 79%, 759,017 samples	3,326x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 129%, 435,255 samples	2,162x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $90Bench 203%, 27,523 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 83%, 266,645 samples	1,491x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 87%, 166,510 samples	817x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $64Bench 73%, 54,398 samples	568x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,183

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $643	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 203% (67^th of 1016)

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Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 203% (67th of 1016)

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