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 +98% Effective Speed 98%Average User Bench +94% Read 272%, Write 99%, 4K Read 31%, 4K Write 47%, Mixed 80%, 4K Mixed 15%, SusWrite 116%Peak Lab Bench +99% Read 313%, Write 91%, 4K Read 22%, 4K Write 47%, Mixed 82%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite 132%Value & Sentiment -220%User Rating -61%, Market Share -552%, Price -218%, Value -49%Nice To Haves +67% DQ Read 198%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed 19%, ADQ Read 184%, ADQ Write -5%, ADQ Mixed 33%, Age 3%, AS-SSD Total 110%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 199% (54^th of 1000)

Based on 24,790 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB

Poor: 130%Average: 199% Great: 240%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 98.9% 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 358MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,723MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 110%. 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 289MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 640MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 24,790 samples)

Rank 54199%

Min	Avg	Max
727	Read 1,723	2,090
536	Write 823	927
431	Mixed 640	746
319	SusWrite 650	913
212% 959 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.5	4K Read 45.2	52.5
76.8	4K Write 136	187
38.2	4K Mixed 52.5	61.1
208% 77.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
360	DQ Read 930	1,095
198	DQ Write 289	328
234	DQ Mixed 358	392
330% 525 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 12 hrs ago.

128GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 901 899 899 904 901 867 MB/s

245% Outstanding

Write 910

Mixed 665

SusWrite 895

250% 1,135 MB/s

4K Read 52.8

4K Write 184

4K Mixed 61.1

256% 99.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,053

DQ Write 321

DQ Mixed 372

357% 582 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 hrs ago.

113GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 905 903 901 903 904 864 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 899

Mixed 722

SusWrite 897

245% 1,109 MB/s

4K Read 47.9

4K Write 126

4K Mixed 55

210% 76.5 MB/s

DQ Read 1,050

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 377

359% 584 MB/s

USA-User, 14 hrs ago.

69GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 634 881 901 742 500 468 MB/s

221% Outstanding

Write 910

Mixed 729

SusWrite 688

241% 1,095 MB/s

4K Read 47.1

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 55.7

217% 81.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,047

DQ Write 321

DQ Mixed 379

359% 582 MB/s

ITA-User, 1 hr ago.

79GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 510 508 484 478 478 455 MB/s

218% Outstanding

Write 829

Mixed 619

SusWrite 486

220% 1,005 MB/s

4K Read 52.3

4K Write 169

4K Mixed 60.7

246% 94 MB/s

DQ Read 1,094

DQ Write 276

DQ Mixed 372

355% 581 MB/s

DEU-User, 2 hrs ago.

116GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 548 562 547 536 546 MB/s

202% Outstanding

Write 840

Mixed 690

SusWrite 554

224% 1,019 MB/s

4K Read 44.6

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 52.7

196% 70.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1036

DQ Write 258

DQ Mixed 368

343% 554 MB/s

ROU-User, 7 hrs ago.

141GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 567 567 548 557 549 533 MB/s

179% Outstanding

Write 812

Mixed 596

SusWrite 554

206% 935 MB/s

4K Read 34.4

4K Write 90.9

4K Mixed 47.8

162% 57.7 MB/s

DQ Read 803

DQ Write 273

DQ Mixed 364

314% 480 MB/s

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Gaming 109%

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Desktop 107%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $182

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $290Bench 88%, 295,422 samples	10,076x
Core i5-6600KIntel $235Bench 84%, 181,471 samples	2,314x
Core i7-7700KIntel $359Bench 96%, 285,559 samples	1,413x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 123%, 449,288 samples	3,141x
GTX 1070Nvidia $314Bench 98%, 573,744 samples	2,597x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 154%, 308,250 samples	1,739x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $339Bench 199%, 24,790 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $90Bench 86%, 166,861 samples	1,198x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 92%, 84,434 samples	636x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $72Bench 73%, 39,417 samples	455x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,429

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $314	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $92
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $108	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $145	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $90	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $651	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $73	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $85	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 199% (54^th of 1000)

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950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 199% (54th of 1000)

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