Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
BENCHMARKS (31,806)
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Effective Speed +103% Effective Speed 103%Average Score +96% Read 283%, Write 96%, 4K Read 38%, 4K Write 45%, Mixed 77%, 4K Mixed 15%, SusWrite 113%Peak Score +101% Read 316%, Write 92%, 4K Read 26%, 4K Write 45%, Mixed 85%, 4K Mixed 7%, SusWrite 132%Value & Sentiment -192%User Rating -9%, Market Share -587%, Price -140%, Value -32%Nice To Haves +71% DQ Read 199%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed 23%, ADQ Read 201%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed 41%, Age 1%, AS-SSD Total 111%

Average Bench: 198% (79^th of 1040)

Based on 31,806 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB

Poor: 129%Average: 198% Great: 240%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 98.2% 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 356MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,760MB/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 279MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 634MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 31,806 samples)

Rank 79198%

Min	Avg	Max
739	Read 1,760	2,087
477	Write 801	926
439	Mixed 634	766
279	SusWrite 634	914
211% 957 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33	4K Read 46.4	51.8
61.6	4K Write 128	175
37.3	4K Mixed 51.3	60
204% 75.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
497	DQ Read 955	1,095
147	DQ Write 279	328
204	DQ Mixed 356	392
330% 530 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GRC-User, 23 mins ago.

106GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 686 860 795 772 721 612 MB/s

234% Outstanding

Write 912

Mixed 755

SusWrite 741

247% 1,119 MB/s

4K Read 51.8

4K Write 180

4K Mixed 58.6

249% 96.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,053

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 384

362% 587 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

103GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 923 921 916 909 909 900 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 910

Mixed 750

SusWrite 913

255% 1,156 MB/s

4K Read 45.3

4K Write 141

4K Mixed 56.1

215% 80.7 MB/s

DQ Read 890

DQ Write 318

DQ Mixed 360

330% 523 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

199GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 869 856 860 872 871 881 MB/s

226% Outstanding

Write 903

Mixed 743

SusWrite 868

248% 1,122 MB/s

4K Read 46.7

4K Write 127

4K Mixed 54.3

207% 75.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,072

DQ Write 312

DQ Mixed 361

352% 582 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

124GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 908 906 867 841 875 817 MB/s

220% Outstanding

Write 925

Mixed 734

SusWrite 869

248% 1,124 MB/s

4K Read 45.5

4K Write 117

4K Mixed 53.6

200% 72.1 MB/s

DQ Read 869

DQ Write 333

DQ Mixed 392

345% 531 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

80GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 523 460 424 401 394 425 MB/s

200% Outstanding

Write 793

Mixed 657

SusWrite 438

195% 883 MB/s

4K Read 53.3

4K Write 181

4K Mixed 62

256% 98.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,094

DQ Write 270

DQ Mixed 372

354% 579 MB/s

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Gaming 93%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $220

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $267Bench 84%, 515,802 samples	5,462x
Core i5-6600KIntel $187Bench 80%, 286,724 samples	1,248x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 88%, 484,815 samples	650x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples	1,259x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	1,208x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 136%, 606,625 samples	707x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $290Bench 198%, 31,806 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	537x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	325x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 78%, 89,580 samples	186x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $1,298

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 198% (79^th of 1040)

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950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 198% (79th of 1040)

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