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 +91% Effective Speed 91%Average User Bench +89% Read 276%, Write 91%, 4K Read 31%, 4K Write 47%, Mixed 73%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite 91%Peak Lab Bench +95% Read 308%, Write 90%, 4K Read 20%, 4K Write 49%, Mixed 82%, 4K Mixed 3%, SusWrite 112%Value & Sentiment -157%User Rating -58%, Market Share -441%, Price -92%, Value -37%Nice To Haves +64% DQ Read 186%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed 16%, ADQ Read 171%, ADQ Write -8%, ADQ Mixed 25%, Age 23%, AS-SSD Total 106%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 199% (39^th of 959)

Based on 20,623 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB

Poor: 140%Average: 199% Great: 239%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 99.1% 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 351MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,757MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 99.6%. 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 285MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 622MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 20,623 samples)

Rank 39199%

Min	Avg	Max
743	Read 1,757	2,083
462	Write 805	924
440	Mixed 625	741
246	SusWrite 622	909
210% 953 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32	4K Read 46.8	52.6
77.9	4K Write 138	190
39.2	4K Mixed 52.5	61.5
211% 79.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
359	DQ Read 923	1,095
194	DQ Write 285	327
149	DQ Mixed 351	388
325% 519 MB/s

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

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

102GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 895 838 841 836 798 758 MB/s

244% Outstanding

Write 911

Mixed 680

SusWrite 828

247% 1,122 MB/s

4K Read 52.8

4K Write 194

4K Mixed 62.5

263% 103 MB/s

DQ Read 1,058

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 372

357% 584 MB/s

DNK-User, 3 hrs ago.

149GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 912 898 872 903 910 892 MB/s

237% Outstanding

Write 919

Mixed 717

SusWrite 898

254% 1,152 MB/s

4K Read 49.4

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 56.4

222% 82.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,082

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 385

367% 598 MB/s

NLD-User, 1 min ago.

153GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 697 623 598 589 576 570 MB/s

202% Outstanding

Write 852

Mixed 585

SusWrite 609

222% 1,011 MB/s

4K Read 45.1

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 51.1

195% 70.6 MB/s

DQ Read 838

DQ Write 314

DQ Mixed 383

334% 512 MB/s

USA-User, 11 mins ago.

104GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 864 898 858 527 394 233 MB/s

185% Outstanding

Write 911

Mixed 655

SusWrite 629

206% 929 MB/s

4K Read 30.7

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 52.4

179% 68.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,046

DQ Write 319

DQ Mixed 374

356% 579 MB/s

USA-User, 18 mins ago.

129GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 532 536 532 526 521 MB/s

179% Outstanding

Write 812

Mixed 625

SusWrite 535

197% 893 MB/s

4K Read 45.7

4K Write 156

4K Mixed 46.9

212% 83 MB/s

DQ Read 670

DQ Write 178

DQ Mixed 254

231% 368 MB/s

USA-User, 17 mins ago.

104GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 474 476 473 446 423 MB/s

172% Outstanding

Write 840

Mixed 557

SusWrite 461

189% 857 MB/s

4K Read 31

4K Write 124

4K Mixed 45.4

171% 66.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,044

DQ Write 253

DQ Mixed 366

342% 555 MB/s

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Gaming 109%

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Desktop 108%

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $179

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $300Bench 89%, 230,495 samples	7,027x
Core i5-6600KIntel $238Bench 86%, 135,082 samples	1,597x
Core i7-7700KIntel $355Bench 96%, 187,656 samples	1,018x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 124%, 285,789 samples	2,313x
GTX 1070Nvidia $350Bench 99%, 373,199 samples	1,863x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $713Bench 153%, 205,419 samples	1,185x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $339Bench 199%, 20,623 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $140Bench 86%, 96,351 samples	855x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $145Bench 90%, 51,544 samples	453x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $130Bench 73%, 27,841 samples	338x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,408

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $350	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $155	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $249	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $110
Intel Core i7-7700K $355	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $42
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $55	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $145	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 199% (39^th of 959)

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950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 199% (39th of 959)

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