Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
BENCHMARKS (26,578)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $268

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

256GB 512GB

Effective Speed +92% Effective Speed 92%Average User Bench +89% Read 276%, Write 94%, 4K Read 27%, 4K Write 43%, Mixed 76%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite 101%Peak Lab Bench +94% Read 307%, Write 89%, 4K Read 16%, 4K Write 45%, Mixed 83%, 4K Mixed 0%, SusWrite 117%Value & Sentiment -206%User Rating -62%, Market Share -629%, Price -105%, Value -30%Nice To Haves +64% DQ Read 184%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed 16%, ADQ Read 185%, ADQ Write -4%, ADQ Mixed 33%, Age 8%, AS-SSD Total 103%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 201% (56^th of 1003)

Based on 26,578 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB

Poor: 143%Average: 201% Great: 239%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 101.0% 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 1,764MB/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%. 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 291MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 638MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 26,578 samples)

Rank 56201%

Min	Avg	Max
802	Read 1,764	2,081
544	Write 818	925
458	Mixed 642	762
305	SusWrite 638	911
213% 966 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.6	4K Read 46.4	52.3
81.3	4K Write 135	185
40.4	4K Mixed 52.8	61.1
210% 78.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
658	DQ Read 956	1,092
210	DQ Write 291	328
290	DQ Mixed 364	389
336% 537 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CAN-User, 1 hr ago.

178GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 896 896 900 894 908 905 MB/s

231% Outstanding

Write 918

Mixed 697

SusWrite 900

252% 1,140 MB/s

4K Read 46.6

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 54.9

210% 77.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,052

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 373

357% 583 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

85GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 901 856 721 479 416 382 MB/s

213% Outstanding

Write 924

Mixed 748

SusWrite 626

238% 1,081 MB/s

4K Read 46.5

4K Write 125

4K Mixed 53.9

206% 75.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1088

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 375

363% 596 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

127GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 507 504 537 544 530 MB/s

190% Outstanding

Write 816

Mixed 565

SusWrite 502

195% 884 MB/s

4K Read 41.2

4K Write 158

4K Mixed 49.5

210% 83.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,092

DQ Write 249

DQ Mixed 376

352% 572 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

60GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 571 517 503 483 436 379 MB/s

180% Outstanding

Write 818

Mixed 605

SusWrite 481

199% 906 MB/s

4K Read 39.1

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 46.9

176% 64.3 MB/s

DQ Read 970

DQ Write 275

DQ Mixed 381

344% 542 MB/s

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Desktop 108%

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Workstation 78%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $220

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $270Bench 89%, 320,704 samples	10,813x
Core i5-6600KIntel $227Bench 83%, 199,219 samples	2,427x
Core i7-7700KIntel $349Bench 96%, 292,842 samples	1,504x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 120%, 529,146 samples	3,326x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 97%, 637,429 samples	2,771x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $709Bench 153%, 383,820 samples	1,850x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $268Bench 201%, 26,578 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 87%, 230,653 samples	1,279x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $78Bench 90%, 100,078 samples	676x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $62Bench 73%, 43,826 samples	484x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,353

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $127	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $248	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $709	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $70	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 201% (56^th of 1003)

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950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 201% (56th of 1003)

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