Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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MKT (0.1%)
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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

256GB 512GB

Effective Speed +96% Effective Speed 96%Average User Bench +93% Read 278%, Write 98%, 4K Read 29%, 4K Write 49%, Mixed 78%, 4K Mixed 11%, SusWrite 106%Peak Lab Bench +94% Read 308%, Write 90%, 4K Read 16%, 4K Write 45%, Mixed 81%, 4K Mixed 1%, SusWrite 118%Value & Sentiment -173%User Rating -59%, Market Share -599%, Price -39%, Value 3%Nice To Haves +64% DQ Read 186%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed 17%, ADQ Read 180%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed 31%, Age 7%, AS-SSD Total 104%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 203% (63^rd of 1011)

Based on 25,170 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB

Poor: 141%Average: 203% Great: 240%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 102.5% 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 1,769MB/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%. 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 294MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 651MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 25,170 samples)

Rank 63203%

Min	Avg	Max
744	Read 1,769	2,085
541	Write 833	926
452	Mixed 651	753
323	SusWrite 655	908
216% 977 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
32.1	4K Read 46.6	52
80.5	4K Write 137	183
39	4K Mixed 53.4	60.9
212% 79 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
406	DQ Read 938	1,096
208	DQ Write 294	329
212	DQ Mixed 358	393
331% 530 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 6 hrs ago.

199GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 905 901 882 913 913 913 MB/s

242% Outstanding

Write 922

Mixed 686

SusWrite 904

253% 1,146 MB/s

4K Read 51.2

4K Write 166

4K Mixed 59.8

242% 92.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1054

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 381

361% 586 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

132GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 917 920 918 917 916 887 MB/s

230% Outstanding

Write 918

Mixed 758

SusWrite 912

250% 1,131 MB/s

4K Read 49.8

4K Write 127

4K Mixed 55.8

214% 77.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,085

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 383

366% 597 MB/s

NLD-User, 5 hrs ago.

192GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 858 900 904 903 901 904 MB/s

207% Outstanding

Write 918

Mixed 670

SusWrite 895

232% 1,045 MB/s

4K Read 39.2

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 48.8

178% 64.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,025

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 373

354% 573 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

171GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 906 901 905 905 907 905 MB/s

200% Outstanding

Write 919

Mixed 718

SusWrite 905

238% 1,074 MB/s

4K Read 38.8

4K Write 87

4K Mixed 45.5

163% 57.1 MB/s

DQ Read 755

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 377

322% 485 MB/s

CAN-User, 4 hrs ago.

55GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 313 314 293 283 305 MB/s

153% Outstanding

Write 681

Mixed 585

SusWrite 303

155% 700 MB/s

4K Read 43.3

4K Write 128

4K Mixed 50.5

198% 74 MB/s

DQ Read 875

DQ Write 226

DQ Mixed 365

317% 489 MB/s

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Gaming 95%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 67%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $220

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $285Bench 76%, 326,590 samples	11,553x
Core i5-6600KIntel $210Bench 69%, 204,615 samples	2,610x
Core i7-7700KIntel $345Bench 82%, 317,388 samples	1,598x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 100%, 491,016 samples	3,496x
GTX 1070Nvidia $405Bench 79%, 656,806 samples	2,945x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $799Bench 124%, 356,296 samples	1,965x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $199Bench 203%, 25,170 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples	1,351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 86%, 129,693 samples	728x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $75Bench 73%, 52,452 samples	509x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $1,302

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $195	Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super) $429	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $211

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $630	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $64	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 203% (63^rd of 1011)

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Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 203% (63rd of 1011)

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