Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
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Effective Speed +102% Effective Speed 102%Average Score +95% Read 284%, Write 96%, 4K Read 36%, 4K Write 49%, Mixed 76%, 4K Mixed 14%, SusWrite 112%Peak Score +100% Read 313%, Write 91%, 4K Read 22%, 4K Write 53%, Mixed 80%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite 135%Value & Sentiment -115%User Rating -9%, Market Share -406%, Price -52%, Value 5%Nice To Haves +67% DQ Read 198%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed 19%, ADQ Read 197%, ADQ Write -4%, ADQ Mixed 36%, Age -11%, AS-SSD Total 110%

Average Bench: 200% (87^th of 1058)

Based on 38,893 user benchmarks. Models: NVMe Samsung SSD 950, Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB

Poor: 132%Average: 200% Great: 240%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 99.6% 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 354MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,766MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 109%. 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 280MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 630MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 38,893 samples)

Rank 87200%

Min	Avg	Max
917	Read 1,766	2,093
387	Write 796	925
426	Mixed 632	763
231	SusWrite 630	908
211% 956 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.7	4K Read 47	52.5
59.8	4K Write 131	186
36.3	4K Mixed 51.8	60.9
207% 76.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
560	DQ Read 964	1,094
152	DQ Write 280	328
193	DQ Mixed 354	393
331% 533 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

DEU-User, 7 hrs ago.

187GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 901 878 873 853 839 841 MB/s

244% Outstanding

Write 916

Mixed 729

SusWrite 864

250% 1,132 MB/s

4K Read 49.9

4K Write 207

4K Mixed 60.3

262% 106 MB/s

DQ Read 1,084

DQ Write 325

DQ Mixed 378

364% 596 MB/s

HND-User, 4 hrs ago.

125GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 900 907 892 869 847 681 MB/s

242% Outstanding

Write 911

Mixed 775

SusWrite 849

254% 1,152 MB/s

4K Read 49.9

4K Write 181

4K Mixed 60.8

249% 97.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,083

DQ Write 331

DQ Mixed 378

365% 598 MB/s

HND-User, 58 mins ago.

121GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 899 888 864 832 809 624 MB/s

238% Outstanding

Write 912

Mixed 720

SusWrite 819

248% 1,126 MB/s

4K Read 50.2

4K Write 177

4K Mixed 59.9

247% 95.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,092

DQ Write 325

DQ Mixed 373

363% 597 MB/s

ITA-User, 4 hrs ago.

122GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 905 836 854 768 688 680 MB/s

237% Outstanding

Write 931

Mixed 786

SusWrite 788

252% 1,142 MB/s

4K Read 49.7

4K Write 178

4K Mixed 60.5

247% 95.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,088

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 395

374% 605 MB/s

CAN-User, 7 hrs ago.

113GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 919 914 835 825 823 786 MB/s

227% Outstanding

Write 927

Mixed 749

SusWrite 850

253% 1,146 MB/s

4K Read 48.3

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 54.2

202% 71.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,052

DQ Write 325

DQ Mixed 377

359% 585 MB/s

NOR-User, 2 hrs ago.

61GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 900 868 827 777 488 396 MB/s

225% Outstanding

Write 916

Mixed 726

SusWrite 709

243% 1,102 MB/s

4K Read 49.3

4K Write 138

4K Mixed 58

222% 81.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,085

DQ Write 325

DQ Mixed 377

364% 596 MB/s

SWE-User, 1 hr ago.

168GB free

Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 925 920 890 894 913 892 MB/s

224% Outstanding

Write 923

Mixed 744

SusWrite 906

245% 1,107 MB/s

4K Read 44.3

4K Write 135

4K Mixed 52.4

206% 77.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1097

DQ Write 325

DQ Mixed 387

370% 603 MB/s

GBR-User, 4 hrs ago.

125GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 748 672 649 636 601 597 MB/s

193% Outstanding

Write 887

Mixed 636

SusWrite 650

220% 1,000 MB/s

4K Read 42.7

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 49

183% 65.6 MB/s

DQ Read 769

DQ Write 320

DQ Mixed 381

325% 490 MB/s

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Gaming 91%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 78%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $230

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $355Bench 83%, 588,376 samples	8,383x
Core i5-6600KIntel $175Bench 80%, 352,152 samples	1,825x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 553,996 samples	1,060x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 106%, 955,188 samples	1,861x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,188,482 samples	1,784x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $861Bench 137%, 714,976 samples	1,039x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $199Bench 200%, 38,893 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 83%, 561,752 samples	770x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 553,560 samples	503x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $63Bench 70%, 99,766 samples	297x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $1,398

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $295	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $50
Intel Core i5-12400F $184	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i5-11600K $245	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Samsung MZ-V5P256BW

950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 200% (87^th of 1058)

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950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 200% (87th of 1058)

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