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Samsung SSD 950 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 166% (135th of 1072)

Based on 18 user benchmarks.  Model: AMD-RAID Samsung SSD 950
Poor: 70%Average: 166% Great: 223%

Outstanding average bench

The Amd-raid Samsung SSD 950 512GB averaged 66.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 950 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 334MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,180MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 950 512GB is 153%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Amd-raid Samsung SSD 950 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 85.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)
Rank 135166%
Min Avg Max
464 Read 1,214 1,953
548 Write 1,180 1454
523 Mixed 736 1,096
76.2 SusWrite 901 1,455
226% 1,008 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.4 4K Read 30.1 40
23.4 4K Write 85.8 145
8.9 4K Mixed 38.6 51.3
140% 51.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
130 DQ Read 530 604
89.1 DQ Write 372 420
47.2 DQ Mixed 334 388
281% 412 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
463GB free
Firmware: 1B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1460 1462 1462 1461 1460 1460 MB/s
220% Outstanding
Read 1,454
Write 1,451
Mixed 848
SusWrite 1,461
293% 1,304 MB/s
4K Read 36
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 46.4
167% 60.9 MB/s
DQ Read 547
DQ Write 413
DQ Mixed 380
311% 446 MB/s
150GB free
Firmware: 2B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1134 1388 1415 1394 1393 1415 MB/s
197% Outstanding
Read 1197
Write 1,340
Mixed 847
SusWrite 1,357
268% 1,185 MB/s
4K Read 36.3
4K Write 86.3
4K Mixed 43.1
156% 55.2 MB/s
DQ Read 433
DQ Write 398
DQ Mixed 354
282% 395 MB/s
244GB free
Firmware: 2B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1225 1252 1297 1267 1324 1377 MB/s
195% Outstanding
Read 1,337
Write 1,222
Mixed 706
SusWrite 1,290
256% 1,139 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 82.5
4K Mixed 44.9
137% 50.4 MB/s
DQ Read 492
DQ Write 393
DQ Mixed 245
237% 376 MB/s
350GB free
Firmware: 1B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 330 330 336 329 335 MB/s
180% Outstanding
Read 1,953
Write 1,433
Mixed 878
SusWrite 333
254% 1,149 MB/s
4K Read 40
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 49.9
195% 74.1 MB/s
DQ Read 604
DQ Write 402
DQ Mixed 357
306% 454 MB/s
219GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 953 887 871 860 841 815 MB/s
172% Outstanding
Read 1,216
Write 1,287
Mixed 714
SusWrite 871
230% 1,022 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 93.5
4K Mixed 43.9
159% 57.5 MB/s
DQ Read 592
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 359
297% 433 MB/s
477GB free
Firmware: 2B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1420 1337 1385 1377 1366 1326 MB/s
169% Outstanding
Read 999
Write 1,217
Mixed 594
SusWrite 1,368
236% 1,044 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 48.3
4K Mixed 22.3
80% 29.2 MB/s
DQ Read 565
DQ Write 390
DQ Mixed 371
306% 442 MB/s
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