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EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 255% (47th of 1058)

Based on 2,513 user benchmarks.  Models: HP SSD EX950 512GB, NVMe HP SSD EX950 512
Poor: 161%Average: 255% Great: 332%

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Outstanding average bench

The HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 155.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 472MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,239MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 172%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 370MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 774MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,513 samples)
Rank 47255%
Min Avg Max
1,012 Read 2,239 2,748
521 Write 1,434 2,088
117 Mixed 370 1,392
357 SusWrite 774 1,342
265% 1,204 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.3 4K Read 55.6 69.8
54.2 4K Write 141 198
40.2 4K Mixed 76.5 96.9
257% 91.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
352 DQ Read 964 1,329
165 DQ Write 764 1,214
136 DQ Mixed 472 606
460% 733 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
213GB free
Firmware: R1106C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 706 466 468 467 466 466 MB/s
224% Outstanding
Read 2,182
Write 848
Mixed 699
SusWrite 506
232% 1,059 MB/s
4K Read 64.4
4K Write 228
4K Mixed 59.4
294% 117 MB/s
DQ Read 353
DQ Write 470
DQ Mixed 398
304% 407 MB/s
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 665 480 255 249 250 266 MB/s
211% Outstanding
Read 2,066
Write 1,068
Mixed 598
SusWrite 361
224% 1,023 MB/s
4K Read 46.2
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 77.5
236% 83.2 MB/s
DQ Read 778
DQ Write 635
DQ Mixed 108
244% 507 MB/s
266GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1106C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 733 483 476 489 483 470 MB/s
205% Outstanding
Read 2,505
Write 1,777
Mixed 1,210
SusWrite 523
333% 1,504 MB/s
4K Read 51.4
4K Write 89.8
4K Mixed 57.5
199% 66.2 MB/s
DQ Read 424
DQ Write 87.5
DQ Mixed 146
136% 219 MB/s
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Gaming 102%
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Desktop 92%
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Workstation 97%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $120

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $212Bench 84%, 1,022,963 samples23,687x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $420Bench 81%, 513,754 samples14,676x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $316Bench 86%, 678,625 samples12,787x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 505,474 samples7,389x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $390Bench 89%, 513,390 samples6,896x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 105%, 344,394 samples6,807x
SSD
EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBHP  $70Bench 255%, 2,513 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 84%, 285,118 samples7,991x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $76Bench 85%, 495,390 samples7,509x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 82%, 563,874 samples5,132x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $991

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