HP 5MS23AA#ABC

EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
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Effective Speed +188% Effective Speed 188%Average Score +184% Read 388%, Write 319%, 4K Read 65%, 4K Write 71%, Mixed 79%, 4K Mixed 69%, SusWrite 293%Peak Score +248% Read 433%, Write 379%, 4K Read 62%, 4K Write 89%, Mixed 279%, 4K Mixed 72%, SusWrite 419%Value & Sentiment -416%User Rating 6%, Market Share -1,956%, Price -46%, Value 331%Nice To Haves +182% DQ Read 277%, DQ Write 251%, DQ Mixed 106%, ADQ Read 225%, ADQ Write 189%, ADQ Mixed 103%, Age 58%, AS-SSD Total 248%

Average Bench: 284% (34^th of 1071)

Based on 5,166 user benchmarks. Models: HP SSD EX950 1TB, NVMe HP SSD EX950 1TB

Poor: 170%Average: 284% Great: 380%

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Outstanding average bench

The HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB averaged 183.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 529MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,231MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB is 210%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 643MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 150MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,166 samples)

Rank 34284%

Min	Avg	Max
1,005	Read 2,231	2,703
640	Write 1,700	2,325
118	Mixed 643	1,604
464	SusWrite 1,166	2,008
319% 1,435 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
28.7	4K Read 56.5	69.7
56.8	4K Write 150	231
41	4K Mixed 76.2	100
263% 94.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
540	DQ Read 1,060	1,382
124	DQ Write 836	1,259
197	DQ Mixed 529	682
510% 808 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

953GB free

Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2311 2359 2381 2382 2379 2344 MB/s

412% Outstanding

Write 2,410

Mixed 248

SusWrite 2,359

425% 1,901 MB/s

4K Read 62

4K Write 242

4K Mixed 88.2

335% 131 MB/s

DQ Read 1,323

DQ Write 1,462

DQ Mixed 511

628% 1,099 MB/s

CAN-User, 10 hrs ago.

399GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SS0221B Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 953 1104 905 881 910 878 MB/s

306% Outstanding

Write 2,245

Mixed 226

SusWrite 938

322% 1,454 MB/s

4K Read 65.2

4K Write 202

4K Mixed 88.1

318% 118 MB/s

DQ Read 1289

DQ Write 1,143

DQ Mixed 515

578% 982 MB/s

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

337GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 42AAT8KA Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 595 1146 369 1204 987 982 MB/s

273% Outstanding

Write 1,744

Mixed 1,327

SusWrite 880

343% 1,537 MB/s

4K Read 52.3

4K Write 136

4K Mixed 69.7

240% 85.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,332

DQ Write 1,221

DQ Mixed 574

623% 1,043 MB/s

ARG-User, 1 day ago.

141GB free

Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1208 884 878 864 882 565 MB/s

181% Outstanding

Write 1,223

Mixed 209

SusWrite 880

229% 1,037 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 59.7

4K Mixed 36.7

118% 40.9 MB/s

DQ Read 544

DQ Write 221

DQ Mixed 602

388% 455 MB/s

ITA-User, 1 day ago.

441GB free

Firmware: 42A0S63C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 631 628 629 644 639 653 MB/s

143% Outstanding

Write 499

Mixed 112

SusWrite 637

104% 464 MB/s

4K Read 41.3

4K Write 71.2

4K Mixed 51.4

166% 54.6 MB/s

DQ Read 777

DQ Write 490

DQ Mixed 513

415% 593 MB/s

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $192

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $210Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	4,299x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $180Bench 98%, 123,561 samples	3,900x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $130Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,170x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,060x
RTX 3080Nvidia $870Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,921x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $378Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,362x

SSD
EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBHP $126Bench 284%, 5,166 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	712x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	657x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $95Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	600x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,058

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $310	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $28
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $397	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12600K $205	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

HP 5MS23AA#ABC

EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 284% (34^th of 1071)

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EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 284% (34th of 1071)

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