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 -334%User Rating 6%, Market Share -1,678%, Price -35%, Value 373%Nice To Haves +181% DQ Read 277%, DQ Write 251%, DQ Mixed 106%, ADQ Read 225%, ADQ Write 189%, ADQ Mixed 103%, Age 51%, AS-SSD Total 248%

Average Bench: 284% (35^th of 1072)

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 35284%

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, 11 days ago.

683GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2365 2367 2194 1972 1926 2406 MB/s

390% Outstanding

Write 2,196

Mixed 223

SusWrite 2,205

390% 1,745 MB/s

4K Read 61.2

4K Write 232

4K Mixed 91.5

333% 128 MB/s

DQ Read 1,315

DQ Write 1,324

DQ Mixed 506

604% 1,048 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

128GB free

Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1395 901 912 903 560 936 MB/s

271% Outstanding

Write 1,390

Mixed 136

SusWrite 934

273% 1,243 MB/s

4K Read 57.4

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 75

244% 82.4 MB/s

DQ Read 1,034

DQ Write 644

DQ Mixed 509

468% 729 MB/s

ZAF-User, 11 days ago.

208GB free

Firmware: 42A0S63C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1053 921 888 884 886 887 MB/s

271% Outstanding

Write 1,513

Mixed 218

SusWrite 920

272% 1,234 MB/s

4K Read 56.3

4K Write 115

4K Mixed 71.7

238% 81.1 MB/s

DQ Read 1,286

DQ Write 926

DQ Mixed 511

543% 908 MB/s

USA-User, 6 days ago.

786GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SS0221B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1083 975 1201 831 828 829 MB/s

250% Outstanding

Write 1,789

Mixed 841

SusWrite 958

316% 1,419 MB/s

4K Read 30.3

4K Write 242

4K Mixed 51.5

240% 108 MB/s

DQ Read 543

DQ Write 1083

DQ Mixed 504

471% 710 MB/s

TUR-User, 8 days ago.

45GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 42AAT8KA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 1122 350 345 256 265 MB/s

240% Outstanding

Write 590

Mixed 1,461

SusWrite 466

278% 1,264 MB/s

4K Read 49.6

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 63.9

211% 71.6 MB/s

DQ Read 1,150

DQ Write 826

DQ Mixed 548

529% 841 MB/s

USA-User, 11 days ago.

265GB free

Firmware: 42AAT8KA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 630 966 956 962 960 955 MB/s

205% Outstanding

Write 1,458

Mixed 859

SusWrite 905

282% 1,262 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 45.8

156% 58.8 MB/s

DQ Read 603

DQ Write 662

DQ Mixed 633

476% 633 MB/s

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

273GB free

Firmware: SS0221B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1230 902 901 900 904 899 MB/s

203% Outstanding

Write 1,308

Mixed 216

SusWrite 956

248% 1,123 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 69.3

4K Mixed 43.4

138% 47.6 MB/s

DQ Read 546

DQ Write 376

DQ Mixed 580

401% 501 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 $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	4,643x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	4,263x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,412x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,235x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	2,073x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,467x

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

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	770x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	724x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	646x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $968

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

HP 5MS23AA#ABC

EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 284% (35^th of 1072)

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EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB

Average Bench: 284% (35th of 1072)

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