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EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB

EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB
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Effective Speed -82%Effective Speed -82%Average Score -213%Read -83%, Write -160%, 4K Read -51%, 4K Write -40%, Mixed -982%, 4K Mixed -39%, SusWrite -139%Peak Score -142%Read -128%, Write -175%, 4K Read -174%, 4K Write -69%, Mixed -215%, 4K Mixed -116%, SusWrite -118%Value & Sentiment User Rating -18%, Market Share -∞%, Price 49%, Value -47%Nice To Haves -121%DQ Read -64%, DQ Write -53%, DQ Mixed -242%, ADQ Read -50%, ADQ Write -52%, ADQ Mixed -176%, Age -255%, AS-SSD Total -77%

Average Bench: 300% (39^th of 1080)

Based on 2,580 user benchmarks. Models: HP SSD EX950 2TB, NVMe HP SSD EX950 2TB

Poor: 194%Average: 300% Great: 379%

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Outstanding average bench

The HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB averaged 199.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 537MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,293MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB is 185%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 299MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 148MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,580 samples)

Rank 39300%

Min	Avg	Max
1,353	Read 2,293	2,609
1,125	Write 1,794	2,337
120	Mixed 299	1,488
693	SusWrite 1,326	2,102
317% 1,428 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
37.8	4K Read 58.1	68.9
65	4K Write 148	224
49.4	4K Mixed 79.4	101
268% 95.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
562	DQ Read 1,142	1,416
130	DQ Write 826	1,243
196	DQ Mixed 537	614
522% 835 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 month ago.

2TB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1807 1900 1895 1907 1898 1911 MB/s

382% Outstanding

Write 1,774

Mixed 239

SusWrite 1,886

351% 1,577 MB/s

4K Read 66.7

4K Write 248

4K Mixed 102

363% 139 MB/s

DQ Read 1,376

DQ Write 1,244

DQ Mixed 596

643% 1,072 MB/s

USA-User, 17 days ago.

698GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1537 1193 1109 1070 1064 1069 MB/s

285% Outstanding

Write 1,595

Mixed 220

SusWrite 1,174

299% 1,356 MB/s

4K Read 61.6

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 77.6

254% 85.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,001

DQ Write 658

DQ Mixed 403

416% 687 MB/s

THA-User, 29 days ago.

491GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1116 773 687 1078 1101 1097 MB/s

243% Outstanding

Write 1,807

Mixed 160

SusWrite 975

288% 1,301 MB/s

4K Read 47.6

4K Write 81.4

4K Mixed 60.7

193% 63.2 MB/s

DQ Read 880

DQ Write 582

DQ Mixed 582

474% 681 MB/s

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Gaming 129%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $190

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $136Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	4,812x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $158Bench 98%, 89,263 samples	4,429x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $105Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,543x

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RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,328x
RTX 3080Nvidia $501Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	2,146x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $387Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,528x

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EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBHP $132Bench 300%, 2,580 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	796x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	758x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $130Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	670x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $898

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Excellent

5 years ago.

Overlooked even despite being more powerful than Intel 660p 2TB while having similar amount of capacity and actually offered better value for both performance and capacity even though this SSD cost 50 dollar more!

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Underrated NVME SSD with incredible value.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $130
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
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HP 5MS24AA#ABC

EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB

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EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB

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