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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 -159%, 4K Read -53%, 4K Write -40%, Mixed -980%, 4K Mixed -39%, SusWrite -138%Peak Score -143%Read -127%, Write -175%, 4K Read -179%, 4K Write -69%, Mixed -214%, 4K Mixed -117%, SusWrite -118%Value & Sentiment User Rating -18%, Market Share -∞%, Price 37%, Value -56%Nice To Haves -123%DQ Read -64%, DQ Write -53%, DQ Mixed -242%, ADQ Read -50%, ADQ Write -52%, ADQ Mixed -176%, Age -273%, 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%

MNG-User, 17 days ago.

1TB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 932 1781 2118 2144 1582 1211 MB/s

336% Outstanding

Write 2,178

Mixed 238

SusWrite 1628

364% 1,636 MB/s

4K Read 61.2

4K Write 152

4K Mixed 83.7

280% 98.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,256

DQ Write 966

DQ Mixed 586

581% 936 MB/s

PER-User, 3 days ago.

639GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1329 1071 1030 1036 1029 1017 MB/s

299% Outstanding

Write 1,442

Mixed 185

SusWrite 1,085

278% 1,263 MB/s

4K Read 60.9

4K Write 150

4K Mixed 83.6

279% 98.3 MB/s

DQ Read 1,373

DQ Write 1,000

DQ Mixed 600

607% 991 MB/s

SAU-User, 13 days ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1530 1728 1758 1810 1808 1806 MB/s

289% Outstanding

Write 1,867

Mixed 154

SusWrite 1,740

339% 1,526 MB/s

4K Read 46.2

4K Write 80.9

4K Mixed 58.5

188% 61.9 MB/s

DQ Read 807

DQ Write 550

DQ Mixed 583

461% 647 MB/s

USA-User, 14 days ago.

250GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2124 406 1032 940 575 1182 MB/s

265% Outstanding

Write 2,397

Mixed 314

SusWrite 1,043

351% 1,584 MB/s

4K Read 60.4

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 74.4

255% 88.1 MB/s

DQ Read 714

DQ Write 130

DQ Mixed 220

213% 355 MB/s

USA-User, 16 days ago.

350GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1401 741 782 976 647 476 MB/s

260% Outstanding

Write 2,155

Mixed 237

SusWrite 837

311% 1,406 MB/s

4K Read 55.6

4K Write 123

4K Mixed 67.9

236% 82.2 MB/s

DQ Read 1,070

DQ Write 720

DQ Mixed 582

519% 791 MB/s

USA-User, 16 days ago.

250GB free

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1911 653 881 420 708 717 MB/s

245% Outstanding

Write 2,264

Mixed 270

SusWrite 882

322% 1,451 MB/s

4K Read 55.7

4K Write 130

4K Mixed 73.5

248% 86.5 MB/s

DQ Read 713

DQ Write 129

DQ Mixed 222

214% 355 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) - $99

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $165Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	4,770x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $160Bench 98%, 65,928 samples	4,395x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $130Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,519x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $450Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	2,310x
RTX 3080Nvidia $807Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	2,130x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,514x

SSD
EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBHP $150Bench 300%, 2,580 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	794x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $57Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	755x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $102Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	663x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $904

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Excellent

4 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 i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
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HP 5MS24AA#ABC

EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB

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

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EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB

Average Bench: 300% (39th of 1080)

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