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EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 294% (26th of 1058)

Based on 2,344 user benchmarks.  Models: HP SSD EX950 2TB, NVMe HP SSD EX950 2TB
Poor: 193%Average: 294% Great: 381%

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Outstanding average bench

The HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB averaged 194.3% 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 535MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,219MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB is 188%. 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 301MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 141MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,344 samples)
Rank 26294%
Min Avg Max
1,189 Read 2,219 2,608
1,092 Write 1,755 2,327
112 Mixed 301 1,388
676 SusWrite 1,332 2,157
311% 1,402 MB/s
Min Avg Max
37.4 4K Read 57.7 68.4
64.4 4K Write 141 209
49.9 4K Mixed 77.5 97.5
261% 92 MB/s
Min Avg Max
656 DQ Read 1,138 1,381
133 DQ Write 805 1,194
214 DQ Mixed 535 662
518% 826 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42A0S63C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2324 2368 2352 1741 1568 1214 MB/s
397% Outstanding
Read 2,470
Write 2175
Mixed 137
SusWrite 1928
374% 1,678 MB/s
4K Read 67.4
4K Write 264
4K Mixed 107
378% 146 MB/s
DQ Read 1,420
DQ Write 1,441
DQ Mixed 592
676% 1,151 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1845 1876 1869 1875 1866 1409 MB/s
346% Outstanding
Read 2,389
Write 1,860
Mixed 222
SusWrite 1,790
348% 1,565 MB/s
4K Read 60.8
4K Write 152
4K Mixed 86.1
283% 99.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,331
DQ Write 1,070
DQ Mixed 578
602% 993 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1942 1958 1954 1953 1947 1944 MB/s
341% Outstanding
Read 2,508
Write 1,953
Mixed 145
SusWrite 1,950
365% 1,639 MB/s
4K Read 59.9
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 78.5
263% 91.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,059
DQ Write 746
DQ Mixed 575
518% 794 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: SS0221B Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1332 1329 1221 1206 1471 1596 MB/s
290% Outstanding
Read 2,122
Write 133
Mixed 123
SusWrite 1,359
204% 934 MB/s
4K Read 56.2
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 74
248% 85.9 MB/s
DQ Read 955
DQ Write 1,066
DQ Mixed 774
648% 932 MB/s
659GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42A0S63C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1324 1262 1097 1149 1122 1098 MB/s
247% Outstanding
Read 1,589
Write 1,645
Mixed 120
SusWrite 1,176
253% 1,132 MB/s
4K Read 53.7
4K Write 97.6
4K Mixed 67.4
219% 72.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,222
DQ Write 717
DQ Mixed 587
540% 842 MB/s
274GB free
Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 327 1362 914 584 1241 MB/s
216% Outstanding
Read 1,572
Write 372
Mixed 227
SusWrite 800
162% 743 MB/s
4K Read 37.6
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 51.7
188% 70.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,020
DQ Write 1,054
DQ Mixed 563
554% 879 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: SS0221B Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 944 460 1373 548 403 MB/s
192% Outstanding
Read 1,761
Write 1,479
Mixed 316
SusWrite 677
235% 1,059 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 79.5
4K Mixed 33.4
125% 46.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,091
DQ Write 796
DQ Mixed 579
531% 822 MB/s
857GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42A0S63C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1678 1230 1248 1246 1250 1252 MB/s
188% Outstanding
Read 2,447
Write 2,259
Mixed 250
SusWrite 1,317
349% 1,568 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.1
38% 8.37 MB/s
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Desktop 92%
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Workstation 106%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $179

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $330Bench 84%, 711,833 samples23,581x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $280Bench 82%, 988,805 samples12,223x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD  $549Bench 86%, 277,861 samples10,590x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 535,413 samples9,914x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 104%, 397,019 samples8,684x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 152%, 289,496 samples5,547x
SSD
EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBHP  $215Bench 294%, 2,344 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $76Bench 85%, 553,560 samples3,518x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 84%, 298,312 samples3,336x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $228Bench 88%, 126,038 samples3,145x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $1,310

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Excellent

2 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!

Okamiwolf144
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Excellent

16 months ago.

Underrated NVME SSD with incredible value.

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Excellent

21 months ago.

Great performance and reliability for the price.

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