Testseek.com have collected 142 expert reviews of the Samsung M.2 950 Pro NVMe PCIe and the average rating is 90%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung M.2 950 Pro NVMe PCIe.
October 2015
(90%)
142 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(94%)
759 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
PCI Express Expansion Card
M.2 NVMe SSD
2.36GB/s Reads
Compact Form Factor
Enterprise Technology at an Enthusiast Price Level
Good Price per GB
Impressive overall performance
Much faster than SATA SSDs
Samsung reliability pedigree
Small form factor allows for numerous applications
PCIe 3.0 x4 interface with NVMe protocol
Equipped with V-NAND technology
Available in 256GB and 512GB capacities
Excellent sequential and random read and write speeds
Performs equally well with compressible and incompressible data
Small M.2 2280 form
Excellent Build Quality
Top Of The Charts Read & Write Performance
1.5 Million Hours MTBF
M.2 / PCIe Solution
5 Years Warranty
Price (For Some)
Amazing benchmark performance
More storage than a single SSD
Bragging rights
Highest capacity M.2 on the market
Record setting sequential performance
The best Gaming Disk Capture so far
The 950 Pro delivers class leading performance at a good price point
Thermal envelope and low power consumption. Advanced software features seal the deal but we're still waiting to see Rapid Mode for this product.
Doubling capacity and increasing data integrity are still good use cases for RAID in the home.
Crazy-fast
Reasonably affordable
Standard M.2 form factor
Extremely fast
By far the most affordable M.2 NVMe drive to date
Strong Performance
Competitive Pricing
M.2 Form Factor
NVMe / PCIe Gen 3
Incredible sequential speed that provides mind-blowing real-world file transfer performance
Silky smooth operation as system drives
Outstanding sequential reading and writing performance
Even at very low queue depths
Outstanding 4K random writing performance
At low queue depths
Outstanding 4k random reading performance at very low and ve
Unbelievable 2591 MB/s reads and 1595 MB/s writes!
Produced 258
752 IOPS random reads and 94
110 writes!
32layer VNAND Flash delivers 400TB written endurance
Native write acceleration – no compression used
Samsung 3core UBX controller designed for NVM
Great performance
Good warranty
Retail availability.
Wrigley's Extra
Retail availability
Uber fast
NVMe support
Excellent Samsung warranty
Reliability is expected to be great given Samsung's history
Suppository size.
Flamethrower
Compact form factor
Power efficient
Lowest price per GB for NVMe
The editors didn't like
256GB and 512GB offer different speeds
Slow Writes
Random write performance slower than expected
No 1TB model as of yet
Can run hot under heavy workloads
Pricey
Heat Buildup
Performance not really noticeable in most enthusiast workloads
No IOPs improvement
Increased CPU utilization
Increased performance of drive failure
Fell behind its predecessor and the SM951 in a few benchmarks
Price premium for early adopters
The 950 Pro needs a 1TB model to satisfy power users and a 2TB model for gamers with large Steam / Origin libraries. Magician Software with Windows 10 support is lacking at this time but Samsung is working on it.
Increasing performance through RAID 0 no longer has the same shine it once had. NVMe SSDs are fast enough to satisfy the most demanding user needs. We've hit a point where RAID 0 run off of a chipset gives diminishing returns.
Capacity tops out at 512GB (for now)
Intel SSD 750 Series still faster on some tests
Shorter warranty than on Samsung's SSD 850 Pro
Requires Samsung driver for full write performance
No Power Loss Protection
Wasn't Fastest Across The Board
Mediocre performance in standard desktop activities
Double the cost per GB of fast SATA drives
Nothing worth mentioning.
NVMe is not widely available… yet.
Still very expensive
Requires M.2 slot (and NVMe BIOS for booting)
Needs Z170 to shine
Dubble Bubble
Requires M.2 slot (and NVMe BIOS for booting
Expect to pay a premium for the extreme performance. Compatibility could be an issue as it requires an M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 interface.
Abstract: KryoM.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 adapter for M.2 NGFF PCIe SSD얼마 전 쿨엔조이 공식리뷰에서 살펴본 바 있는 NVMe M.2 방식의 삼성 950 PRO 는 발열 문제와 그에 따른 성능 저하 문제를 확인한 바가 있었다.▷ 750 Series VS 950 PRO NVMe SSD 대결 [Link]이러한 높은 발열로 인한 성능 저하 문제를 해소할 수 있는 제품이 독일 '아쿠아컴퓨터 (aqua computer)' 에 등장하였다. 아쿠아컴...
Abstract: 컴퓨터에서 보조저장장치가 가장 느리다는 이야기는 아직은 유요하죠. HDD 디스크를 쓰는 컴퓨터에서는 그러합니다. 삼성 950 PRO 512GB M.2 NVMe를 쓰면 그런데 속도를 빠르게 만들 수 있습니다. 속도 체감 성능에서 확실히 그전과 다르네요. SSD는 많이 써봐서 속도가 비슷비슷하다는 느낌도 가끔 받기도 하는데요. 물론 미묘하게 차이가 있는 정도 인데요. 읽기 성능이 몇배나 빠른 장치를 써보니 확실히 빠르네요. 삼성 950 PRO 512GB M...
Abstract: "5년 A/S 무상보증 기간을 약속하네요 ^^"TBW란? 테라바이트 워런티 / TERABYTE WARRANTY) 약자로 5년 A/S 기간내에 400TB 쓰기까지 보증한다는 의미입니다.측면에는 QR 코드가 있네요구성품은 아주 심플합니다. 삼성 950 PRO M.2 와 사용설명서가 들어있습니다.M.2 SSD 위에 부착된 스티커에는 제품의 이름 용량 P/N 넘버 모델 시리얼넘버 전력등 좀더 자세힌 내용이 기재 되있습니다."박스를 분실하더라도 M.2...
Abstract: 3차원 NAND 적층 기술인 2세대 V-NAND 32-Layer 128Gbit NAND FLASH가 적용된 M.2 타입의 삼성 SSD 950 PRO를 큰 맘먹고 직접 구매 벤치마크를 해보았습니다.이전 M.2 SSD 대부분 SATA 또는 PCIe 대역폭을 이용한 M.2 였습니다. 특히 일반 SSD 보다는 작고 M.2의 최대 속도를 한층 끌어올렸다는점이 처음 나왔을때 참 화재였는데요. 그러나 작년 11월 삼성이 SM951에서 NVMe (Non-Volati...
Abstract: Intel 100 Series Motherboard의 출현은 여러가지 의미에서 사용자들에게 새로운 환경을 제공한다고 볼 수 있습니다. 다양한 이유가 존재하겠지만 그 중 하나는 PCIe 대역폭을 이용하여 M.2의 최대 속도를 한층 더 끌어올렸다는 점입니다. 또 하나의 이슈는 "NVM(Non-Volatilie Memory) Express"라는 차세대 인터페이스의 등장으로 기존에 활용되었던 AHCI 인터페이스와는 다른 형태의 인터페이스를 제공하면서 앞으로...