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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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.
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
Nothing worth mentioning.
Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points belowPositiveSilky smooth operation as system drives.Outstanding sequential reading and writing performance, even at very low queue depths.Outstanding 4K random writing performance, at low q...
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
NVMe is not widely available… yet.
Our first rating is performance, which compares how effective the Samsung SSD 950 PRO performs in benchmark operations against storage solutions. For reference, Samsung specifications suggest 2500 MB/s maximum reads and 1500 MB/s write speeds for this m...
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Published: 2015-10-22, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
It wasn't so long ago that Samsung introduced the XP941 to oem and enterprise needs and didn't feel it viable to market it as a retail item. From our perspective there was a definite calling for that SSD but it definitely remained within the ideal of bein...
Expensive; You need a pretty new computer or motherboard to install, and you'll probably want to know what you're doing;
With the release of the 950 Pro series of Samsung SSDs, it's pretty clear that Samsung is clinching a victory not just for its experience in crafting fast memory, but essentially making itself a benchmark.Simply put, this is the fastest and most impressiv...
Samsung is targeting heavy workload professionals with the 950 Pro. Samsung states that the 950 Pro is ideal for intensive workloads, such as CAD drafting, data analysis, and engineering simulations. We agree the 950 Pro is indeed ideal for those applic...
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Published: 2018-09-29, Author: Tomas , review by: uk.hardware.info
Now that the prices of SSDs are starting to fall again, the competition is starting to take off again. Especially the new models from Crucial and Samsung bring some life back to the business, which was badly needed in this market. Last year there were few...
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Published: 2017-09-09, Author: Tomas , review by: uk.hardware.info
PCI-Express SSDs are still quite expensive, but they also perform significantly better than SATA600 SSDs. A few years ago the additional price you paid for a high-end SSD barely gave you better performance due to the SATA600-bottleneck, but now the differ...
According to our tests, the Samsung SM951 (NVMe) is the fastest SSD available. It is even faster than the 950 Pro, while it is a lot cheaper as well. Bear in mind that you miss out on official Samsung support in the form of warranty, Magician and firmware...
Doubling capacity and increasing data integrity are still good use cases for RAID in the home.
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.
The NVMe protocol certainly delivered all it promised. The technology has reduced flash latency to the host system, and that has freed up access times as well as throughput ceilings. The 950 Pro has leveraged the technology so well that running two driv...
