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.
If you're looking for a a solutions which offers an extremely well performing storage subsystem, then the consumer segment has almost nothing to offer that's faster than a RAID0, which is based on two NVMe SSDs The two Samsung 950 Pro 256GB M2 drives we'v...
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Published: 2016-02-29, Author: Andrew , review by: techteamgb.co.uk
Starting with the build quality of the 950 Pro we have no issues. In fact we've every confidence that the 950 Pro will be a very durable drive. Our experience with Samsung drives of previous generations is that they are rock solid, in fact we have only kn...
The benchmark results are clear: the Samsung 950 Pro is much faster than the fastest M.2 consumer SSDs which we previously tested. The Hardware.Info Performance Scores of 175 points for the 256GB version and 198 points for the 512GB version are signific...
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Through the combination of a high-bandwidth PCI-E 3.0 x4 interface and the NVMe protocol, the 950 Pro achieves excellent performance in all metrics. It is without doubt the best M.2 SSD there currently is, and the 512GB model is, in our opinion, the best...
Outstanding performance, Stylish design, Compact form factor, Uses Samsung VNAND, TRIM Support, Dynamic Thermal Guard, 5 Years Warranty
Good chassis airflow highly recommended
We've been eager to get our hands on the 950 PRO since we heard about its release and from today's analysis we aren't disappointed by any means.The 950 PRO is Samsung's first NVMe M.2 drive and as such takes full advantage of PCI Express 3.0 x4. Combining...
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
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
The Samsung 950 Pro sets a new bar for high performance storage and brings it to market at a low price point. Samsung didn't need to lean on power hungry enterprise controllers or ridiculous adapters + cables either to enable NVMe technology in desktops...
Incredibly fast read and write performance, Competitively priced, Tiny M.2 form factor, 5yr warranty
Limited motherboard/laptop compatibility, Overkill for many users, May not be bootable on some systems
Samsung 950 Pro M.2 256GB and 512GB SSD – Performance The two drives were tested using the PCI Express x4 slot on an Asus Z170 Maximus VIII Hero motherboard, which was set up with an Intel Core i7-6600K and 8GB of Corsair DDR4 RAM. The benchmarks – Crysta...
