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.
Published: 2015-10-22, Author: Chris , review by: tomshardware.fr
Les supports de stockage haut de gamme destinés aux ordinateurs de bureau se comptent sur les doigts d'une main. Nous avons tout d'abord l'Intel SSD 750, un produit initialement destiné aux centres de données qui a été adapté pour les amateurs du genre. L...
Compact, Prix attractif, Performances intéressantes...
mais rapidement dégradées, Chauffe excessive, M.2 et NVMe pas encore démocratisés
D'après nos tests, le Samsung 950 Pro est un bon SSD. pour peu qu'on ne l'utilise pas en mode aléatoire sur des profondeurs de queue trop importante, domaine dans lequel son contrôleur ne lui permet pas de rivaliser avec le 750 Series d'Intel. Quand on...
Published: 2016-04-21, Author: Chris , review by: tomshw.it
raddoppio capacità e aumento dell'integrità dei dati sono ancora buoni motivi per il RAID casalingo,
incremento prestazionale in RAID 0 non elevato quanto un tempo. Gli SSD NVMe sono abbastanza rapidi da soddisfare la maggior parte delle richieste degli utenti esigenti,
il protocollo NVMe ha certamente rispettato le promesse. La tecnologia ha ridotto la latenza e liberato tempi di accessi e throughput. Il 950 Pro ha sfruttato così bene la tecnologia che usarne due insieme rallenta il sistema di archiviazione...
Published: 2015-10-22, Author: Mario , review by: itespresso.it
Abstract: IN PROVA Abbiamo messo sotto torchio il nuovo disco Samsung SSD 950 PRO M.2 con tecnologia NVMe, grazie alla disponibilità di MSI che ci ha supportato con la sua competenza e offrendo per il montaggio la scheda MSI Z170A Gaming M5. La soddisfazione di ‘...
Samsung, nel settore dello storage NAND Flash, ha dimostrato in passato quanto può essere importante produrre tutto ciò che serve per realizzare un SSD direttamente fra le mura dell'azienda. Se la serie 840 SATA 6Gbps ha permesso di raggiungere quote di m...
Published: 2015-10-22, Author: Chris , review by: tomshw.it
L'SSD 950 PRO fornisce prestazioni da primo della classe a buon prezzo, consumando poco e senza scaldare. Le caratteristiche software avanzate rendono ancora più interessante l'affare, in attesa di vedere come si comporta Rapid Mode su questo prodotto,
Al 950 PRO serve un modello da 1 TB per soddisfare gli appassionati e uno da 2 TB per i giocatori con una grande libreria Steam / Origin. Il software Magician con supporto Windows 10 non è ancora disponibile, ma Samsung è al lavoro,
Il Samsung 950 PRO fissa in alto l'asticella delle prestazioni, con prezzi tutto sommato non esagerati. Samsung non ha avuto bisogno di un controller enterprise affamato di energia o di un ridicolo adattatore e cavi per portare la tecnologia NVMe sui des...
Senza farsi prendere da facili entusiasmi procediamo con l'analisi finale del protagonista di questa nostra recensione. Se vogliamo subito trovare il pelo nell'uovo possiamo dire che, effettivamente, il Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ha evidenziato qualche diffic...
Der theoretische Geschwindigkeitszuwachs ist enorm, die Samsung SSD 950Pro verfünffacht die Lesegeschwindigkeit gegenüber einer SATA SSD, bei der Schreibgeschwindigkeit es immerhin noch die dreifache Geschwindigkeit.In der Praxis sind diese Unterschiede a...
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Published: 2016-12-22, Author: Patrick , review by: myc-media.de
Mit der 950 PRO M.2 hat Samsung eine pfeilschnelle M.2 SSD in seinem Sortiment, mit welcher man zeigt, welche Leistung in einer SSD stecken kann, wenn man aktuelle 3D-NAND Speicher mit einem schnellen Controller und einer schnellen Anbindung kombiniert. D...
Published: 2016-11-02, Author: Marius , review by: Chip.de
Hohe IOPS-Werte, Niedrige Zugriffszeiten
Nur durchschnittliche Performance, Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis
Grundsätzlich präsentiert sich die Samsung 950 Pro 512GB (MZ-VKV512) als solide und schnelle M.2-SSD im Test mit hohen IOPS-Werten und kurzen Zugriffszeiten. Leider brechen die Transferraten beim Lesen und Schreiben enorm ein, wenn die Karte heiß läuft. D...
