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SAMSUNG 950 PRO M.2 2280 512GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V5P512BW
- Samsung V-NAND Technology
- PCIe 3.0 x 4, M.2 Gen 3
- NVMe Read/Write Performance
- Efficient Power management
- M.2 2280 Form Factor
- Free Download of Samsung Data Migration & Magician software for easy installation and management
Learn more about the SAMSUNG MZ-V5P512BW
| Brand | SAMSUNG |
|---|---|
| Series | 950 PRO |
| Model | MZ-V5P512BW |
| Device Type | Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) |
| Used For | Consumer |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB |
| Interface | PCI-Express 3.0 x4 |
| Controller | Samsung UBX controller |
| Cache | 512MB |
| Max Sequential Read | Up to 2500 MBps |
|---|---|
| Max Sequential Write | Up to 1500 MBps |
| 4KB Random Read | Up to 300,000 IOPS (4KB, QD32) Up to 12,000 IOPS (4KB, QD1) |
| 4KB Random Write | Up to 110,000 IOPS (4KB, QD32) Up to 43,000 IOPS (4KB, QD1) |
| MTBF | 1,500,000 hours |
| Features | Level up to unmatched performance, power efficiency and endurance If you're a heavy workload professional searching for an SSD with uncompromising power and performance, look no further. The next-generation Samsung 950 PRO delivers exceptional performance for professionals. This cutting-edge V-NAND-based NVMe SSD supports PCI Express Gen 3 x4 lanes, providing a higher bandwidth and lower latency to process a massive amount more data than SATA SSDs. Presented in a compact M.2 form factor, the future-oriented 950 PRO is ideal for professionals using high-end PCs and workstations. Experience a next-generation SSD today Equipped with the enhanced bandwidth of the NVMe interface, the 950 PRO is ideal for intensive workloads, such as computer-aided design, data analysis and engineering simulations. It outperforms SATA SSDs by over 4.5 times in sequential read and by over 2.5 times in sequential write, delivering the speeds of 2,500 MB/s and 1,500 MB/s respectively. Save power while maintaining peak performance If you're in the midst of performing a complex data analysis or engineering simulation on your laptop, you surely don't want your battery to run out. Consuming just 5.7W at peak workloads, the 950 PRO secures battery life while maintaining superior performance levels. In standby mode, the 950 PRO consumes only 2.0 milliwatts (mW) of power, less than half the power consumption of a SATA in Device Sleep Mode. Maximize endurance under heavy workloads The innovative V-NAND technology in the 950 PRO increases endurance and prolongs the lifespan with insulators that cause less stress and are more resistant to wear under heavy client workloads over a 5-year period. The 950 PRO also features Dynamic Thermal Throttling (DTT) technology, which controls the temperature of the device to reduce overheating and maintain a high level of sustained performance. |
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| Power Consumption (Active) | Average: 5.7W Maximum: 7.0W (Burst mode) |
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| Operating Temperature | 0°C ~ +70°C |
| Max Shock Resistance | 1500G, duration 0.5m sec, 3 axis |
| Height | 2.38mm |
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| Width | 22.15mm |
| Depth | 80.15mm |
| Weight | 10.00g |
| Date First Available | October 21, 2015 |
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Pros: Extremely fast - over 2500mbs in sequential read. Loading times are near-instant. Drive was automatically recognized by BIOS and had no problems installing Windows 10 to the drive. Amazing that there's 512GB in a package the size of a stick of gum.
Cons: None
Overall Review: Ensure that you've updated your BIOS to the latest version. My motherboard (MSI Z170A Gaming M7) needed to be patched. Prior to the patch I was only getting 1500mbs sequential read in benchmarks, and drive was operating at PCIe x2 speeds. After the patch the speeds jumped to 2500mbs and operated at PCIe x4 speeds
Pros: - 5yr warranty (but samsung doesnt honor it) - Second drive (after refunding first drive and buying another one), performs 2200mb/s average on linear read speed - as expected
Cons: - First one averaged 1500mb/s linear read speed with occasional 2300mb/s spikes (supposed to be 2200mb/s) - poor quality control (supposed to get 2200mb/s, not 1500mb/s). returned to newegg and bought new one. - samsung warranty is useless - read below. - Samsung promised eDrive support for Win10 encryption but has not delivered.
Overall Review: I tested my ssd using AIDA64 Linear Read test and was expecting 2200mb/s with possible thermal throttling in the end. However I got consistent ~1500mb/s read speed with short lived 2300mb/s spikes. Sequential read in crystal diskmark gives me between 1100mb/s and 1600mb/s. I tested twice on cold system and drive temperature ranged btw 35C and 60C (thermal throttling should kick in at 70C). So, I contacted samsung, gave them my system config and screenshots to tests. Samsung support response was that after reviewing my motherboard (ASRock X99 OC Formula 3.1), they concluded that it does not have 32GB/s M.2 slot support. It's very disappointing response since they clearly didnt look at benchmark screenshots and didnt look at motherboard specs, since the very first thing that is on motherboard spec is 32GB/s PCIE3.0 x4 Ultra M.2 slot and, benchmark screenshots show occasional 2300mb/s speeds (which you can only achieve on PCIE3.0x4 M.2 slot) I returned my unit back to newegg (refund - i am lucky it has not been 30 days yet) and bought new one. Cloned old drive to new one and I am getting 2100mb/s average linear read speeds in benchmarks. Clearly previous drive was at fault and samsung didnt honor their warranty on a 15 day old drive. Lesson learned: samsung quality and warranty unreliable - test everything manually within first 2 weeks so you can return to seller if defective.
Pros: Super fast, affordable, 5 year warranty. Newegg is the best
Cons: ?? None
Overall Review: I have a AsRock Z97 Extreme 6 and this thing flies. Windows 10 installed just fine in UEFI mode and the drive booted like a champ. I installed the Samsung NVMe driver as I read the Windows one may have issues. Have not had any problems at all but didn't expect to after reading reviews. You will not be disappointed! Also, I purchased on the 2nd of November, a day before general availability and before Newegg was advertising. They now are offering a 20$ gift card which I didn't get with mine but I emailed Newegg and their fantastic customer support gave me one anyway! The drive was at my door in one day with the free shipping. Happy customer :)
Pros: - Super easy to install - Ridiculously fast, I mean really its SO fast. I'm coming from RAID 0 SSDs, and this thing blows that out of the water. - Honestly I don't think most people need this speed.
Cons: - Most mtoherboards have m.2 ports facing left so this plugs in upside down in MOST motherboards. Of course this is just an aesthetics quirk, but they should have an option to have stickers upside down.
Overall Review: - If you can afford it and are an enthusiast get this. It's honestly just amazing. Make sure your board has an m.2 slot and that you are buying the NVMe version. Also note that plugging this in uses 4 PCIe lanes, on my motherboard this means losing nationality for the 2 SATA EXPRESS ports, on other boards it means different things. Please refer to your motherboard manual.
Pros: Installed this SSD in the AsRock x99 Extreme4 motherboard and man it's like going from a 7200rpm HDD to an SSD again. My computer boots up in 10 seconds flat!
Cons: really small and seems to get hot, buy hasn't effected performance in day-to-day use.
Overall Review: If you are looking to see if it is worth buying this SSD even if you are coming from a SATA SSD, yes it is worth it. This drive is many times faster than a SATA SSD and I do notive increased performance in day-to-day use. Overall I would recommend this to anyone as the icing on the cake for an enthusiast PC build, but if you are on a budget a SATA SSD will still work fine.
Pros: For anyone who thinks this drive is faulty or defective, i assure you they're not. There definitely ate MANY settings in BIOS that absolutely MUST be set correctly for the motherboard to allow the SSD to be seen to install anything on. MANY VERY SPECIFIC SETTINGS. Along with the fact that these drives only come stock out of the box with UEFI drivers (Windows 7 or earlier cannot be installed cleanly onto these m.2 SSD's). That means Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 ONLY unless you know how to change the BIOS settings to reflect a Legacy install AND know how to flash the driver immediately before install so the OS software can see the hard drive on the list. Both the 512 & 256gb drives are beyond amazing...to the point where you would need to load 5 (FIVE!) 850 Pro's in RAID-0 (if there was no sata 6.0gb/s ceiling) to equal or surpass the speed of just 1 950 pro. Great job Samsung!!
Cons: The settings necessary to correctly use this hard drive. I don't believe that to be a con against a Samsung so much as on all of the motherboard makers.
Overall Review: If m.2's in general across the platform & regardless of brand were just simple plug & play pieces, there's nothing below probably $2000+ that could beat this type of tech...& DEFINITELY nothing that can beat the 2-256gb versions that i have in RAID- 0 on the same motherboard! Read rates say they're almost 5000MB/s, but if I'm not mistaken, i believe the motherboards M.2's/sata express read rate ceiling is in the realm of approx 4000MB/s. Either way, exceeding this level of tech can only accomplish so much with computers...more toward one that can help 3D develop our next generation of Space Vehicles for NASA vs a mega high enthusiast level gaming rig. No matter what tho, with either model Samsung 950 Pro, build with absolute confidence!
Pros: Got 2599MB/s Seq Read and 1542MB/s Seq Write with CrystalDiskMark. Please note that with Samsung Magician v4.9 you WILL get low Random Read IOPS because they informed me that the Magician benchmark tool only benches with a single thread for Random and there is a single thread cap of about 200,000k IOPS. That is from a Samsung rep directly. They are going to be updating the benchmark tool, but to see the correct benchmarks, for now they said to use Crystal Disk Mark, newest version. Go to the settings drop down, select Queues and Threads, and in there, make sure Random is set to 32 Queues and 4 threads and don't change anything else on that menu.
Cons: Should come with a banana for scale to show exactly how small this thing is.
Overall Review: The install could not be more straight forward. Could not be more happier and beats the tar out of my SSD Raid 0 Config beforehand. I personally didn't use the Samsung cloning software, instead I used the free version of Macrium Reflect Free Edition without issue. Specs: Intel i7 5930k @ 4Ghz 125X32 VC: 1.080v Swiftech H240-X 32Gb Cosair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666Mz running @ 2666Mz 15-17-17-35 - 1.2V Asus Rampage V Extreme Evga Nvidia Titan X SC - Liquid Cooling Edt. BenQ XL2420G Samsung 950 Pro 512Gb M.2 PCIe 3.0 X4 <Boot> 2X 240GB Intel 530 SSD in RAID 0 2X WesternDigital Black Edt. 4TB in RAID 1 SeaSonic X 1250W Gold CaseLabs Merlin ST10 Cosair RGB70 Keyboard Steelseries Rival Mouse Windows 8.1 Pro
Warranty & Returns
Warranty, Returns, And Additional Information
Warranty
- Limited Warranty period (parts): 5 years
- Limited Warranty period (labor): 5 years
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Return Policies
- Return for refund within: 30 days
- Return for replacement within: 30 days
- This item is covered by Newegg.com's Standard Return Policy
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Pros: Incredibly fast, very small form factor, and a wonderful piece of new technology.
Cons: The boot up in Windows 7 can be a bit slow, to load the NVMe drivers, compared to a regular AHCI hard drive. Windows 10 might be faster on boot.
Overall Review: Here are the steps I used to get this new SAMSUNG 950 pro SSD to work on my new ASUS X99 Pro Motherboard. Keep in mind, your own results may vary. 1. Install Windows 7 OS on a "regular" HD first, (SSD, Platter, etc.). and get the system up and going, with updates, and how you want it set up. Make a back up of this new install, (just in case). 2. Physically install the SAMSUNG 950 Pro on your Motherboard, either in M.2 slot, or with a PCIe X 4 add in card. Make sure the M.2 slot is for PCIe X 4, or you will not get the speeds out of this SSD. 3. Go to the SAMSUNG SSD website, and locate the SAMSUNG Windows Driver for the 950 Pro. This Windows driver works for Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10, but I can only reference Windows 7 from experience. 4. Download the SAMSUNG 950 Pro SSD Driver into your computer, and run the install for the driver. It is self installing. After the driver install, Windows 7 should now see the SAMSUNG 950 pro. 5. Download the SAMSUNG Migration Software (off of the SAMSUNG website) to your Computer. Run the Migration software, from your present "C" drive, to the new target, the SAMSUNG 950 Pro. The data should start to flow between your "C" drive, and begin to load onto your new SAMSUNG 950 Pro, making it the "new" "C" drive. 6. The computer will need to shut down after the data has been transferred. 7. Remove the "old" "C" drive from the Computer. 8. Restart the computer, and enjoy your new SAMSUNG 950 Pro. This is how I accomplished the install, and all of the performance is there. I did not need a Windows Hotfix, and I did not need EaseUs software, or anything else. This is what worked for the ASUS X99 Pro Motherboard, running Windows 7 64 bit Pro. WORKS LIKE A CHARM..!! Enjoy..!!