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Samsung SSD 950 Pro: A high-end drive for Skylake system builders

By Kenny Yeo - 22 Oct 2015

Iometer Results (Part 1)

Iometer Results (Part 1)

Lastly, we put the drives through the rigorous grind of Iometer, with different workloads and I/O queue depths. We have chosen to show results from a queue depth of 1 to 5 as this better represents the workloads a typical consumer might face. On Iometer, the Samsung SSD 950 Pro showed that it was clearly a lot faster than the current crop of top SATA-based SSDs. It recorded nearly double the number of IOPs on the 64K streaming reads workload and was around 10% to 15% quicker on the 64K streaming writes workloads. Its performance on the intensive File and Server workloads blew the other drives out of the water as queue depth increased.

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8.5
  • Performance 9
  • Features 8.5
  • Value 8
The Good
Blazing performance
Incredibly small M.2 form factor
High endurance rating
Supports latest interface and NVMe protocol
Easy-to-use Samsung Magician utility
The Bad
Requires a motherboard with PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 slots or appropriate PCIe 3.0 adapter
NVMe drivers still need work
Shorter warranty compared to predecessor
Pricey compared to SATA-based drives
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