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[Official] Samsung 950 PRO Owners Club

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#1 ·
I think that is the right moment to start the official thread of the
Samsung 950 PRO NVMe SSD.



Thread will be update soon with drive info.
 
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#2 ·
this is my ATTO benchmark using the 512GB version on Windows 10 on the system in signature.

950_NVMe_driver.JPG


Note: using samsung drivers improve performance by a lot.

In any case, I noticed slower boot speed than my old Corsair Force GT 240GB, strange, very strange.
 
#3 ·


Have the 512gb one, installed on pcie 4x adapter with heatsink.

Removed the info sticker on drive, made of some kind of metal, so maybe not needed to remove.

The nand chips are taller than the controller chip, so used a 1mm thermal pad on controller.

Used a 2mm thermal under the drive as it was warping.

No aha moment of speed increase against sata 3 drive. The only thing so far is ccleaner app, much faster cleaning.

Well, maybe not worth the money at current price point, the computer are not any slower so that something.
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#4 ·
Wonder can anyone who successfully installed a clean copy of windows 10 on a 950 pro on a motherboard (with m.2 slot) list steps on how to install? I'm on a z170 motherboard and i can't seem to get the usb to boot into windows installation through UEFI.
 
#7 ·
I think something might be wrong with my 950 pro. I'm getting terrible read/write iops compared to other people. Running a clean install of Win 10 64bit. My 840 pro maxes out on the read/write seq/iops with no issues. But not my 950 which is much lower then other people.

Not sure why though....Maybe a dud? Most likely returning it tomorrow and going to nab another to test. Running a X99A Godlike board and confirmed the m.2 is running at 4x. Not sure what else I need to do. Just in case installed the latest Intel RST driver only without the software. Didn't help at all either. =*(

 
#11 ·
anyone here with Z97 and 950pro in pcie 2.0 4x (in adapter) ?
I would love to see some results
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#13 ·
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Originally Posted by Kamrooz View Post

I think something might be wrong with my 950 pro. I'm getting terrible read/write iops compared to other people. Running a clean install of Win 10 64bit. My 840 pro maxes out on the read/write seq/iops with no issues. But not my 950 which is much lower then other people.

Not sure why though....Maybe a dud? Most likely returning it tomorrow and going to nab another to test. Running a X99A Godlike board and confirmed the m.2 is running at 4x. Not sure what else I need to do. Just in case installed the latest Intel RST driver only without the software. Didn't help at all either. =*(

I have exactly the same results on my 950 PRO 512 running on a Asus X99 Deluxe.
Is this something that we should investigate?
 
#15 ·
Can't figure it out why the speed starts to drop around 2MB. I also have the sm951 and that one is rock solid with performance. I have MSI z170a gaming m7 motherboard. I also running Samsung driver, but tried microsoft driver and get same results. Anyone know how to fix this.
 
#19 ·
I have the same speed of Ondoy and Karlo in benchmarks,
the only "problem I have" is that Samsung Magician shows slow IOPS in read and write and I have slow boot speed.

Karlo and Ondoy, can you post your samsung magician benchmark?
 
#21 ·
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Originally Posted by ondoy View Post



compared with my 840 EVO 1TB...
thanks, I'm sorry you had posted it already.
how good are your boot time?

are they improved comparing them to a previous SSD?
 
#22 ·
this is mine:
storage950.JPG


magician.JPG


my read IOPS are far slower than your.
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It seems like that you have it longer
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#24 ·
I just got My Samsung 950 Pro thursday. I do like the compact size of it, and these ease of installation. But the main reason it
I purchased the drive, is speed it has all the benefits and none of the weaknesses of raided ssd drives plus it's a small 3 - 5 percent step up from the fastest ssd drives. So below I have the Samsung 950 Pro benched with the Standard Nvme Express Controller driver and then the Samsung Nvme Controller driver. You will see a small hit from Samsung driver, nothing to lose sleep about but I'm sure with future refreshes it will get better. Last but not least I'm put My favorite ssd into the mix Samsung 850 Pro.
Let the fun begin. . .

Samsung 950 Pro 512 Standard Nvme Express Controller Samsung Magician
Samsung%20950%20Pro%20512%20Samsung%20Nvme%20Controller%20Samsung%20magician_zpsztug90rc.jpg

Samsung 950 Pro 512 Standard Nvme Express Controller CrystalDiskMark5_0_3 Shizuku
Samsung%20950%20Pro%20512%20Standard%20Nvme%20Express%20Controller%20CrystalDiskMark5_0_3%20Shizuku_zpsorp9qdzc.jpg

Samsung 950 Pro 512 Driver
Samsung%20950%20Pro%20512%20Driver_zps4mfo1whh.jpg

Samsung 950 Pro 512 Samsung Nvme Controller Samsung magician
Samsung%20950%20Pro%20512%20Standard%20Nvme%20Express%20Controller%20Samsung%20magician_zpsdsz2szpm.jpg

Samsung 950 Pro 512 Samsung Nvme Controller CrystalDiskMark5_0_3 Shizuku
Samsung%20950%20Pro%20512%20Samsung%20Nvme%20Controller%20CrystalDiskMark5_0_3%20Shizuku_zpsqbgrqpey.jpg

Samsung 850 Pro 256 Samsung magician
Samsung%20850%20Pro%20512%20Samsung%20magician_zpsienpzht8.jpg

Samsung 850 Pro 256 CrystalDiskMark5_0_3 Shizuku
Samsung%20850Pro%20256%20CrystalDiskMark5_0_3%20Shizuku_zpsp7cphlap.jpg
 
#25 ·
Quote:
Originally Posted by sblantipodi View Post

thanks, I'm sorry you had posted it already.
how good are your boot time?

are they improved comparing them to a previous SSD?
boot time improved by 9-10 seconds from my 840 EVO...
Quote:
Originally Posted by sblantipodi View Post

this is mine:
storage950.JPG


magician.JPG


my read IOPS are far slower than your.
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It seems like that you have it longer
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wonder, why the random read iops is low...
 
#26 ·
Quote:
Originally Posted by the_real_7 View Post

I just got My Samsung 950 Pro thursday. I do like the compact size of it, and these ease of installation. But the main reason it
I purchased the drive, is speed it has all the benefits and none of the weaknesses of raided ssd drives plus it's a small 3 - 5 percent step up from
the fastest ssd drives. So below I have the Samsung 950 Pro benched with the Standard Nvme Express Controller driver and then the Samsung Nvme Controller driver.
You will see a small hit from Samsung driver, nothing to lose sleep about but I'm sure with future refreshes it will get better. Last but not least I'm put My favorite
ssd into the mix Samsung 850 Pro. Let the fun begin

Samsung 950 Pro 512 Standard Nvme Express Controller Samsung Magician
Samsung%20950%20Pro%20512%20Samsung%20Nvme%20Controller%20Samsung%20magician_zpsztug90rc.jpg

Samsung 950 Pro 512 Standard Nvme Express Controller CrystalDiskMark5_0_3 Shizuku
Samsung%20950%20Pro%20512%20Standard%20Nvme%20Express%20Controller%20CrystalDiskMark5_0_3%20Shizuku_zpsorp9qdzc.jpg

Samsung 950 Pro 512 Driver
Samsung%20950%20Pro%20512%20Driver_zps4mfo1whh.jpg

Samsung 950 Pro 512 Samsung Nvme Controller Samsung magician
Samsung%20950%20Pro%20512%20Samsung%20Nvme%20Controller%20CrystalDiskMark5_0_3%20Shizuku_zpsqbgrqpey.jpg

Samsung 950 Pro 512 Samsung Nvme Controller CrystalDiskMark5_0_3 Shizuku
Samsung%20950%20Pro%20512%20Samsung%20Nvme%20Controller%20CrystalDiskMark5_0_3%20Shizuku_zpsqbgrqpey.jpg

Samsung 850 Pro 256 Samsung magician
Samsung%20850%20Pro%20512%20Samsung%20magician_zpsienpzht8.jpg

Samsung 850 Pro 256 CrystalDiskMark5_0_3 Shizuku
Samsung%20850Pro%20256%20CrystalDiskMark5_0_3%20Shizuku_zpsp7cphlap.jpg
you missed your magician scores using samsung drivers...
 
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