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hi and welcome back to Hardware I'm box i'm your host Matt and today we're going to be taking a look at samsung's new 950 pro 512 gigabyte PCIe SSD consumers will s salivating earlier this year when Samsung's OEM only SM 951 nvme was able to boost speeds in excess of 2,000 150 megabytes per second reads and fifteen hundred megabytes per second right it was possible to get this amazing piece of technology from certain distributors however the 512 gigabyte model would run you over four hundred dollars ever since we've been waiting for a more affordable mainstream model and now it's here introducing samsung's 950 pro series available in either 256 kilobytes or 512 gigabyte capacities the 950 series is made exclusively in the m2 2280 form factor and both speeds of up to 2.5 gigabytes per second sequential read and 1.5 gigabytes per second bright indeed making it faster than the SM 951 nvme as well as being more affordable three hundred and fifty dollars for the 512 gigabyte model this more affordable price tag whoever still renders the 950 pro models the higher end of the market as it should be the 512 gigabyte model works out to be sixty eight cents per gigabyte and the 256 gigabyte model works out to be 74 cents per gigabyte the 950 pro features the same ub x3 call controller found in the sm 951 and therefore possesses native PCIe and nvm air support the controller has also been paired with Samsung's 3d v-nand an upgraded version of that which was featured on the 850 pro series now let's take a look at the claim speeds the 512 gigabyte model is faster boasting a sequential read speed of 2.5 gigabytes per second and write speed of 1.5 gigabytes per second the 256 gigabyte model is slower although a hesitate to even mention the word slow around the 950 Pro Series as it still claims a read speed of 2.2 gigabytes per second and a riot speed of nine hundred megabyte and Samsung is backing the 950 pro series with a 5-year limited warranty with the limitation being how much data can be written the 256 gigabyte model is covered for 200 terabytes written while the larger 512 gigabyte model is covered for 400 terabytes written as an added layer of protection the 950 pro series features dynamic thermal throttling protection technology which monitors the driest temperature and is able to automatically cool it down when it reaches a certain threshold as well as smart technology self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology which tracks the health status of the SSD to anticipate failures and warn users looking at the sequential performance we see that the 950 Pro is able to hit new highs delivering around 200 megabytes per second more performance in the read and write tests when compared to the intel SSD 750 series and anywhere from three to five times the performance of the 850 probe the 950 pro approved very fast once again in the 4k test though it's worth pointing out that while it was slightly faster than the Intel 750 series when measuring read performance was a good bit slower in the right test this time using a sssd benchmark we find that the 950 Pro is slower than the intel SSD 750 series when comparing sequential read performance despite being faster when comparing the right performance here the 950 Pro is able to slightly better the performance of the SM 951 nvme making much faster than the intel SSD 750 series that said it was around 30 megabytes per second slower than the intel SSD 750 series when comparing 4k write performance the 950 Pro blitz the ISO copy benchmark with a staggering throughput of 1.7 gigabytes per second making is 300 megabytes per second faster than the intel SSD 750 series the 950 Pro was again very fast delivering 921 megabytes per second in the program copy test making much faster than not just the sm5 while MDMA but also the 750 series the last d benchmark copy test focuses on game data performance and here the 950 pro again dominates throughput of 1.5 gigabytes per second compared to the 750 series 1.1 gigabytes per second it's almost humorous how slow these PCI Express SSDs make the 850 pro look the 950 pro is able to slightly improve on the SM 95 ones result with 131 megabytes per second making it quite a bit faster than the 750 series and 850 pro this time the 950 pro is able to improve on the SM 95 ones result quite a bit that when doing so it's just a few megabytes per second faster than the 750 series here the 950 pro dominated the video editing test with 756 megabytes per second making it much faster than the SM 951 and more than twice as fast as the 750 series the 950 pro is samsung's new flagship and given the performance we've seen it's very easy to see why that said while the 950 pro will take care of the high-end power users it isn't going to be a replacement for the 850 Pro the current pricing certainly reflects this as consumers can expect to pay around fifty percent more when compared to the a50 pro series which is still one of the top performing consumer SSDs this 512 gigabyte model that we tested might be pricey at three hundred fifty dollars but it's a bargain when compared to the intel ssds 750 series 400 gigabyte model which until recently cost almost one dollar per gigabyte with the arrival of the 950 pro series intel were forced to reevaluate their pricing structure for the 750 series and as such the 400 gigabyte model has been heavily discounted to just three hundred dollars despite the large price cup we're still much prefer the 950 pro series it's not only faster but also better value even it's $300 dssc 750 400 gigabytes still comes at a cost of 75 cents per gigabyte whereas the 950 pro 512 gigabyte model costs almost ten percent less at sixty-eight cents per gigabyte making it the better value option that said the intel SSD 750 series does have the advantage of greater compatibility as it is available in either a two and a half inch model using the SF f8 639 connector or as a half-height PCI expansion card make it can with any system offering a pci-express times for slot or larger the intel ssds also had the advantage of better cooling which avoids any nasty throttling under heavy load they can also offer larger capacities as they aren't constrained by the m2 size limitations that said the 950 pro only features NAND flash on the top side of the PCB this means a one terabyte model should be possible although thermal throttling could become a real issue with such a design still despite all that we much prefer the 950 Pro and it's neat little m2 package as an enthusiast it's hard not to get excited about an SSD that can sustain 1.7 gigabytes per second in the copy test the 950 pro series might be a little pricey but enthusiasts will no doubt be more than willing to cough up the dough they'll be rewarded for doing so thanks for watching another hardware on box review if you've got any questions at all please let us know at Harbor inbox.com and a forum or in the comments don't forget to hit like hit subscribe 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