Samsung 950 Pro M.2 NVMe Performance

[Keljian]

I wouldn't expect v-nand to be necessarily faster in pure transfer, but in terms of iops and durability it should be better

 

[Patrick]

Well - I thoroughly failed. I was helping a friend fix is tech site this evening. Will get to this tomorrow.

Should be lots to read on the STH main site tomorrow.

 

[Patriot]

Sorry- the 950 pro has been sold as v-nand, so if you are right that is cause for a class action

the sm951 is oem only, or ebay action... and is 840pro style mlc, not 3dnand...
950pro is nvme 3dvnand.

 

[Naeblis]

Sorry, I hoped it would have helped out Is yours the 512GB version as well?

Yes you did help. Mine is the 256 GB versions, they are to be used as journal / cache drives on a SSD san build

 

[rubylaser]

Yes you did help. Mine is the 256 GB versions, they are to be used as journal / cache drives on a SSD san build

That sounds like an awesome build. I hope you will post pictures and details when it's done. It appears that the smaller 256GB version isn't quite as fast as the 512GB versions, so I would imagine that's where the difference comes from more than the PCIe adapter. Your numbers like almost exactly like Ars Technica's results for the 256GB version.

950 Pro review: Samsung’s first PCIe M.2 NVMe SSD is an absolute monster

 

[Naeblis]

That sounds like an awesome build. I hope you will post pictures and details when it's done. It appears that the smaller 256GB version isn't quite as fast as the 512GB versions, so I would imagine that's where the difference comes from more than the PCIe adapter. Your numbers like almost exactly like Ars Technica's results for the 256GB version.

950 Pro review: Samsung’s first PCIe M.2 NVMe SSD is an absolute monster

well that is good to know. here are some details on the a bigger build and my quest for 6 Million IOPS in a 2u server

https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...e-passed-2-intel-nvme-cages-in-1-server.7425/

 

[JSchuricht]

I'm on the tablet right now due to an upgrade not going so well. Anyways, before I blame another issue on the mainboard, are any of you able to UEFI boot with a 950 pro with Windows?

Doing an upgrade from a Z77 board to Z170 with a Supermicro C7Z170-SQ which I am less than impressed with so far.

 

[Keljian]

Why on earth did you go a supermicro C7z170-SQ? - Supermicro make server/workstation boards, not overclocking desktop boards.

(I would have gone an Asrock, I'm just partial to them)

 

[JSchuricht]

It was a spur of the moment upgrade with no planning. Basically I went to Newegg, selected socket 1151, looked at the manufacturers and went ooh, Supermicro...add to cart. The last time I used Supermicro for a workstation build was a socket 603 P4 based Xeon with Rambus build. I don't have any plans to overclock this one, it's just a workstation with a couple of 290x video cards and a 10Gb NIC. All the heavy stuff is done on the servers.

Anyways, I finally got UEFI boot working. Just need to solve a few other issues with the physical placement of some components.