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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
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Will It Run?
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Samsung

Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
| Merchant | Price | $/GB |
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| Availability |
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| Total |
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Newegg | $199.99 | $0.781 | In Stock | $199.99 | Buy |
About This Product
The Samsung 950 PRO 256GB is an M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD. It offers significantly faster sequential read/write speeds compared to SATA SSDs, making it suitable for users requiring high data throughput. While its performance is strong for its generation, newer PCIe Gen 4 and Gen 5 drives offer higher peak speeds, though often at a higher cost.
Verdict
“A solid PCIe Gen 3 NVMe SSD for users prioritizing speed over capacity on a budget.”
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
2,200 MB/s
Sequential Write
900 MB/s
4K Random Read
270K IOPS
4K Random Write
85K IOPS
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
200 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.43 DWPD
MTBF
1.5M hours
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache — what most retailers don't show you.
DRAM Cache
Yes (512 MB)
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