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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
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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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Newegg | $199.99 | $0.391 | In Stock | $199.99 | Buy |
About This Product
The Samsung 950 PRO 512GB is an M.2 NVMe SSD utilizing PCIe Gen3 x4. It offers sequential read speeds up to 2500 MB/s and write speeds up to 1500 MB/s, significantly faster than SATA SSDs. This drive is suitable for users requiring high-speed storage for demanding applications and large file transfers, outperforming many contemporary M.2 SATA and older NVMe drives.
Verdict
βGood for professionals needing fast storage for intensive tasks, if budget allows for older NVMe.β
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
2,500 MB/s
Sequential Write
1,500 MB/s
4K Random Read
300K IOPS
4K Random Write
110K IOPS
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
400 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.43 DWPD
MTBF
1.5M hours
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache β what most retailers don't show you.
DRAM Cache
Yes (512 MB)
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