Author: parsec
Subject: How To Install Windows On A PCIe SSD
Posted: 10 Oct 2016 at 10:37pm
If the temperatures you showed us were during the Samsung benchmark test, then you do NOT have an over heating problem. You are lucky that you don't, given your 950 Pro is covered by your video card. Many 950 Pro users have the over heating problem with that configuration.
Your CrystalDiskMark test result is 100% normal. This is my 256GB 950 Pro:
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The 256GB version is not quite as fast as the 512GB model in the sequential read and write speeds. I also have all the CPU power saving options disabled during the test, which will cause slightly better results.
Given your Crystal results, your 950 Pro seems fine. I see nothing wrong, the results are right on or very close to the specifications. If the basis for you returning your 950 is the Samsung test result, I would think twice.
I never use the Samsung benchmark test. It's known to have bugs in the Random Read test that does not allow the 950 Pro to show its full capability. Plus I'm reluctant to trust a test created by the manufacture of the product being tested. I don't know why your Samsung test result is strange, but really only in the Sequential read speed test. You can see in your Crystal result, it is fine.
Yet another benchmark you can try is AS SSD:
http://www.alex-is.de/PHP/fusion/downloads.php?download_id=9
(The forum hyper link tool is not working for some reason, the URL above is correct.) Scroll to the bottom of that page to find the download link.
AS SSD is in some ways more difficult then other benchmark tests. The file sizes it uses for the Sequential speed tests result in somewhat lower read speed results. Otherwise you can see the true IOPs results. For example:
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If you try AS SSD, and your results are fine, IMO nothing is wrong with your 950 Pro, or its configuration.
Subject: How To Install Windows On A PCIe SSD
Posted: 10 Oct 2016 at 10:37pm
If the temperatures you showed us were during the Samsung benchmark test, then you do NOT have an over heating problem. You are lucky that you don't, given your 950 Pro is covered by your video card. Many 950 Pro users have the over heating problem with that configuration.
Your CrystalDiskMark test result is 100% normal. This is my 256GB 950 Pro:
The 256GB version is not quite as fast as the 512GB model in the sequential read and write speeds. I also have all the CPU power saving options disabled during the test, which will cause slightly better results.
Given your Crystal results, your 950 Pro seems fine. I see nothing wrong, the results are right on or very close to the specifications. If the basis for you returning your 950 is the Samsung test result, I would think twice.
I never use the Samsung benchmark test. It's known to have bugs in the Random Read test that does not allow the 950 Pro to show its full capability. Plus I'm reluctant to trust a test created by the manufacture of the product being tested. I don't know why your Samsung test result is strange, but really only in the Sequential read speed test. You can see in your Crystal result, it is fine.
Yet another benchmark you can try is AS SSD:
http://www.alex-is.de/PHP/fusion/downloads.php?download_id=9
(The forum hyper link tool is not working for some reason, the URL above is correct.) Scroll to the bottom of that page to find the download link.
AS SSD is in some ways more difficult then other benchmark tests. The file sizes it uses for the Sequential speed tests result in somewhat lower read speed results. Otherwise you can see the true IOPs results. For example:
If you try AS SSD, and your results are fine, IMO nothing is wrong with your 950 Pro, or its configuration.