Samsung SSD 950 pro M.2

MZ-VKV256 MZ-VKV512
General Feature Application Client PCs
Capacity1) 256 GB (1GB=1 Billionbyte by IDEMA) 512 GB (1GB=1 Billionbyte by IDEMA)
Form Factor M.2 (2280)2)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 (up to 32 Gb/s) NVMe 1.1
Dimension (LxWxH) Max. 80.15 x 22.15 x 2.38 (mm)
Weight Max. 10g (512GB)
NAND Type Samsung V-NAND
Controller Samsung UBX controller
Cache Memory Samsung 512 MB Low Power DDR3 SDRAM
Special Feature TRIM Support TRIM Supported (Required OS support)
S.M.A.R.T Support S.M.A.R.T Supported
GC (Garbage Collection) Auto Garbage Collection Algorithm
Data Security AES 256-bit for User Data Encryption
WWN Support N/A
Performance3) Sequential Read Up to 2,200 MB/sec Up to 2,500 MB/sec
Sequential Write Up to 900 MB/sec Up to 1,500 MB/sec
Random Read
(4 KB, QD 32, Thread 4)
Up to 270,000 IOPS Up to 300,000 IOPS
Random Write
(4 KB, QD 32, Thread 4)
Up to 85,000 IOPS Up to 110,000 IOPS
Random Read
(4 KB, QD 1, Thread 1)
Up to 11,000 IOPS Up to 12,000 IOPS
Random Write
(4 KB, QD 1, Thread 1)
Up to 43,000 IOPS Up to 43,000 IOPS
Environment Power Consumption4) Active average/maximum:
5.1 W/6.4 W (256 GB), 5.7 W/7.0 W (512 GB),

Idle : 70mW, DEVSLP(L1.2 mode) : 2.5mW
Reliability (MTBF) 1.5 Million Hours Reliability (MTBF)
Operating Temperature 0 °C to 70 °C (Measured by SMART Temperature. Proper airflow recommended)
Humidity 5% to 95%, non-condensing
Vibration 20~2000Hz, 20G
Shock 1500G , duration 0.5m sec, 3 axis
Software Management SW Magician Software for SSD management
Installation Kit Not Available
Warranty 5 Year Limited Warranty or 200 TBW Limited Warranty
(Whichever comes first)
5 Year Limited Warranty or 400 TBW Limited Warranty
(Whichever comes first)
  • 1)Actual usable capacity may be less (due to formatting, partitioning, operating system, applications or otherwise)
  • 2)M.2 is a specification of form factor for ultra-thin PCs, The M.2 standard allows widths 12, 16, 22 and 30mm and lengths of 16, 26, 30, 38, 42, 60, 80 and 110 mm, Commercially M.2 is popular with width 22mm and lengths 30, 42, 60 , 80 and 110mm. Samsung provides the most popular form factor with 22mm X 80mm model (i.e., 2280) to consider user convenience.
  • 3)Sequential performance measurements based on CrystalDiskMark 5.0.2, and Random performance measurements based on Iometer 1.1.0. Performance may vary based on SSD’s firmware version, system hardware & configuration. Test system configuration: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.5GHz, DDR3 1600MHz 8GB, OS – Windows10 x64, Mainboard: MSI (Skylake), Model : Z170 KRAIT Gaming
  • 4)Power consumption measured with IOmeter 1.1.0 with Intel i7-4770K(Haswell, 3.5GHz), DDR3 8GB, ASRock Z87 Extreme9/ac, APST on, OS- Windows7 Ultimate x64 SP1