Samsung 950 PRO NVMe M.2 Solid State Drives Ultra

If you’re a heavy workload professional searching for an SSD with uncompromising power and performance, look no further. The next-generation Samsung 950 PRO delivers exceptional performance for professionals.

Samsung’s new 950 Pro M.2 drives support the cutting-edge V-NAND-based NVMe and PCI Express Gen 3 x4 lanes, providing a higher bandwidth and lower latency to process a massive amount more data than SATA SSDs. Presented in a compact M.2 form factor, the future-oriented 950 PRO is ideal for professionals using high-end PCs and workstations.

Experience a next-generation SSD today

Equipped with the enhanced bandwidth of the NVMe interface, the 950 PRO is ideal for intensive workloads, such as computer-aided design, data analysis and engineering simulations. It outperforms SATA SSDs by over 4.5 times in sequential read and by over 2.5 times in sequential write, delivering the speeds of 2,500 MB/s and 1,500 MB/s respectively.

Save power while maintaining peak performance

If you’re in the midst of performing a complex data analysis or engineering simulation on your laptop, you surely don’t want to run out your battery. Compared to SATA SSD power consumption, the 950 PRO is up to 1.5 times more power efficient, so your battery will last longer and maintain superior performance levels.

Maximise endurance under heavy workloads

The innovative V-NAND technology in the 950 PRO increases endurance and prolongs the lifespan with insulators that cause less stress and are more resistant to wear under heavy client workloads over a 5-year period. The 950 PRO also features Dynamic Thermal Throttling Protection technology, which controls the temperature of the device to reduce overheating and maintain a high level of sustained performance.

Please Note: While numerous motherboards support M.2 drives, they often restrict the amount of data that can be moved to and from the drive via the M.2 interface resulting in slower than expected speeds (around 50%) due to running at only PCI-e 2 speeds. To enable these drives to work at full speed, the M.2 interface on your motherboard must support PCIe 3.0 and have four lanes (many only support two at this time). The new x170 chipset from Intel is able to accommodate these faster speeds.

PLEASE NOTE: These M.2 drives are compatible with Type M keys only. Please check your hardware is compatible with this type. There is also a Type B key which these drives will not connect to.

Windows 7 Users: Please note that Windows 7 users may experience difficulties installing a fresh copy of Windows 7 directly onto a NVMe M.2 SSD. This is due to Windows 7 not having a driver for the M.2 drive. Microsoft have provided a hotfix and instruction to help install Windows 7 on a NVMe drive. Please click this link for further information.