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Samsung SM951 512GB AHCI MZHPV512HDGL-00000 M.2 80mm PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD - OEM

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Digital Storage Capacity 256 GB
Hard Disk Interface Solid State
Connectivity Technology USB
Brand Samsung
Special Feature Portable
Hard Disk Form Factor 2.5 Inches
Hard Disk Description Solid State Drive
Compatible Devices Works with most motherboards and notebooks with a compatible M.2 PCIe interface slot. Includes Z97 and X99 motherboards and pre-cylindrical Mac Pro. Not compatible with the MacBook, MacBook Air or MacBook Pro See more
Installation Type Internal Hard Drive
Hard Disk Size 512 GB

About this item

  • M.2 Interface: PCIe 3.0 x4 lanes, up to 32Gb/s
  • 512MB LPDDR2 DRAM Buffer Memory
  • 3 Year Warranty, Supports Standard AHCI driver, APM and L1.2 Power Saving Mode, End-to-End Data Protection, Supports TRIM Command, RoHS Compliant, Halogen-Free Compliant
  • Sequential Read: 2150MB/s, Sequential Write: 1500 MB/s, Random Read (QD=4): 90K IOPS, Random Write (QD=4): 70K IOPS
  • Works with most motherboards and notebooks with a compatible M.2 PCIe interface slot. Includes Z97 and X99 motherboards and pre-cylindrical Mac Pro. Not compatible with the MacBook, MacBook Air or MacBook Pro
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Hard Drive ‎512 GB Solid State Drive
Other Technical Details
Brand ‎Samsung
Series ‎SM951u00a0
Item model number ‎MZHPV512HDGL-00000
Hardware Platform ‎Mac
Item Weight ‎0.32 ounces
Product Dimensions ‎3.15 x 0.87 x 0.15 inches
Item Dimensions LxWxH ‎3.15 x 0.87 x 0.15 inches
Flash Memory Size ‎256 GB
Hard Drive Interface ‎Solid State
Manufacturer ‎Samsung
ASIN ‎B00VELDBJ6
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‎No
Date First Available ‎March 31, 2015

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Customers find the SSD fantastically fast, with write speeds reaching 1600 Mbps and quick boot times. Moreover, the drive works well with Windows 8.1 installation in minutes and is compatible with various devices, including HP Spectre X360 laptops. Additionally, customers describe it as excellent, stable, and reliable, with one customer noting that Windows 7 and 10 have no problems booting from it.

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42 customers mention "Speed"36 positive6 negative

Customers praise the SSD's performance, noting quick boot times and write speeds of up to 1600 Mbps, with one customer mentioning it installed Windows 8.1 in minutes.

"...This works great as a data drive and is very fast but for an OS boot drive get the Kingston HyperX series...." Read more

"blazing fast speed. in ATTO Disk Benchmark 2.24 GB/s Read 1.6 GB/s Write..." Read more

"...However it is extremely fast and I use it as my boot drive for Windows 10 without any problems on my MSI X99A Gaming 7 motherboard in PCIe mode...." Read more

"...Moving from an SSD to this is like night and day - everything loads immediately!..." Read more

24 customers mention "Functionality"21 positive3 negative

Customers report that the SSD works great, with one mentioning it performs perfectly with Windows 10 beta and another noting its effectiveness as a data drive.

"...I don't know, but this AHCI version works great...." Read more

"...This works great as a data drive and is very fast but for an OS boot drive get the Kingston HyperX series...." Read more

"...I had no issues getting it to work but you will need some research or a knowledge of such things...." Read more

"Works well, but don't be fooled by the spec numbers...." Read more

12 customers mention "Quality"12 positive0 negative

Customers find the SSD to be excellent, with one mentioning it's perfect for completing a high-performance PC.

"...line 3.5 form factor ssds this is about the same price per gb and worth try." Read more

"Amazing SSD. fits perfect into my Rampage V board. no issues detecting it or booting to it. super fast...." Read more

"Nice, super fast SSD. I have it setup as the boot drive, which has my computer ready for use in mere seconds after power up." Read more

"Great product. Fast, reliable, easy to install." Read more

4 customers mention "Compatibility"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the SSD compatible with various laptops, including the HP Spectre X360 and Dell XPS 13, with one customer successfully installing Windows 10.

"Fast drive, installed into an HP Spectre X360 laptop. Quadrulpled the performance over the factory Samsung SSD drive!..." Read more

"...firmware; my bios picked it up right away and I was able to install Windows 10 right to it and boot as a standard SSD...." Read more

"Superb device. Installed it in my Dell XPS 13 (2015 model) and it works great." Read more

"Installed in an HP X360 Spectre ... works great." Read more

4 customers mention "Stability"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the SSD stable and reliable.

"Pros: Fast Stable Easy to install Cons: Expensive per gb Slower than top of the line Intel PCI-E drive..." Read more

"Great product. Fast, reliable, easy to install." Read more

"Fantastically fast and reliable. Installed Windows 8.1 in minutes." Read more

"Fast, stable, easy upgrade!..." Read more

3 customers mention "Boot speed"3 positive0 negative

Customers report positive experiences with the SSD's boot speed, with one mentioning that Windows 7 and 10 have no problem booting from it, and another noting that it functions as a standard SSD.

"...away and I was able to install Windows 10 right to it and boot as a standard SSD. I just wish I waited for the ever so slightly faster NVMe version...." Read more

"...motherboard at full speed without any issues, windows 7 and 10 have no problem booting from it." Read more

"Amazing SSD. fits perfect into my Rampage V board. no issues detecting it or booting to it. super fast...." Read more

Super fast DIY Linux Mini PC SSD
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Super fast DIY Linux Mini PC SSD
Samsung SM951 512GB AHCI MZHPV512HDGL-00000 M.2 80mm PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD - OEM Intel NUC Kit NUC6i5SYH BOXNUC6I5SYH Silver/Black specs identify maximum bandwidth of SATA drives as 540 MB/s and M.2 SSD PCIe drives as 1600 MB/s. Low speed versions of this device, like Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB M.2 3.5-Inch SSD (MZ-N5E500BW) listed on Amazon as frequently bought together with Intel NUC kits or others like Transcend 512 GB SATA III MTS600 60 mm M.2 SSD (TS512GMTS600), squander that valuable bandwidth. The Intel NUC spec also indicates that it supports "AHCI mode", so the Samsung SM951 512GB NVMe MZVPV512HDGL-00000 M.2 80mm PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD - OEM version may not work. I don't know, but this AHCI version works great. I experienced a lot of frustration getting my Intel NUC to boot from this device, and found no explicit instructions online. Here is the simple solution: On startup press F2 into BIOS and disable "Legacy" mode. Press 10 to exit and save. Install Linux Mint 17.3 from a USB flash drive, and it will format the Samsung SM951 AHCI SSD and install an EFI boot version of Linux Mint that will boot in UEFI mode. The attached images show the disk info and two benchmarks, with average read & write speeds far above the EVO read & write speeds of 540 MB/s and 520 MB/s respectively. More detailed instructions and reasons will be found in my review of the Intel NUC.
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  • y2vlog
    5.0 out of 5 stars Super fast DIY Linux Mini PC SSD
    Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2016
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    Samsung SM951 512GB AHCI MZHPV512HDGL-00000 M.2 80mm PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD - OEM
    Intel NUC Kit NUC6i5SYH BOXNUC6I5SYH Silver/Black specs identify maximum bandwidth of SATA drives as 540 MB/s and M.2 SSD PCIe drives as 1600 MB/s. Low speed versions of this device, like Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB M.2 3.5-Inch SSD (MZ-N5E500BW) listed on Amazon as frequently bought together with Intel NUC kits or others like Transcend 512 GB SATA III MTS600 60 mm M.2 SSD (TS512GMTS600), squander that valuable bandwidth. The Intel NUC spec also indicates that it supports "AHCI mode", so the Samsung SM951 512GB NVMe MZVPV512HDGL-00000 M.2 80mm PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD - OEM version may not work. I don't know, but this AHCI version works great. I experienced a lot of frustration getting my Intel NUC to boot from this device, and found no explicit instructions online. Here is the simple solution: On startup press F2 into BIOS and disable "Legacy" mode. Press 10 to exit and save. Install Linux Mint 17.3 from a USB flash drive, and it will format the Samsung SM951 AHCI SSD and install an EFI boot version of Linux Mint that will boot in UEFI mode. The attached images show the disk info and two benchmarks, with average read & write speeds far above the EVO read & write speeds of 540 MB/s and 520 MB/s respectively. More detailed instructions and reasons will be found in my review of the Intel NUC.
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    y2vlog
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Super fast DIY Linux Mini PC SSD

    Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2016
    Samsung SM951 512GB AHCI MZHPV512HDGL-00000 M.2 80mm PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD - OEM
    Intel NUC Kit NUC6i5SYH BOXNUC6I5SYH Silver/Black specs identify maximum bandwidth of SATA drives as 540 MB/s and M.2 SSD PCIe drives as 1600 MB/s. Low speed versions of this device, like Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB M.2 3.5-Inch SSD (MZ-N5E500BW) listed on Amazon as frequently bought together with Intel NUC kits or others like Transcend 512 GB SATA III MTS600 60 mm M.2 SSD (TS512GMTS600), squander that valuable bandwidth. The Intel NUC spec also indicates that it supports "AHCI mode", so the Samsung SM951 512GB NVMe MZVPV512HDGL-00000 M.2 80mm PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD - OEM version may not work. I don't know, but this AHCI version works great. I experienced a lot of frustration getting my Intel NUC to boot from this device, and found no explicit instructions online. Here is the simple solution: On startup press F2 into BIOS and disable "Legacy" mode. Press 10 to exit and save. Install Linux Mint 17.3 from a USB flash drive, and it will format the Samsung SM951 AHCI SSD and install an EFI boot version of Linux Mint that will boot in UEFI mode. The attached images show the disk info and two benchmarks, with average read & write speeds far above the EVO read & write speeds of 540 MB/s and 520 MB/s respectively. More detailed instructions and reasons will be found in my review of the Intel NUC.
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  • Tenebs
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great but not for an OS Boot Drive UNLESS you plan on a non-plug and play OS install
    Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2015
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    If you are planning to use this PCI SSD as an OS boot drive it DON"T DO IT unless you desire and have the knowledge to go beyond simply putting your OS dvd in the CD burner and installing. These are considered OEM drives and do not contain the necessary setting for to install an OS boot drive without going through (non-trival for non computer geeks) the steps for making a USB boot drive containing your OS install disk contents. Some have gotten it to work by following a bunch or crazy procedures - I never got it/motherboard to recognize the OS flash drives I was trying to install the OS with so it became a cache drive for adobe.
    This works great as a data drive and is very fast but for an OS boot drive get the Kingston HyperX series. The Kingston is plug and play for installing Windows
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  • James
    3.0 out of 5 stars specs are amazing, however it is very hard to get working ...
    Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2015
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    It's a very fast drive, specs are amazing, however it is very hard to get working on certain motherboards. Make sure your board, even though it accepts an M.2 slot, that the Bios is willing to work with this drive easily. It was a big headache to install on my Gigabyte UD3H Black, spent 3 days trying everything to get Mac OS X or Windows 7/8/10 installed. After installation boots would freeze constantly. Returned, and going to wait on next gen and motherboards to catch up to this tech.
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  • Ramy Said
    5.0 out of 5 stars blazing fast speed. in ATTO Disk Benchmark 2. ...
    Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2015
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    blazing fast speed.
    in ATTO Disk Benchmark

    2.24 GB/s Read
    1.6 GB/s Write

    in order to get the max out of this SSD in desktop environment have those tips for anyone who want to buy this SSD

    1- you must make sure you have PCI 8x M2 socket on your motherboard or purchase a pci 3.0 to M.2 SSD adapter
    2- turn off c-state in your bios it will give you extra performance
    3- running this SSD with windows 10 have issues because no mature AHCI drivers yet for windows 10 so the max speed for read and write under windows 10 would be 1.7 GB/s and 1.5GB/s for read and write
    4- under windows 8.1 with the latest intel AHCI/RAID driver for motherboard Asus Rampage V Extreme i was able to attain full speed for this SSD
    5- you must install windows on this SSD using UEFI motherboard and in UEFI Mode it will not boot in legacy mode
    6- you must understand how much lanes your motherboard have with you processor because to have full speed of this SSD it must be running on 4x PCI-e so for those who will run on X99 motherboard they will have plenty of lanes (40 lane ) on the other side z97 have only 16 lanes

    thanks
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  • Heinrich
    1.0 out of 5 stars Bricked after 5 months, new model is not only better, but cheaper and actually supported (RMA-able) as well, unlike this turd.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2015
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    I bought this for a new build. ASUS Z170 Deluxe motherboard with new Intel Skylake processor and GTX980 TI Superclocked+ as well as some DDR4 3400 memory. Wanted a blazing fast drive to go with it and I didn't want to wait for an NVMe drive. Big mistake.

    Impressed at first, but then I had a crash where a critical system file was corrupted and was affecting startup. 50/50 chance of a successful startup. Even then after extended use system would BSOD and back to the 50/50 start up game. A Windows 10 reinstall fixed the issue.

    Fast forward 2 months later, to today. I turn on my computer to find a "can't find bootable drive" error. A check showed the drive as UNALLOCATED SPACE, meaning there's not even a format (NTFS, FAT32, etc.) left. It's done and bricked after barely any use.

    The icing on the turd cake is that since this is OEM, there is no support (no RMA) from Samsung. $350 dollars down the drain during the holiday season. Amazing.

    Now I'm ordering a similar and similarly priced NVMe drive. And it'll be a consumer model so I WILL get support if it bricks.

    Don't waste your money on this particular piece of junk, go with the 950 PRO NVMe instead. At least if the consumer version breaks you'll have a chance to RMA it.

    Also don't waste your money if you want an easy installation. M.2 drives take some technical know-how to get working properly.
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  • kanabeach44
    2.0 out of 5 stars My usb key is fine, it boot on it but i can't see ...
    Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2015
    Hi,

    I have this ssd and z170 maximus viii hero and i can't install windows 7 on it...
    My usb key is fine, it boot on it but i can't see the SM951 ssd when i want to choose the disk for install windows...
    How to do please
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  • OK
    5.0 out of 5 stars De los mejores SSD
    Reviewed in Spain on April 15, 2016
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    La tasa de transferencia que tiene es insuperable. Si quieres un ultrabook que vuele y arranque en pocos segundos es tu dispositivo. Complementa con buena cantidad de RAM y tendrás un avión.
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  • Christian
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hammer Geschwindigkeit
    Reviewed in Germany on December 19, 2015
    Verified Purchase
    Hallo

    hab die 512GB in einem Lenovo X1 Carbon 3.Gen.
    rennt wie die Sau: 1.4GB/s Transferrate :)

    Temperatur im Normalbetrieb bei 30-35 ° C
    bei Dauerfeuer (10 Minuten fullspeed nonstop filetransfer) werden es 62°

    von mir gibt es eine klare Kaufempfehlung!
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  • TyrusX
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on July 28, 2016
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    really really fast ssd
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  • Rosario T.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Come fare il Boot da SM951 su una ASUS X99-A/Usb 3.1
    Reviewed in Italy on December 17, 2015
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    Procedimento per il Boot da schedaSSD ''Samsung SM951" su scheda madre "Asus X99-a/usb 3.1". La mia versione di bios era la "1801 del 15/05/2015", (potete vederla da "Start ->cerca programma file", digitando "System", poi cliccando su "system information", quando compare in alto), con questa versione, ho provato ad installare il sistema operativo "windows 7/64bit", direttamente sulla SM951, (tenendo scollegato l'hard disk dalla porta USB3), e in effetti mi ha caricato correttamente l'SO. Il problema è che riaccendendo la macchina, il boot, dalla SM951, non riusciva e ritornava la schermata del bios. Dopo un po' di tribolazione e ricerche varie, ho capito che bisognava cambiare alcune impostazioni, fatto ciò, ancora non andava. Come altri hanno già constatato, il problema era proprio la versione inadatta del bios installato. Quindi bisogna andare sul sito ufficiale di Asus, in "Driver & Utilità", selezionare il proprio sistema operativo, dare invio sulla voce "bios" e scaricare la versione più aggiornata, per me era la "X99-A-USB3.1 BIOS", (la numero 2001 del 03/12/2015). Per installare il bios, dovete decomprimere il file, vi comparirà "X99-A-USB31-ASUS-2001.CAP", rinominatelo come "X99A.CAP", (ma credo funzionerebbe anche con "xxxx.cap"), copiatelo su una chiavetta pulita, fate ripartire la macchina, entrate nel bios, (con DEL o con F2), selezionate "Advanced", quindi "Tool", poi scegliete "ASUS EZ Flash Utility", selezionate il file "X99A.CAP" della vostra chiavetta e date Invio per caricare il bios, quando avrà finito, ripartite, entrate nuovamente nel bios, cercate la voce "Optimized Default", cliccate, poi salvate e uscite. Ora, per partire dalla SM951, (col Sistema Operativo precedentemente installato), dovete staccare l'Hard Disck, (se ce l'avete), dalla porta USB3, e rientrare nel bios per cambiare qualcosa sull'ordine di partenza (per il boot) e sulle PCI-E; quando ci siete, selezionate "Advanced", quindi "Boot", poi giù trovate "CSM", (Support Module Compatibility), entrate, andate su "avvio da dispositivi PCI-E/PCI di espansione" e selezionate "Driver UEFI First" (la selezione predefinita è "Legacy Only"), infine andate su "Exit" e selezionate "Save Changes and Reset", il boot sarà fatto dalla vostra SM951, se tutto è filato liscio. Prestazioni di Windows, con l'HDD mi dava un punteggio di 5.9, ora con la SM951, da il massimo cioè 7.9. In bocca al Lupo a tutti.
    Link di ASUS per scaricare il BIOS: [...]
    Link Utile:
    [...]
    (Un po' prima della metà testo, leggete "ASUS X99-A motherboard. Can be booted with the AHCI SM951 or XP941 in the onboard M.2 socket ....").
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  • OverMark
    5.0 out of 5 stars Juste une tuerie !!!!!!!! juillet 2016
    Reviewed in France on July 26, 2016
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    J'ai commandé cette barrette de mémoire afin de l'utiliser dans un Mac pro datant de 2008 (3.1), et pour m'en servir comme disque dur principal.
    Pour information :
    la carte que j'ai commandée est la suivante:
    -> Samsung SM951 512GB M.2 NGFF PCIe Gen3 8Gb/s x4 Solid state drive SSD (2280) ( MZHPV512HDGL-00000)
    Je l'ai installé sur une carte PCI Lycom DT-120 (surtout pas le Lycom DT-129 qui ne fonctionne pas avec ce type de Mac Pro 2008 !!!)
    Mon système d'exploitation : El capitan 10.11.6
    je l'ai installé sur un slot *16 (le premier en partant du bas)

    Une fois installée vous pouvait aller directement dans l'utilitaire de disque pour formater votre barrette et y installer votre système d'exploitation c'est ce que j'ai fait ensuite vous pouvais sélectionner dans les préférences système votre disque de démarrage en sélectionnant votre barrette.

    Je n'ai encore pas essayé d'installer le trim et je ne sais pas si c'est possible mais il existe une ligne de commande à appliquer au terminal pour activer se trim très simplement.

    Les mesures effectuées avec le logiciel speedtest de Blackmagic Design sont particulièrement élevées comparer à un vertex 4 précédemment installé sur ce Mac.
    Les débits en écriture et en lecture sont respectivement : 1200mo/s et 1400 mo/s un truc de Ouf !!!

    je recommande vivement ce produit à celui qui veut upgrader son mac pro en version fussé Ariane !! avec 32 g de ram et une GTX 980 6go ram. inutile d'acheter les nouveaux Mac pro.

    petite astuce si vous avait l'impression que votre carte est mal fixée il faut dévisser la vis du dessous puis installait votre carte en avis sans et ensuite ajouter la vie du dessous !! votre carte sera ainsi parfaitement stable et ne bougera pas sur son support PCI

    je recommande ce produit. à acheter les yeux fermés

    ATTENTION : la samsung NVME 950 Pro ne fonctionne pas sur les Mac Pro 2008 (3.1) !!!!! ainsi que la samsung MZVPV256HDGL-00000

    vous remarquerai sur la référence de la Samsung que j'ai installée sur mon Mac MZH <- le V est super important car la version MZV <- ne fonctionne pas sur Mac pro 2008
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