Comments on: Samsung 850 Pro SSD Review – Showing Off With 3D V-NAND

By: joeybuddy96

joeybuddy96 — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 03:39:00 +0000

That would explain the difference. The original 840 Pro review displays scores that are still higher than the 850 Pro’s by some measurements, but no where near the RAPID scores. The 850 Pro has some of the RAPID scores posted near the end of the interview, but does not display the results of every test following enabling RAPID.
https://www.thessdreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/OptCDMRandom.png

By: Les@TheSSDReview

Les@TheSSDReview — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 01:18:00 +0000

In reply to joeybuddy96.

Ummm… are you aware that you are comparing a single SSDs results to that of an SSD in RAPID mode which uses DRAM to increase performance? Totally different concept…

By: joeybuddy96

joeybuddy96 — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 00:36:00 +0000

Why is “The performance of this Crystal DiskMark result is the highest we have ever had, bar none”? Most of the results are lower than the 840 Pro, by almost half in the sequential results:
https://www.thessdreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/840-Pro-RAPID-Bench-Crystal-DiskMark.png
850’s results:
https://www.thessdreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Samsung-850-Pro-CDM.png
It would be nice if the results were all clear-cut (e.g. drive A is superior to drive B in every rating in every test) instead of the rock-paper-scissors game, but that’s the way it was for my 840 Pro pick to begin with.

By: Les@TheSSDReview

Les@TheSSDReview — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:39:00 +0000

In reply to Aris Karamessinis. Absolutely the better of the two is the XP941 as it gives you that performance all the time and full throttle. RAPID is a caching program and acts only as such in certain scenarios.

By: Aris Karamessinis

Aris Karamessinis — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 11:17:00 +0000

A 850 Pro 512 GB (with Rapid mode) or a M2 XP941 512 GB would be the most performant option for a new X99 build?