Today we have one that does deliver full performance and we will be charting its performance alongside the new SM951 NVMe drive. When we last looked at the SM951 AHCI SSD, we had a Lenovo version that did not deliver full performance. We will examine both how the SM951 NVMe stacks up against Intel's monster 750 Series, as well as how much better it performs in comparison to the SM951 AHCI version. The NVMe protocol has a greatly reduced command stack that delivers lower latency, higher IOPS and reduced CPU overhead, so we expect to see great performance from Samsung's SM951 NVMe SSD. Samsung is looking for the performance crown and in an effort to capture it, they have introduced an NVME version of their highly successful SM951 M.2 SSD. Despite its small size, the SM951 AHCI SSD is 4x faster than SATA-based SSD's and in a desktop setting delivers performance nearly on par with Intel's 750 Series NVMe SSD's. We are starting to see many enthusiasts using the AHCI SM951 in their desktop's Ultra M.2 slots as a boot drive. Currently Samsung's SM951 NVMe M.2 SSD is only available to OEM's, however RamCity has stated to us they will be selling the drive to consumers beginning in mid-July of this year. To extend battery life, the SM951 is capable of L1.2 low-power standby mode, which allows all high-speed circuits to be turned off when a PC is in sleep mode or hibernating, requiring only 2mW to maintain operational status. The SM951 is designed primarily for implementation in today's ultra-slim notebook PC's that require extended battery use. In contrast to Intel's 750 series, Samsung's 256GB SM951 PCIe Gen3 8Gb/s x 4 Lane NVMe M.2 SSD has only 2-16nm Planar flash packages, 1-DRAM package and a proprietary UBX 3-core 8-channel controller. Samsung has taken an opposite approach by embracing the M.2 form factor despite its diminutive size. Popular Now: Microsoft 'neutered' Bing Chat after its AI threatened to carry out revenge
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