THE 950 PRO 512GB

The 950 Pro follows the typical 80mm long design as every other M.2 (2280) drive out in the market.

As you can see the rear is empty so perhaps in the near future Samsung may place modules there to boost a 1TB model (it's possible).

Removing the top sticker reveals the two NAND flash modules, the 512MB LPDDR3 DRAM module and the UBX controller.

Each module is 256GB in size.

The UBX NAND flash controller is known to run a bit hot so we will check that out too in this review.

M.2 drives are fully compatible both with M.2 mainboard connectors and PCIe adapters (cards).

To test the 950 Pro 512GB with our X99 based test rig we used a PCIe-NVMe 3.0 x4 adapter by Lycom (keep in mind that regular M.2 adapters are not compatible with the NVMe models like the 950 Pro).

This adapter has room for M.2 cards up to 110mm in length so the 950 Pro left some room to spare.

The 950 Pro installed in the Z170 test rig.