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Drive Size: 238.5 GB
Other names: M.2 SATA 2280 256GB, M.2 2280 256GB, M.2 2280 SATA 256GB
Drive First Benchmarked: 2021-04-24
Drive Rating/$Price: 84.39
Overall Rank: 10065
Last Price Change: $39.9 USD (2026-01-22)
| Sequential Read | 525 MBytes/Sec |
|---|---|
| Sequential Write | 411 MBytes/Sec |
| Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20) | 106 MBytes/Sec |
| IOPS 4KQD1 | 11 MBytes/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| $39.90 USD | Buy Now! | |
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| Drive | Average Disk Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| M.2 2280 256GB | 3,367 | |
| Seagate ST2000DM008 | 2,316 | |
| Seagate ST1000DM010 | 1,381 | |
| Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive | 1,318 | |
| TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 | 1,258 | |
| WDC WD10EZEX | 1,219 | |
| Seagate ST1000DM003 | 1,174 | |
| TOSHIBA DT01ACA050 | 1,145 | |
| TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100 | 1,063 | |
| WDC WD10SPZX | 904 | |
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| Baseline | Disk Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3195511 - Jan 07 2026 | 3354 | |
| BL3120367 - Dec 09 2025 | 3387 | |
| BL2877110 - Sep 01 2025 | 3527 | |
| BL2794321 - Jul 27 2025 | 3529 | |
| BL2742323 - Jul 05 2025 | 2222 | |
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