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M.2-256G

Price and performance details for the M.2-256G can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

M.2-256G

Drive Size:  238.5 GB

Other names:  M.2-256G

Drive First Benchmarked: 2023-10-02

Drive Rating/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:  10362

Last Price Change:  NA

Average Drive Rating
3327
Samples: 6

Disk Test Suite Average Results for M.2-256G

Sequential Read471 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write436 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)181 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD120 MBytes/Sec
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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
M.2-256G
3,327
Seagate ST2000DM008
2,311
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,377
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
1,317
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,254
WDC WD10EZEX
1,216
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,176
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
1,143
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,060
WDC WD10SPZX
901
Last 5 Baselines for M.2-256G
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3213198 - Jan 14 2026
3699
BL3191178 - Jan 06 2026
3822
BL2516861 - Mar 29 2025
3705
BL2004251 - Jan 23 2024
3760
BL1960796 - Dec 02 2023
2799