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PM981a NVMe SED Samsung 256GB

Price and performance details for the PM981a NVMe SED Samsung 256GB 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.

PM981a NVMe SED Samsung 256GB

Drive Size:  238.5 GB

Other names:  PM981a NVMe SED Samsung 256GB

Drive First Benchmarked: 2022-04-07

Drive Rating/$Price: 565.99

Overall Rank:  1488

Last Price Change:  $37.99 USD (2023-08-03)

Average Drive Rating
21502
Samples: 15

Disk Test Suite Average Results for PM981a NVMe SED Samsung 256GB

Sequential Read2,646 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write2,076 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)1,258 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD171 MBytes/Sec
MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$37.99 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNADrive Not Available. See Other Models
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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 28th of March 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
WD BLACK SN850X NVMe 2000GB
52,495
Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB
50,776
Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB
49,191
WD BLACK SN850X NVMe 1000GB
48,172
KINGSTON SFYRS1000G
46,171
KINGSTON KC3000 1TB
45,995
WD BLACK SN850 1TB
42,714
Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB
42,372
Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB
39,465
PM981a NVMe SED Samsung 256GB
21,502
Last 5 Baselines for PM981a NVMe SED Samsung 256GB
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL1763788 - Mar 08 2023
12091
BL1546136 - Apr 07 2022
22072
BL1546130 - Apr 07 2022
22273
BL1546124 - Apr 07 2022
22177
BL1546120 - Apr 07 2022
22163