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Description: MZVLW256HEHP, M.2. PCI Express Gen3 x4
Drive Size: 238.5 GB
Other names: SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW256, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000L2, PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW256 SCSI Disk Device, PM961 NVMe SED Samsung 256GB, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000L1, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000H7, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000H1
Drive First Benchmarked: 2016-09-18
Drive Rating/$Price: 360.37
Overall Rank: 3936
Last Price Change: $38.68 USD (2024-09-23)
| Sequential Read | 2,620 MBytes/Sec |
|---|---|
| Sequential Write | 905 MBytes/Sec |
| Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20) | 687 MBytes/Sec |
| IOPS 4KQD1 | 62 MBytes/Sec |
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| Drive | Average Disk Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB | 51,996 | |
| Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD | 51,664 | |
| KINGSTON FURY Renegade 2TB SSD | 50,261 | |
| Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD | 50,129 | |
| Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD | 48,899 | |
| KINGSTON KC3000 2TB | 48,791 | |
| WD BLACK SN850X 1TB | 47,239 | |
| Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD | 45,274 | |
| KINGSTON KC3000 1TB | 44,480 | |
| Samsung PM961 256GB NVMe | 13,939 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2025 |
| Baseline | Disk Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2746940 - Jul 07 2025 | 15916 | |
| BL2746908 - Jul 07 2025 | 15158 | |
| BL2746502 - Jul 07 2025 | 15064 | |
| BL2746205 - Jul 07 2025 | 16172 | |
| BL2745705 - Jul 06 2025 | 4479 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2025 |
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