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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: 358.42
Overall Rank: 5071
Last Price Change: $38.68 USD (2024-09-23)
| Sequential Read | 2,698 MBytes/Sec |
|---|---|
| Sequential Write | 903 MBytes/Sec |
| Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20) | 681 MBytes/Sec |
| IOPS 4KQD1 | 61 MBytes/Sec |
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| Drive | Average Disk Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB SSD | 84,850 | |
| WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB | 51,309 | |
| Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD | 50,691 | |
| Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD | 49,342 | |
| KINGSTON KC3000 2TB | 49,052 | |
| Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD | 48,146 | |
| WD BLACK SN850X 1TB | 46,658 | |
| Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD | 44,212 | |
| KINGSTON KC3000 1TB | 43,815 | |
| Samsung PM961 256GB NVMe | 13,864 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2026 |
| Baseline | Disk Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3496307 - May 29 2026 | 8529 | |
| BL3494677 - May 28 2026 | 15695 | |
| BL3493799 - May 28 2026 | 11567 | |
| BL3493712 - May 28 2026 | 4160 | |
| BL3492633 - May 27 2026 | 14805 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2026 |
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