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Samsung PM961 256GB NVMe

Price and performance details for the Samsung PM961 256GB NVMe 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.

Samsung PM961 256GB NVMe

Description:  MZVLW256HEHP, M.2. PCI Express Gen3 x4

Drive Size:  238.5 GB

Other names:  NVMe PM961 NVMe SAMSU, NVMe PM961 NVMe SAMSU SCSI Disk Device, NVMe PM961 NVMe SED S, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW256, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVLW256 SCSI Disk Device, PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB, PM961 NVMe SED Samsung 256GB, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-00007, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000H1, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000H7, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000L1, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-000L7

Drive First Benchmarked: 2016-09-18

Drive Rating/$Price: 191.88

Overall Rank:  390

Last Price Change:  $75 USD (2020-10-20)

Average Drive Rating
14391
Samples: 380
MerchantPrice (USD)Purchase
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Pricing History

Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 31st of October 2020 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Gigabyte AORUS NVMe Gen4 M.2 1TB
 31,170
Corsair Force MP600 1TB
 31,075
Sabrent ROCKET 4.0 1TB
 30,559
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB
 25,186
WD Black SN750 NVMe 1TB
 24,658
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB
 24,244
Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB
 23,410
Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB
 22,385
Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB
 21,951
Samsung PM961 256GB NVMe
 		14,391
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Drive Value (Drive Rating / $Price )
As of 31st of October 2020 - Higher results represent better value
Drive Disk Rating / $Price
Gigabyte AORUS NVMe Gen4 M.2 1TB
 194.83
Samsung PM961 256GB NVMe
 		191.88
Corsair Force MP600 1TB
 172.65
WD Black SN750 NVMe 1TB
 164.40
Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB
 146.35
Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB
 132.47
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB
 111.21
Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB
 66.89
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB
 51.19
Sabrent ROCKET 4.0 1TB
 0.00
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Last 5 Baselines for Samsung PM961 256GB NVMe
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL1315275 - Oct 30 2020
17068
BL1315256 - Oct 30 2020
15067
BL1315054 - Oct 30 2020
18222
BL1314593 - Oct 29 2020
8451
BL1314382 - Oct 29 2020
17099
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