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Samsung PM981 256GB NVMe SED

Price and performance details for the Samsung PM981 256GB NVMe SED 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 PM981 256GB NVMe SED

Drive Size:  238.5 GB

Other names:  PM981 NVMe SED Samsung 256GB

Drive First Benchmarked: 2019-03-21

Drive Rating/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:  4080

Last Price Change:  NA

Average Drive Rating
16178
Samples: 4

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Samsung PM981 256GB NVMe SED

Sequential Read2,980 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,310 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)811 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD170 MBytes/Sec
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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB SSD
85,825
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB
51,423
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD
51,035
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD
49,590
KINGSTON FURY Renegade 2TB SSD
49,225
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB
49,112
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD
48,402
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB
46,745
Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD
44,388
Samsung PM981 256GB NVMe SED
16,178
Last 3 Baselines for Samsung PM981 256GB NVMe SED
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2657592 - May 28 2025
16089
BL2169689 - Aug 15 2024
17274
BL1389097 - Mar 31 2021
15604