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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.
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
| Sequential Read | 2,980 MBytes/Sec |
|---|---|
| Sequential Write | 1,310 MBytes/Sec |
| Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20) | 811 MBytes/Sec |
| IOPS 4KQD1 | 70 MBytes/Sec |
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| 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 | |
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| Baseline | Disk Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2657592 - May 28 2025 | 16089 | |
| BL2169689 - Aug 15 2024 | 17274 | |
| BL1389097 - Mar 31 2021 | 15604 | |
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