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Description: MZVLB256HBHQ
Drive Size: 238.5 GB
Other names: SAMSUNG MZVLB256HBHQ-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7, PM981a NVMe Samsung 256GB, SAMSUNG MZVLB256HBHQ-00000, SAMSUNG MZVLB256HBHQ-000, SAMSUNG MZVLB256HBHQ-000H1, SAMSUNG MZVLB256HBHQ-00A00, SAMSUNG MZVLB256HBHQ-00007, SAMSUNG MZVLB256HBHQ-000H7, PM981a NVMe SED Samsung 256GB
Drive First Benchmarked: 2019-05-08
Drive Rating/$Price: 424.64
Overall Rank: 4022
Last Price Change: $40 USD (2024-12-27)
| Sequential Read | 2,862 MBytes/Sec |
|---|---|
| Sequential Write | 1,480 MBytes/Sec |
| Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20) | 941 MBytes/Sec |
| IOPS 4KQD1 | 65 MBytes/Sec |
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| Drive | Average Disk Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB SSD | 85,188 | |
| WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB | 51,372 | |
| Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD | 50,813 | |
| Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD | 49,462 | |
| KINGSTON FURY Renegade 2TB SSD | 49,138 | |
| KINGSTON KC3000 2TB | 49,074 | |
| Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD | 48,258 | |
| WD BLACK SN850X 1TB | 46,664 | |
| Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD | 44,310 | |
| Samsung PM981a NVMe 256GB | 16,986 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2026 |
| Baseline | Disk Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3394714 - Apr 07 2026 | 21448 | |
| BL3394689 - Apr 07 2026 | 11907 | |
| BL3393729 - Apr 05 2026 | 19211 | |
| BL3393652 - Apr 05 2026 | 14162 | |
| BL3393318 - Apr 05 2026 | 14255 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2026 |
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