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Description: Model: MZVPW256HEGL, M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4
Drive Size: 238.5 GB
Other names: SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-00000, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H1, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7
Drive First Benchmarked: 2016-08-20
Drive Rating/$Price: 165.83
Overall Rank: 3953
Last Price Change: $99.99 USD (2024-06-24)
| Sequential Read | 2,784 MBytes/Sec |
|---|---|
| Sequential Write | 1,286 MBytes/Sec |
| Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20) | 950 MBytes/Sec |
| IOPS 4KQD1 | 57 MBytes/Sec |
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| Samsung SM961 256GB NVMe | 16,582 | |
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