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Samsung SM961 256GB NVMe

Price and performance details for the Samsung SM961 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 SM961 256GB NVMe

Description:  Model: MZVPW256HEGL, M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4

Drive Size:  238.5 GB

Other names:  SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-00000, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVPW256, NVMe SAMSUNG MZVPW256 SCSI Disk Device, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H1, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000L7, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-00007, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000L2, SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7

Drive First Benchmarked: 2016-08-20

Drive Rating/$Price: 172.17

Overall Rank:  1908

Last Price Change:  $97.99 USD (2021-10-03)

Average Drive Rating
16871
Samples: 429

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Samsung SM961 256GB NVMe

Sequential Read2,606 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,248 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)944 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD158 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
WD BLACK SN850X NVMe 2000GB
53,051
Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB
50,761
Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB
48,970
WD BLACK SN850X NVMe 1000GB
48,177
KINGSTON KC3000 1TB
45,947
WD BLACK SN850 1TB
42,564
Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB
42,289
Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB
39,308
Crucial P5 Plus 1TB
37,717
Samsung SM961 256GB NVMe
16,871
Last 5 Baselines for Samsung SM961 256GB NVMe
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL1958252 - Nov 29 2023
18998
BL1957831 - Nov 29 2023
17886
BL1957782 - Nov 29 2023
17852
BL1952827 - Nov 23 2023
17677
BL1949646 - Nov 18 2023
14979