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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: 171.57

Overall Rank:  2239

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

Average Drive Rating
16813
Samples: 479

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Samsung SM961 256GB NVMe

Sequential Read2,658 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,252 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)945 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD158 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 19th of March 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
WD BLACK SN850X NVMe 2000GB
52,520
Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB
50,801
Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB
49,207
WD BLACK SN850X NVMe 1000GB
48,212
KINGSTON SFYRS1000G
46,124
KINGSTON KC3000 1TB
45,992
WD BLACK SN850 1TB
42,705
Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB
42,374
Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB
39,456
Samsung SM961 256GB NVMe
16,813
Last 5 Baselines for Samsung SM961 256GB NVMe
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2046743 - Mar 09 2024
17599
BL2044484 - Mar 07 2024
10617
BL2043934 - Mar 07 2024
14302
BL2042548 - Mar 05 2024
18080
BL2041021 - Mar 03 2024
19250