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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: 425.25
Overall Rank: 2599
Last Price Change: $40 USD (2024-12-27)
| Sequential Read | 2,602 MBytes/Sec |
|---|---|
| Sequential Write | 1,465 MBytes/Sec |
| Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20) | 949 MBytes/Sec |
| IOPS 4KQD1 | 68 MBytes/Sec |
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| Drive | Average Disk Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB | 51,623 | |
| Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB | 50,209 | |
| Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB | 48,900 | |
| KINGSTON KC3000 2TB | 48,793 | |
| WD BLACK SN850X 1000GB | 47,524 | |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRS 1000G | 45,477 | |
| KINGSTON KC3000 1TB | 45,149 | |
| WD BLACK SN850 1TB | 42,818 | |
| Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB | 42,011 | |
| Samsung PM981a NVMe 256GB | 17,010 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2025 |
| Baseline | Disk Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2347900 - Jan 17 2025 | 13579 | |
| BL2347688 - Jan 17 2025 | 13279 | |
| BL2347374 - Jan 16 2025 | 13361 | |
| BL2347249 - Jan 16 2025 | 13832 | |
| BL2346900 - Jan 16 2025 | 14098 | |
| PassMark Software © 2008-2025 |
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