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Samsung PM981a NVMe 256GB

Price and performance details for the Samsung PM981a NVMe 256GB 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 PM981a NVMe 256GB

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: 423.94

Overall Rank:  2993

Last Price Change:  $40 USD (2024-12-27)

Average Drive Rating
16957
Samples: 3167

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Samsung PM981a NVMe 256GB

Sequential Read2,703 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,462 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)939 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD167 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 SSDs Common Drives
As of 24th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 4TB SSD
51,587
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB
51,532
KINGSTON FURY Renegade 2TB SSD
50,496
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD
50,115
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD
48,979
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB
48,823
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB
47,321
Kingston FURY Renegade 1TB SSD
45,486
KINGSTON KC3000 1TB
44,691
Samsung PM981a NVMe 256GB
16,957
Last 5 Baselines for Samsung PM981a NVMe 256GB
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2647323 - May 24 2025
21803
BL2647306 - May 24 2025
21746
BL2647218 - May 24 2025
21809
BL2647199 - May 24 2025
21705
BL2646835 - May 23 2025
6234