Samsung PM961 256GB SSD

Name: Samsung PM961 256GB
Brand: Samsung
SKU: MZVLW256HEHP-00000
Rating: 4.0 (4 reviews)

Samsung PM961 256GB M.2 NVMe PCIe MZVLW256HEHP

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128GB

Capacity 256GB
Model PM961
Interface PCI Express Gen3 x4, Form Factor M.2 NVME
Sequential Read Up to 2800 MB/s
Sequential Write Up to 1100 MB/s

Specifications Overview

Model	MZVLW256HEHP-00000
Series	PM961
Capacity	256 GB
Interface	PCIe Gen3 x4
NVME	Yes
Form Factor	M.2-2280
SSD Controller	Silicon Motion
Max Sequential Read	Sequential Read: 2800MB/s
Max Sequential Write	Sequential Write: 1100MB/s

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Samsung PM961 256GB Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

Samsung PM961 256GB Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

Crucial P1 500GB (150th)		105%
Kingston Digital KC1000 NVMe PCIe 960GB (152nd)		104%
Samsung PM961 Polaris 128GB M.2 (153rd)		103%
Sabrent 512GB Rocket NVMe (154th)		101%
Crucial P2 250GB (155th)		101%
XPG SX6000 Pro 256GB (156th)		~
Crucial P2 500GB (156th)		~
Samsung NVMe SM951 128GB M.2 (158th)		~
WD Blue SN550 250GB (158th)		~
Toshiba OCZ RVD400-M22280-256G (158th)		~
Samsung PM961 256GB (158th)		100%
WD Blue SN500 250GB (162nd)		98%
Corsair MP500 480GB M.2 CSSD-F480GBMP500 (163rd)		95%
HP EX900 M.2 250GB (164th)		94%
Kingston Digital KC1000 NVMe PCIe 480GB (164th)		94%
MyDigitalSSD BPX 240GB M.2 (164th)		94%
XPG SX8200 240GB 3D NAND (167th)		92%
ADATA XPG SX8000 PCIe 512GB (168th)		91%
CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 240GB (168th)		91%
Intel 660p 512GB (170th)		89%
Plextor M8Pe 128GB M.2 PX-128M8PeG (171st)		88%