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▲ 531,508 ▼

Controller: Marvell 88SS9187-BLD2. NAND Memory: Toshiba 19nm Toggle Mode MLC. Release date: Q3 2012.

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▲ 532,928 ▼

Controller: Intel 29F32B08MCMF2. Flash Memory: Intel 20nm MLC. Release date: Q1 2014.

Effective Speed 
+5%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 10,868 user samples
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2,451 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 106% 70GB free
Worst Bench: 62% 177GB free
Poor: 62% Great: 106%
SPEED RANK: 356th / 1072
8,417 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 95% 50GB free
Worst Bench: 67% 198GB free (System drive)
Poor: 67% Great: 95%
SPEED RANK: 422nd / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		88.5 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+5% 		83.9 %
Average Score 
+8%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		447 MB/s Faster read speed.
+20% 		374 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		377 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+37% 		275 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		27.8 MB/s 30.6 MB/s Faster random read.
+10%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		62.9 MB/s 86.3 MB/s Much faster random write.
+37%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		283 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+10% 		257 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		32.2 MB/s 32.8 MB/s +2%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		361 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+42% 		255 MB/s
Peak Score 
+16%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		499 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+22% 		409 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		432 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+48% 		292 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		34.5 MB/s 35.3 MB/s +2%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		89 MB/s 113 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+27%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		314 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+13% 		278 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		41.5 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+11% 		37.4 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		423 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+46% 		289 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0.01 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Value
Value For Money 		11.6 % Hugely better value.
+120% 		5.29 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		53 % 53 %
Price
Price (score) 		$100 Much cheaper.
+60% 		$250
Nice To Haves 
+6%
Age
Newest 		139 Months 122 Months More recent.
+12%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		379 MB/s +2% 370 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		336 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+20% 		279 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,177 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+7% 		1,102 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		222 MB/s 277 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+25%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		307 MB/s 323 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue read.
+5%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		263 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue write.
+6% 		247 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		179 MB/s 249 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+39%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		256GB 240GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 88.5%
Average Bench 83.9%
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The Plextor M5 delivers fantastic value for money and sits within easy reach of the top handful of SSD's currently available. The M5's performance favours server type workloads where it takes joint fourth position in the AS-SSD total score benchmark. With a Real World Speed Index of 524.5 it will also cope very well with consumer workloads. Aside from its blistering performance we also like the fact that this drive uses the latest Marvell controller which hasn't suffered any of the reliability issues that plagued some of the early Sandforce based drives. When this drive first hit the shelves in September '12 it was overpriced but since then prices have dropped by nearly 40% making it currently one of top five value for money drives available. [Jun '13 SSDrivePro]

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The 240GB Intel 730 is just two months old and the newest SSDs in our group test. The 730 uses Intel's own enterprise controller (rather than a Sandforce) and it's marketed by Intel as an enthusiast class drive with data centre reliability. Backed by a 50GB per day, five year warranty the 730 has the most generous warranty I have seen on a consumer SSD. Unfortunately when it comes to performance the 730 is seriously let down by its relatively feeble peak sequential write speed of just 286 MB/s. The 730 scored an effective speed of just 439 MB/s which is 17% below the average of the ten group leaders. I seriously doubt that Intel will sell many of these drives at their current price point which is 25% higher than the average of the leading 240GB SSDs. [Mar '14 SSDrivePro]

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