Plextor PX-128M5S

M5S 128GB

▲ M5S 128GB
BENCHMARKS (5,727)
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Effective Speed -12%Effective Speed -12%Average Score -22%Read 13%, Write -50%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write -47%, Mixed -20%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite -6%Peak Score -31%Read 6%, Write -68%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write -51%, Mixed -32%, 4K Mixed -29%, SusWrite -31%Value & Sentiment User Rating -4%, Market Share -∞%, Price 23%, Value -1%Nice To Haves -18%DQ Read -5%, DQ Write -36%, DQ Mixed -27%, ADQ Read 3%, ADQ Write -22%, ADQ Mixed -24%, Age -13%, AS-SSD Total -19%

Average Bench: 73% (611^th of 1072)

Based on 5,727 user benchmarks. Model: PLEXTOR PX-128M5S

Poor: 53%Average: 73% Great: 84%

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Good average bench

The Plextor M5S 128GB averaged 26.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 151MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.7MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor M5S 128GB is 31.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Plextor M5S 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 193MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 205MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,727 samples)

Rank 61173%

Min	Avg	Max
334	Read 446	492
191	Write 205	215
180	Mixed 220	236
161	SusWrite 193	212
58.9% 266 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.7	4K Read 26.7	32.5
29.9	4K Write 57.5	77.2
18.9	4K Mixed 28.9	36.1
108% 37.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
164	DQ Read 267	291
65	DQ Write 196	218
81.6	DQ Mixed 151	177
135% 205 MB/s

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

DEU-User, 11 hrs ago.

254GB free

Firmware: 1.03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 171 167 163 161 154 MB/s

99.8% Outstanding

Write 271

Mixed 292

SusWrite 168

69% 311 MB/s

4K Read 36.7

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 47.4

174% 64.5 MB/s

DQ Read 387

DQ Write 298

DQ Mixed 342

256% 342 MB/s

RUS-User, 3 days ago.

28GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 193 198 206 195 174 MB/s

81.2% Excellent

Write 211

Mixed 232

SusWrite 193

62% 280 MB/s

4K Read 30.8

4K Write 70

4K Mixed 33.8

127% 44.9 MB/s

DQ Read 288

DQ Write 211

DQ Mixed 175

151% 225 MB/s

TWN-User, 7 days ago.

27GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 16 15 10 17 8.8 MB/s

42.3% Average

Write 201

Mixed 184

SusWrite 37.1

42% 189 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 36.3

4K Mixed 22.3

79% 26.5 MB/s

DQ Read 27.5

DQ Write 69.5

DQ Mixed 32.8

30% 43.3 MB/s

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	283x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	169x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	152x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	129x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	86x

SSD
M5S 128GBPlextor $75Bench 73%, 5,727 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	88x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	68x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	38x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $410

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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Plextor PX-128M5S

M5S 128GB

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