Plextor PX-G256M6e

M6e PCIe M.2 256GB

M6e PCIe M.2 256GB
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BUY • $208

Effective Speed +19% Effective Speed 19%Average Score +15% Read 48%, Write 26%, 4K Read 2%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed -3%, 4K Mixed -23%, SusWrite 67%Peak Score +3% Read 45%, Write 16%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -31%, SusWrite 45%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -122%, Value -111%Nice To Haves +6% DQ Read 16%, DQ Write 16%, DQ Mixed -15%, ADQ Read 21%, ADQ Write 27%, ADQ Mixed -1%, Age -25%, AS-SSD Total 11%

Average Bench: 117% (194^th of 1072)

Based on 1,444 user benchmarks. Model: PLEXTOR PX-G256M6e

Poor: 87%Average: 117% Great: 129%

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Outstanding average bench

The Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 17.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 258MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 366MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB is 42%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 350MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 494MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,444 samples)

Rank 194117%

Min	Avg	Max
527	Read 679	734
355	Write 509	564
255	Mixed 350	387
343	SusWrite 494	560
114% 508 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21.6	4K Read 34.9	36.3
48	4K Write 78.2	97.6
23.2	4K Mixed 36.7	44.6
141% 49.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
281	DQ Read 395	425
225	DQ Write 366	414
169	DQ Mixed 258	288
227% 340 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 4 months ago.

98GB free

Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 573 544 573 555 543 572 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 559

Mixed 368

SusWrite 560

122% 544 MB/s

4K Read 34.2

4K Write 83.6

4K Mixed 40.8

148% 52.9 MB/s

DQ Read 409

DQ Write 388

DQ Mixed 266

236% 354 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

98GB free

Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 571 571 544 573 526 570 MB/s

121% Outstanding

Write 556

Mixed 376

SusWrite 559

122% 546 MB/s

4K Read 34.1

4K Write 65.7

4K Mixed 38.3

136% 46 MB/s

DQ Read 408

DQ Write 362

DQ Mixed 265

231% 345 MB/s

NLD-User, 4 months ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 496 507 531 513 550 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 495

Mixed 355

SusWrite 518

111% 494 MB/s

4K Read 30.7

4K Write 73.1

4K Mixed 34.5

129% 46.1 MB/s

DQ Read 407

DQ Write 395

DQ Mixed 266

237% 356 MB/s

CHE-User, 4 months ago.

54GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 428 545 515 563 561 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 484

Mixed 336

SusWrite 487

109% 488 MB/s

4K Read 30.5

4K Write 70.5

4K Mixed 35.7

129% 45.6 MB/s

DQ Read 424

DQ Write 367

DQ Mixed 276

239% 356 MB/s

DEU-User, 3 months ago.

108GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 548 474 467 478 449 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 497

Mixed 345

SusWrite 479

111% 496 MB/s

4K Read 27.1

4K Write 55.2

4K Mixed 31.1

110% 37.8 MB/s

DQ Read 397

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 260

219% 320 MB/s

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,672x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	525x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
M6e PCIe M.2 256GBPlextor $208Bench 117%, 1,444 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	183x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	101x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $756

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Plextor PX-G256M6e

M6e PCIe M.2 256GB

Average Bench: 117% (194^th of 1072)

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