Plextor

PX-256M5 256GB

PX-256M5 256GB
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Effective Speed -14%Effective Speed -14%Average Score -16%Read 2%, Write -6%, 4K Read -26%, 4K Write -45%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -53%, SusWrite 12%Peak Score -17%Read -1%, Write -13%, 4K Read -28%, 4K Write -35%, Mixed 6%, 4K Mixed -50%, SusWrite -2%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -38%DQ Read -0%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -60%, ADQ Read -25%, ADQ Write -22%, ADQ Mixed -148%, Age -24%, AS-SSD Total -9%

Average Bench: 86.7% (375^th of 1072)

Based on 118 user benchmarks. Model: PLEXTOR PX-256M5

Poor: 69%Average: 86.7% Great: 102%

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Very good average bench

The Plextor PX-256M5 256GB averaged just 13.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Plextor PX-256M5 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 105MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.2MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor PX-256M5 256GB is 32.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Plextor PX-256M5 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 333MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 362MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 118 samples)

Rank 37586.7%

Min	Avg	Max
381	Read 468	503
324	Write 381	428
230	Mixed 362	450
243	SusWrite 333	378
86.6% 386 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20	4K Read 27.2	33.7
31.6	4K Write 60.6	90.6
17	4K Mixed 29.4	38.9
111% 39.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.8	DQ Read 261	366
86.9	DQ Write 236	313
18.7	DQ Mixed 105	207
118% 201 MB/s

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

RUS-User, 22 months ago.

141GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 345 243 341 351 261 MB/s

92.7% Outstanding

Write 332

Mixed 280

SusWrite 312

75% 333 MB/s

4K Read 31.3

4K Write 90.2

4K Mixed 39.5

146% 53.7 MB/s

DQ Read 293

DQ Write 266

DQ Mixed 184

164% 248 MB/s

USA-User, 9 months ago.

40GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 338 330 341 324 321 MB/s

71.4% Very good

Write 313

Mixed 230

SusWrite 335

69% 307 MB/s

4K Read 17.3

4K Write 41

4K Mixed 25

80% 27.8 MB/s

DQ Read 294

DQ Write 240

DQ Mixed 200

168% 245 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	363x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	223x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	111x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	69x

SSD
PX-256M5 256GBPlextorBench 87%, 118 samples	1x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 8,026 samples	28x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	25x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	24x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $135

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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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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-256M5 256GB

Average Bench: 86.7% (375^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H-CF

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Average Bench: 86.7% (375th of 1072)

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