Plextor PX-512M8Se(Y|G|GN)

M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
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Effective Speed +47% Effective Speed 47%Average Score +47% Read 175%, Write 57%, 4K Read 18%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed 70%, 4K Mixed -0%, SusWrite 14%Peak Score +89% Read 308%, Write 102%, 4K Read 22%, 4K Write 18%, Mixed 126%, 4K Mixed 20%, SusWrite 24%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +89% DQ Read 191%, DQ Write 95%, DQ Mixed 104%, ADQ Read 116%, ADQ Write 23%, ADQ Mixed 28%, Age 19%, AS-SSD Total 134%

Average Bench: 145% (163^rd of 1072)

Based on 198 user benchmarks. Models: PLEXTOR PX-512M8SeG, PLEXTOR PX-512M8SeY, PLEXTOR PX-512M8SeGN

Poor: 87%Average: 145% Great: 190%

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Outstanding average bench

The Plextor M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB averaged 44.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Plextor M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 334MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 705MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB is 103%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Plextor M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 338MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 82.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 198 samples)

Rank 163145%

Min	Avg	Max
619	Read 1,256	2,068
184	Write 638	980
181	Mixed 609	958
131	SusWrite 338	480
157% 710 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
25.3	4K Read 40.5	52.5
21.1	4K Write 82.8	144
11.1	4K Mixed 44.8	70.1
163% 56.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
39	DQ Read 705	1,067
59.2	DQ Write 354	697
15.8	DQ Mixed 334	675
300% 464 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DNK-User, 22 days ago.

5GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 13 23 21 16 17 MB/s

445% Outstanding

Write 52.8

Mixed 90.7

SusWrite 15.7

305% 1,466 MB/s

4K Read 541

4K Write 1.3

4K Mixed 0.2

820% 181 MB/s

POL-User, 9 months ago.

461GB free

Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 398 436 436 434 428 MB/s

172% Outstanding

Write 953

Mixed 961

SusWrite 430

206% 924 MB/s

4K Read 52.6

4K Write 147

4K Mixed 39.5

208% 79.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,006

DQ Write 358

DQ Mixed 580

455% 648 MB/s

RUS-User, 9 months ago.

204GB free (System drive)

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

SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 362 291 324 261 197 MB/s

167% Outstanding

Write 945

Mixed 917

SusWrite 317

198% 889 MB/s

4K Read 47.2

4K Write 137

4K Mixed 65.7

228% 83.3 MB/s

DQ Read 742

DQ Write 245

DQ Mixed 435

336% 474 MB/s

RUS-User, 5 months ago.

216GB free

Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 382 413 424 385 378 MB/s

159% Outstanding

Write 977

Mixed 860

SusWrite 407

200% 899 MB/s

4K Read 38.3

4K Write 88.3

4K Mixed 48.1

166% 58.2 MB/s

DQ Read 921

DQ Write 383

DQ Mixed 629

472% 644 MB/s

RUS-User, 5 months ago.

65GB free

Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 400 414 399 304 410 MB/s

153% Outstanding

Write 464

Mixed 877

SusWrite 400

163% 736 MB/s

4K Read 45

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 39.4

172% 61.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,022

DQ Write 282

DQ Mixed 423

371% 576 MB/s

COL-User, 5 months ago.

121GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 173 126 74 7.3 92 MB/s

122% Outstanding

Write 814

Mixed 819

SusWrite 113

158% 710 MB/s

4K Read 38.5

4K Write 53

4K Mixed 43.1

142% 44.9 MB/s

DQ Read 981

DQ Write 240

DQ Mixed 301

302% 507 MB/s

COL-User, 5 months ago.

128GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 340 242 139 98 91 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 828

Mixed 590

SusWrite 205

151% 682 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 56.8

4K Mixed 40.3

124% 41.6 MB/s

DQ Read 938

DQ Write 147

DQ Mixed 208

238% 431 MB/s

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

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Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,749x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,087x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	856x

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RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	560x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	474x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBPlextorBench 145%, 198 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $623

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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-512M8Se(Y|G|GN)

M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB

Average Bench: 145% (163^rd of 1072)

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