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PX-64M5S 64GB

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Controller: Marvell 88SS9174-BLD2. NAND Memory: Micron Synchronous 25nm MLC. Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 61.6% (782nd of 1072)

Based on 73 user benchmarks.  Model: PLEXTOR PX-64M5S
Poor: 54%Average: 61.6% Great: 71%

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Above average average bench

The Plextor PX-64M5S 64GB averaged 38.3% 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 Random Read Speed 26.1MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 73.2MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor PX-64M5S 64GB is just 17%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Plextor PX-64M5S 64GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 97MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 102MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 73 samples)
Rank 78261.6%
Min Avg Max
414 Read 461 490
97.7 Write 102 107
142 Mixed 157 173
88.1 SusWrite 97 103
44.5% 204 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.3 4K Read 26.1 30.5
37.9 4K Write 59.5 78
14.2 4K Mixed 24.4 34.4
102% 36.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26 DQ Read 181 256
59.2 DQ Write 93.2 106
12.9 DQ Mixed 73.2 126
71.5% 116 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
49GB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 101 101 101 101 101 MB/s
67.2% Good
Read 451
Write 103
Mixed 146
SusWrite 100
44% 200 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 59.1
4K Mixed 31.1
114% 39.4 MB/s
DQ Read 257
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 126
107% 162 MB/s
27GB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 101 101 100 92 99 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 471
Write 100
Mixed 146
SusWrite 97.6
44% 204 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 53.4
4K Mixed 29
105% 36.3 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 100
DQ Mixed 124
105% 158 MB/s
15GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 94 94 80 95 MB/s
64.8% Good
Read 438
Write 95.4
Mixed 142
SusWrite 92.1
42% 192 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 47.3
4K Mixed 31.8
109% 35.9 MB/s
DQ Read 250
DQ Write 97.5
DQ Mixed 121
104% 156 MB/s
59GB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 98 91 92 98 MB/s
60.1% Good
Read 459
Write 98.5
Mixed 144
SusWrite 95.2
43% 199 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 39.1
4K Mixed 25.5
92% 30 MB/s
DQ Read 246
DQ Write 99.7
DQ Mixed 122
104% 156 MB/s
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 83 85 80 91 95 MB/s
57.1% Above average
Read 417
Write 107
Mixed 151
SusWrite 89.8
42% 191 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 49
4K Mixed 23.7
88% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 245
DQ Write 109
DQ Mixed 118
103% 157 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 106 61 77 102 MB/s
56% Above average
Read 407
Write 107
Mixed 148
SusWrite 92.9
41% 189 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 53.5
4K Mixed 18.4
88% 31.9 MB/s
DQ Read 247
DQ Write 109
DQ Mixed 116
102% 157 MB/s
8GB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 83 94 89 87 87 MB/s
55.8% Above average
Read 383
Write 78.8
Mixed 126
SusWrite 88
37% 169 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 48.6
4K Mixed 25.3
93% 32.3 MB/s
DQ Read 199
DQ Write 92.1
DQ Mixed 123
97% 138 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,650,880 SSDs tested

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Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: Asus B85M-E - $106

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples397x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples321x
Core i5-4570Intel  $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples258x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples326x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples200x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples175x
SSD
PX-64M5S 64GBPlextorBench 62%, 73 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples53x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples37x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples31x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $315

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