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▲ 506 ▼

Controller: Marvell 88SS9189. Flash Memory: Micron Synchronous 20nm MLC. Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

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Controller: Marvell 88SS9187-BLD2. NAND Memory: Toshiba 19nm Toggle Mode MLC. Release date: Q3 2012.

Effective Speed 
+4%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 8,134 user samples
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5,683 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 111% 167GB free
Worst Bench: 65% 6GB free (System drive)
Poor: 65% Great: 111%
SPEED RANK: 302nd / 1072
2,451 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 106% 70GB free
Worst Bench: 62% 177GB free
Poor: 62% Great: 106%
SPEED RANK: 356th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		92.5 % +4% 88.5 %
Average Score 
+7%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		421 MB/s 447 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+6%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		422 MB/s Faster write speed.
+12% 		377 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		26.3 MB/s 27.8 MB/s Slightly faster random read.
+6%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		86.6 MB/s Much faster random write.
+38% 		62.9 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		295 MB/s +4% 283 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		36.9 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+15% 		32.2 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		343 MB/s 361 MB/s Slightly faster sustained write speed.
+5%
Peak Score 
+6%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		464 MB/s 499 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+8%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		470 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+9% 		432 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		30.3 MB/s 34.5 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+14%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		120 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+35% 		89 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		322 MB/s +3% 314 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		44.4 MB/s Slightly faster peak random mixed IO.
+7% 		41.5 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		463 MB/s Slightly faster peak sustained write speed.
+9% 		423 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
Value
Value For Money 		9.36 % 11.6 % Better value.
+24%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		50 % 53 % Slightly more popular.
+6%
Price
Price (score) 		$283 $100 Much cheaper.
+65%
Nice To Haves 
+8%
Age
Newest 		120+ Months More recent.
+14% 		139 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		384 MB/s +1% 379 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		362 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+8% 		336 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,236 Pts +5% 1,177 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		232 MB/s +5% 222 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		320 MB/s +4% 307 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		295 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+12% 		263 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		203 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+13% 		179 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		512GB 256GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 92.5%
Average Bench 88.5%
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The Plextor M5 delivers fantastic value for money and sits within easy reach of the top handful of SSD's currently available. The M5's performance favours server type workloads where it takes joint fourth position in the AS-SSD total score benchmark. With a Real World Speed Index of 524.5 it will also cope very well with consumer workloads. Aside from its blistering performance we also like the fact that this drive uses the latest Marvell controller which hasn't suffered any of the reliability issues that plagued some of the early Sandforce based drives. When this drive first hit the shelves in September '12 it was overpriced but since then prices have dropped by nearly 40% making it currently one of top five value for money drives available. [Jun '13 SSDrivePro]

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