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IntelSSDMCEAC180B301
▲ 52552 ▼

Controller: Marvell 88SS9187-BLD2. Flash Memory: Toshiba 19nm Toggle Mode MLC. Release date: Q2 2013.

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▲ 500 ▼

Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281VB1-SDC. Memory: Intel Synchronous 25nm MLC. Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Effective Speed 
+20%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 471 user samples
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Best Bench: 96% 474GB free
Worst Bench: 59% 116GB free (System drive)
Poor: 59% Great: 96%
SPEED RANK: 499th / 1074
55 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 88% 150GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 50% 8GB free (System drive)
Poor: 50% Great: 88%
SPEED RANK: 731st / 1074
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		79.1 % Faster effective speed.
+20% 		66.1 %
Average Score 
+32%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		455 MB/s Faster read speed.
+19% 		382 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		363 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+89% 		192 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		23.8 MB/s 26.2 MB/s Faster random read.
+10%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		48.7 MB/s 63.2 MB/s Faster random write.
+30%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		336 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+44% 		234 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		25.3 MB/s 25.4 MB/s +0%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		338 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+115% 		157 MB/s
Peak Score 
+14%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		499 MB/s +3% 484 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		410 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+78% 		230 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		31.4 MB/s 39.8 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+27%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		74.3 MB/s 117 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+57%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		445 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+64% 		271 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		37.7 MB/s 45.6 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+21%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		376 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+61% 		234 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0 %
Value
Value For Money 		5.4 % 5.65 % +5%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % +4% 50 %
Price
Price (score) 		$240 $125 Much cheaper.
+48%
Nice To Haves 
+7%
Age
Newest 		134 Months 117+ Months More recent.
+13%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		306 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue read.
+6% 		290 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		301 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue write.
+35% 		223 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,008 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+8% 		938 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		220 MB/s 225 MB/s +2%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		219 MB/s 223 MB/s +2%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		222 MB/s Much faster deep queue write.
+32% 		168 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		126 MB/s 134 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue mixed IO.
+6%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		256GB 180GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 79.1%
Average Bench 66.1%
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The Plextor M5M is the most recent mSATA SSD I have looked at. It has both the same controller and NAND flash (albeit with fewer channels) as its regular SATA sibling, the excellent M5 Pro. The performance figures for the M5M lag the top nine SATA group leaders by around 30% on average. The weakest area of core performance is shallow queue 4K write speed which clocks in at 57 MBps on the M5M vs a group average of 118 MBps. In terms of server orientated performance, the M5M takes 13th place out of 29 with an AS SSD total score of 946. That said it's only fair to look at the M5M within the context of other mSATA SSDs. It's not a clear cut performance win between the M5M and the Intel 525 Series but the M5M is retailing for 23% less. Unless shallow queue random writes are a top priority for your use case the M5M is the clear value winner, and my top mSATA pick for 2013. [Oct '13 SSDrivePro]

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