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SamsungMZ-75E4T0B
PlextorPX-256M5P

Controller: Samsung Dual Core MGX. Memory: Samsung 40nm TLC V-NAND. Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 3,216 user samples
765 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 133% 2.5TB free
Worst Bench: 85% 965GB free
Poor: 85% Great: 133%
SPEED RANK: 211th / 1080
2,451 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 106% 70GB free
Worst Bench: 62% 177GB free
Poor: 62% Great: 106%
SPEED RANK: 364th / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
113 % Faster effective speed.
+27%
88.5 %
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
475 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+6%
447 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
436 MB/s Faster write speed.
+16%
377 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
39 MB/s Much faster random read.
+40%
27.8 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
87.8 MB/s Much faster random write.
+40%
62.9 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
402 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+42%
283 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
51.7 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+61%
32.2 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
432 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+20%
361 MB/s
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
510 MB/s +2% 499 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
489 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+13%
432 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
46.5 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+35%
34.5 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
126 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+42%
89 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
441 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+40%
314 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
64.6 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+56%
41.5 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
488 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+15%
423 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 77,396,270 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0 % 0 %
Value
Value For Money
36.5 % Hugely better value.
+213%
11.6 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 53 % Slightly more popular.
+6%
Price
Price (score)
$470 $100 Much cheaper.
+79%
Age
Newest
97+ Months Much more recent.
+34%
146 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
386 MB/s +2% 379 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
352 MB/s +5% 336 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1,274 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+8%
1,177 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
364 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+64%
222 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
332 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue read.
+8%
307 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
281 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue write.
+7%
263 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
296 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+65%
179 MB/s
Capacity
Capacity
4TB 256GB

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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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