SamsungMZ-76E1T0B
PlextorPX-256M5M

Controller: Samsung MJX. Memory: Samsung 64 layer TLC V-NAND. Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 603,269 user samples
602,853 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 133% 279GB free
Worst Bench: 81% 103GB free (System drive)
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
SPEED RANK: 207th / 1072
416 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 96% 474GB free
Worst Bench: 59% 116GB free (System drive)
Poor: 59% Great: 96%
SPEED RANK: 497th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
112 % Much faster effective speed.
+42%
79.1 %
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
481 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+6%
455 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
433 MB/s Faster write speed.
+19%
363 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
37.5 MB/s Much faster random read.
+58%
23.8 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
95.3 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+96%
48.7 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
404 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+20%
336 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
50.4 MB/s Hugely faster random mixed IO.
+99%
25.3 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
411 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+22%
338 MB/s
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
516 MB/s +3% 499 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
491 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+20%
410 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
47.3 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+51%
31.4 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
127 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+71%
74.3 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
467 MB/s +5% 445 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
64.9 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+72%
37.7 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
489 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+30%
376 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 75,806,515 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.82 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
0 %
Value
Value For Money
31.8 % Hugely better value.
+489%
5.4 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
56 % Slightly more popular.
+8%
52 %
Price
Price (score)
$140 Much cheaper.
+42%
$240
Age
Newest
75+ Months Much more recent.
+44%
133 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
388 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+27%
306 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
363 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+21%
301 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1,292 Pts Stronger server IO.
+28%
1,008 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
372 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+69%
220 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
345 MB/s Much faster deep queue read.
+58%
219 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
295 MB/s Much faster deep queue write.
+33%
222 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
301 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+139%
126 MB/s
Capacity
Capacity
1TB 256GB
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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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