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PX-512M6GV-2280 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 89.9% (332nd of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: PLEXTOR PX-512M6GV-2280
Poor: 47%Average: 89.9% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Plextor PX-512M6GV-2280 512GB averaged just 10.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Plextor PX-512M6GV-2280 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 133MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.5MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor PX-512M6GV-2280 512GB is 61.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Plextor PX-512M6GV-2280 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 324MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 338MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 33289.9%
Min Avg Max
413 Read 482 514
65.7 Write 393 440
85.7 Mixed 338 469
99 SusWrite 324 441
86.2% 384 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.6 4K Read 28.3 33.5
2.05 4K Write 71.6 97.7
2.03 4K Mixed 36.5 46.3
128% 45.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28 DQ Read 237 298
182 DQ Write 262 305
25.2 DQ Mixed 133 221
132% 211 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
294GB free
Firmware: 1.03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 434 435 435 435 435 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 515
Write 431
Mixed 342
SusWrite 435
97% 431 MB/s
4K Read 33
4K Write 93
4K Mixed 46.6
159% 57.5 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 303
DQ Mixed 220
187% 273 MB/s
272GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 345 284 287 277 285 MB/s
89.5% Excellent
Read 483
Write 400
Mixed 322
SusWrite 310
85% 379 MB/s
4K Read 29.6
4K Write 61.7
4K Mixed 35.3
123% 42.2 MB/s
DQ Read 292
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 142
149% 245 MB/s
272GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 376 294 276 271 280 MB/s
89.3% Excellent
Read 484
Write 390
Mixed 311
SusWrite 316
84% 375 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 61.9
4K Mixed 35.5
121% 41.9 MB/s
DQ Read 294
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 143
148% 242 MB/s
201GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 253 261 266 266 230 MB/s
84.2% Excellent
Read 478
Write 376
Mixed 307
SusWrite 266
80% 357 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 70.6
4K Mixed 37.6
127% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 154
DQ Write 267
DQ Mixed 154
133% 192 MB/s
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 76 53 73 51 73 MB/s
46.6% Average
Read 425
Write 370
Mixed 85.7
SusWrite 99
54% 245 MB/s
4K Read 18.5
4K Write 8
4K Mixed 30.3
71% 18.9 MB/s
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Gaming 10%
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Desktop 57%
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Workstation 10%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-16J5

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples1,159x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples327x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples88x
GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples937x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples503x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples90x
SSD
PX-512M6GV-2280 512GBPlextorBench 90%, 25 samples1x
RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples280x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples237x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples171x
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