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PX-256M6eA-BK 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 91.6% (310th of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: PLEXTOR PX-256M6eA-BK
Poor: 45%Average: 91.6% Great: 111%

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Excellent average bench

The Plextor PX-256M6eA-BK 256GB averaged just 8.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Plextor PX-256M6eA-BK 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 157MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 310MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor PX-256M6eA-BK 256GB is 66.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Plextor PX-256M6eA-BK 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 351MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 427MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 31091.6%
Min Avg Max
420 Read 502 601
122 Write 427 558
189 Mixed 351 419
122 SusWrite 447 558
97.1% 432 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.1 4K Read 26.5 36.8
2.4 4K Write 65.1 96.3
4.3 4K Mixed 28.1 44
111% 39.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.5 DQ Read 288 391
40.7 DQ Write 310 402
25.1 DQ Mixed 157 273
157% 252 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
225GB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 554 562 511 547 531 480 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 516
Mixed 375
SusWrite 531
108% 478 MB/s
4K Read 33
4K Write 75.3
4K Mixed 37.1
137% 48.5 MB/s
DQ Read 391
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 273
230% 333 MB/s
83GB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 455 440 465 461 440 MB/s
55.2% Above average
Read 547
Write 368
Mixed 351
SusWrite 444
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 5.7
4K Write 7.2
4K Mixed 5.9
20% 6.27 MB/s
91GB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 380 361 338 361 377 MB/s
45.3% Average
Read 439
Write 286
Mixed 286
SusWrite 362
77% 343 MB/s
4K Read 5.1
4K Write 6.3
4K Mixed 5.3
18% 5.57 MB/s
89GB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 347 355 329 345 347 MB/s
44.9% Average
Read 458
Write 352
Mixed 280
SusWrite 342
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 5.3
4K Write 6.3
4K Mixed 5.5
18% 5.7 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 61%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 51%
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Motherboard: Asus Z87-DELUXE - $270

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples282x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples43x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples37x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples42x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples25x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples24x
SSD
PX-256M6eA-BK 256GBPlextorBench 92%, 19 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 61%, 11,630 samples17x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples16x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples13x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 119% - Outstanding Total price: $522

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