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PX-512S2G 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 75.1% (572nd of 1072)

Based on 417 user benchmarks.  Model: PLEXTOR PX-512S2G
Poor: 50%Average: 75.1% Great: 97%

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Good average bench

The Plextor PX-512S2G 512GB averaged 24.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Plextor PX-512S2G 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 151MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 31.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor PX-512S2G 512GB is 46.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Plextor PX-512S2G 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 177MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 257MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 417 samples)
Rank 57275.1%
Min Avg Max
364 Read 461 512
96.7 Write 284 463
102 Mixed 257 461
90.2 SusWrite 177 222
65.5% 295 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.5 4K Read 23.4 31.3
27.8 4K Write 66.3 104
13.7 4K Mixed 31.8 47.7
111% 40.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.9 DQ Read 257 309
66.5 DQ Write 211 324
22 DQ Mixed 151 247
136% 206 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 185 188 185 184 183 MB/s
98.4% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 435
Mixed 372
SusWrite 216
86% 383 MB/s
4K Read 31.4
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 45.6
165% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 306
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 249
204% 290 MB/s
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 155 185 187 191 191 MB/s
69.5% Good
Read 482
Write 196
Mixed 194
SusWrite 176
58% 262 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 50.4
4K Mixed 26.9
96% 33.3 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 136
125% 195 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 167 97 81 83 83 MB/s
66.9% Good
Read 400
Write 362
Mixed 325
SusWrite 110
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 59.6
4K Mixed 32
104% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 303
DQ Write 221
DQ Mixed 136
136% 220 MB/s
437GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 188 193 192 194 193 MB/s
61.1% Good
Read 379
Write 307
Mixed 178
SusWrite 192
59% 264 MB/s
4K Read 10.4
4K Write 56.7
4K Mixed 22
74% 29.7 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 138
134% 214 MB/s
228GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 60 41 54 55 54 MB/s
34.2% Below average
Read 462
Write 128
Mixed 182
SusWrite 53.1
45% 206 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 4.7
45% 10.7 MB/s
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Gaming 38%
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Desktop 77%
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Workstation 33%
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System: IT N8xxEP6

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples44x
GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples25x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples19x
SSD
PX-512S2G 512GBPlextorBench 75%, 417 samples7x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-SD4-2400 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 815 samples10x
TEAMGROUP-SD4-2400 1x16GBUnknownBench 41%, 742 samples5x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 859B CT16G4SFD8266.C16FN 24GBSamsungBench 65%, 12 samples4x
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