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Plextor

PX-256S3C 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 79.5% (498th of 1080)

Based on 870 user benchmarks.  Model: PLEXTOR PX-256S3C
Poor: 54%Average: 79.5% Great: 98%

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Good average bench

The Plextor PX-256S3C 256GB averaged 20.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Plextor PX-256S3C 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 180MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor PX-256S3C 256GB is 44.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Plextor PX-256S3C 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 158MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 307MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 870 samples)
Rank 49879.5%
Min Avg Max
364 Read 466 515
137 Write 329 478
153 Mixed 307 421
90.7 SusWrite 158 184
70.2% 315 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.3 4K Read 24.8 31.4
34.2 4K Write 77.9 111
20.4 4K Mixed 36 47.9
125% 46.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
123 DQ Read 312 364
93.3 DQ Write 246 357
78.1 DQ Mixed 180 258
162% 246 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 175 171 168 129 167 MB/s
94.5% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 460
Mixed 422
SusWrite 178
87% 390 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 95.6
4K Mixed 44.9
152% 56.5 MB/s
DQ Read 364
DQ Write 366
DQ Mixed 217
204% 316 MB/s
89GB free
Firmware: 1.04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 183 173 170 169 169 MB/s
87.9% Excellent
Read 506
Write 470
Mixed 412
SusWrite 182
88% 393 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 72.9
4K Mixed 39.1
130% 46.5 MB/s
DQ Read 362
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 256
220% 323 MB/s
25GB free
Firmware: 1.04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 161 162 162 162 161 MB/s
85.2% Excellent
Read 480
Write 301
Mixed 387
SusWrite 177
75% 336 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 69.4
4K Mixed 38.9
127% 45 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 254
216% 316 MB/s
132GB free
Firmware: 1.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 166 166 168 169 168 MB/s
75.4% Very good
Read 459
Write 159
Mixed 174
SusWrite 166
53% 240 MB/s
4K Read 19.6
4K Write 87.5
4K Mixed 32.2
117% 46.4 MB/s
DQ Read 313
DQ Write 168
DQ Mixed 152
137% 211 MB/s
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Gaming 7%
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Desktop 53%
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Workstation 6%
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System: Dell Inspiron 5570

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples1,981x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples1,849x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples289x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples3,943x
Radeon 530AMDBench 7%, 3,164 samples173x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples146x
SSD
PX-256S3C 256GBPlextorBench 79%, 870 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples972x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 4,259 samples166x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples150x
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