Plextor

PX-256S3C 256GB

PX-256S3C 256GB
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Effective Speed -24%Effective Speed -24%Average Score -29%Read 2%, Write -23%, 4K Read -38%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -25%, SusWrite -88%Peak Score -26%Read 2%, Write -1%, 4K Read -37%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed -22%, SusWrite -110%Value & Sentiment -835%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,656%Nice To Haves -10%DQ Read -1%, DQ Write -0%, DQ Mixed -28%, ADQ Read -5%, ADQ Write -17%, ADQ Mixed -45%, Age 16%, AS-SSD Total -3%

Average Bench: 79.5% (490^th of 1072)

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

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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 49079.5%

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

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

PHL-User, 19 days ago.

116GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 219 168 169 169 169 MB/s

97.6% Outstanding

Write 487

Mixed 436

SusWrite 178

91% 404 MB/s

4K Read 30.9

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 46.5

161% 59.9 MB/s

DQ Read 362

DQ Write 365

DQ Mixed 257

223% 328 MB/s

THA-User, 2 months ago.

58GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 166 166 168 168 169 MB/s

84.1% Excellent

Write 450

Mixed 392

SusWrite 178

83% 369 MB/s

4K Read 25.9

4K Write 71.4

4K Mixed 38.4

126% 45.2 MB/s

DQ Read 362

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 260

219% 318 MB/s

PHL-User, 1 month ago.

59GB free

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 168 170 168 170 170 MB/s

74.8% Very good

Write 341

Mixed 388

SusWrite 185

74% 329 MB/s

4K Read 24.3

4K Write 58

4K Mixed 28.8

104% 37 MB/s

DQ Read 359

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 250

214% 313 MB/s

PHL-User, 2 months ago.

83GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 162 169 170 166 172 MB/s

70.9% Very good

Write 318

Mixed 372

SusWrite 184

74% 332 MB/s

4K Read 20.1

4K Write 47.5

4K Mixed 28.9

93% 32.2 MB/s

DQ Read 274

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 240

192% 268 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 month ago.

121GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 179 160 166 166 168 MB/s

59.7% Above average

Write 382

Mixed 354

SusWrite 166

73% 327 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 38.4

4K Mixed 22.9

75% 25.9 MB/s

DQ Read 251

DQ Write 195

DQ Mixed 140

127% 195 MB/s

BRA-User, 5 days ago.

195GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 163 164 166 164 154 MB/s

57.4% Above average

Write 169

Mixed 171

SusWrite 161

50% 228 MB/s

4K Read 14

4K Write 53.3

4K Mixed 15.5

69% 27.6 MB/s

DQ Read 294

DQ Write 166

DQ Mixed 149

132% 203 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 samples	1,907x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	1,809x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	281x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	3,827x
Radeon 530AMDBench 7%, 3,164 samples	167x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	142x

SSD
PX-256S3C 256GBPlextorBench 79%, 870 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	949x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 4,259 samples	158x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	147x

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Average Bench: 79.5% (490^th of 1072)

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