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Plextor

PX-128S3C 128GB

PX-128S3C 128GB
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Effective Speed -673%Effective Speed -673%Average Score -1,059%Read -817%, Write -1,605%, 4K Read -264%, 4K Write -180%, Mixed -1,085%, 4K Mixed -231%, SusWrite -3,230%Peak Score -1,201%Read -1,056%, Write -1,315%, 4K Read -495%, 4K Write -232%, Mixed -1,031%, 4K Mixed -359%, SusWrite -3,917%Value & Sentiment -2,618%User Rating -37%, Market Share -5,200%Nice To Haves -601%DQ Read -684%, DQ Write -430%, DQ Mixed -750%, ADQ Read -607%, ADQ Write -534%, ADQ Mixed -857%, Age -342%, AS-SSD Total -600%

Average Bench: 70.5% (671^st of 1080)

Based on 3,097 user benchmarks. Model: PLEXTOR PX-128S3C

Poor: 48%Average: 70.5% Great: 92%

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Good average bench

The Plextor PX-128S3C 128GB averaged 29.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 155MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 33.4MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor PX-128S3C 128GB is 43.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Plextor PX-128S3C 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 95MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 273MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,097 samples)

Rank 67170.5%

Min	Avg	Max
362	Read 457	514
84.3	Write 274	455
107	Mixed 273	414
54.6	SusWrite 95	114
60.9% 275 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14	4K Read 24.1	31.7
28	4K Write 73.9	114
18.1	4K Mixed 33.4	47.4
118% 43.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
135	DQ Read 242	296
59.9	DQ Write 198	358
48.7	DQ Mixed 155	247
134% 199 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GRC-User, 17 days ago.

63GB free

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 175 104 99 99 99 MB/s

78.7% Very good

Write 285

Mixed 396

SusWrite 115

71% 319 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 81.9

4K Mixed 34.5

124% 46.7 MB/s

DQ Read 294

DQ Write 347

DQ Mixed 245

206% 295 MB/s

GRC-User, 9 days ago.

61GB free

Firmware: 1.03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 92 92 92 92 92 MB/s

76.5% Very good

Write 435

Mixed 422

SusWrite 105

82% 369 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 88.6

4K Mixed 34.9

136% 51 MB/s

DQ Read 260

DQ Write 91

DQ Mixed 115

101% 155 MB/s

RUS-User, 4 days ago.

30GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 92 76 72 71 80 MB/s

70.3% Very good

Write 62.3

Mixed 101

SusWrite 79.1

40% 186 MB/s

4K Read 24.4

4K Write 86.1

4K Mixed 32.7

124% 47.7 MB/s

DQ Read 225

DQ Write 99.1

DQ Mixed 118

99% 147 MB/s

RUS-User, 1 day ago.

32GB free

Firmware: 1.03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 94 94 94 MB/s

65.9% Good

Write 94.4

Mixed 142

SusWrite 94.5

45% 209 MB/s

4K Read 22.5

4K Write 66.7

4K Mixed 29.1

107% 39.4 MB/s

DQ Read 223

DQ Write 95

DQ Mixed 114

96% 144 MB/s

BGD-User, 15 days ago.

38GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 118 98 103 93 99 MB/s

64.9% Good

Write 442

Mixed 390

SusWrite 99.2

78% 350 MB/s

4K Read 24.9

4K Write 57.5

4K Mixed 28.7

105% 37 MB/s

DQ Read 259

DQ Write 96.1

DQ Mixed 117

102% 157 MB/s

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-P - $429

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Core i7-8700KIntel $160Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	3,480x
Core i5-8600KIntel $123Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	2,551x
Core i7-8700Intel $140Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	1,426x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,221x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,011x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	806x

SSD
PX-128S3C 128GBPlextorBench 71%, 3,097 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	484x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $36Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	302x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	283x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $745

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