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Plextor PX-256M8Se(Y|G|GN)

M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 137% (172nd of 1072)

Based on 390 user benchmarks.  Models: PLEXTOR PX-256M8SeG, PLEXTOR PX-256M8SeY, PLEXTOR PX-256M8SeGN
Poor: 85%Average: 137% Great: 172%

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Outstanding average bench

The Plextor M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB averaged 37.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Plextor M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 291MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,307MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB is 87.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Plextor M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 231MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 519MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 390 samples)
Rank 172137%
Min Avg Max
670 Read 1,307 2,069
147 Write 565 963
188 Mixed 519 894
107 SusWrite 231 312
144% 656 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.1 4K Read 41 51.5
29.2 4K Write 83.1 138
12.4 4K Mixed 42.7 69
161% 55.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
42 DQ Read 617 907
58.6 DQ Write 285 666
14.7 DQ Mixed 291 625
258% 397 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 369 396 437 382 385 MB/s
180% Outstanding
Read 1,332
Write 88.2
Mixed 843
SusWrite 399
146% 666 MB/s
4K Read 47.9
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 64.6
222% 79.6 MB/s
DQ Read 890
DQ Write 622
DQ Mixed 626
503% 713 MB/s
42GB free
Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 270 264 221 205 236 MB/s
133% Outstanding
Read 1,084
Write 318
Mixed 375
SusWrite 245
110% 506 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 98.7
4K Mixed 46.4
150% 56.9 MB/s
DQ Read 881
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 466
383% 562 MB/s
134GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 246 218 267 255 260 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 1,171
Write 860
Mixed 823
SusWrite 250
173% 776 MB/s
4K Read 40
4K Write 92.5
4K Mixed 37.9
158% 56.8 MB/s
DQ Read 630
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 434
330% 454 MB/s
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 115 113 91 79 51 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 1,276
Write 224
Mixed 267
SusWrite 96
100% 466 MB/s
4K Read 31.9
4K Write 78.1
4K Mixed 38
138% 49.3 MB/s
DQ Read 652
DQ Write 146
DQ Mixed 152
176% 317 MB/s
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII GENE - $210

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples535x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples173x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples114x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples120x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples100x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples64x
SSD
M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBPlextor  $34Bench 137%, 390 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples27x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $869

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