Plextor

PX-512S3C 512GB

PX-512S3C 512GB
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Effective Speed -15%Effective Speed -15%Average Score -19%Read 3%, Write -16%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -19%, SusWrite -42%Peak Score -16%Read 2%, Write -1%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -17%, SusWrite -56%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -6%DQ Read 3%, DQ Write -6%, DQ Mixed -26%, ADQ Read -1%, ADQ Write -12%, ADQ Mixed -33%, Age 30%, AS-SSD Total -2%

Average Bench: 85.5% (396^th of 1072)

Based on 100 user benchmarks. Model: PLEXTOR PX-512S3C

Poor: 59%Average: 85.5% Great: 103%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Plextor PX-512S3C 512GB averaged just 14.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Plextor PX-512S3C 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 196MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.7MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor PX-512S3C 512GB is 44%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Plextor PX-512S3C 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 209MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 308MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 100 samples)

Rank 39685.5%

Min	Avg	Max
368	Read 473	517
141	Write 348	478
108	Mixed 308	403
141	SusWrite 209	248
74.7% 335 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.5	4K Read 25.8	32.3
27.6	4K Write 81.5	119
19.3	4K Mixed 37.7	49.7
131% 48.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
134	DQ Read 322	377
69	DQ Write 257	338
48.5	DQ Mixed 196	262
172% 258 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

TWN-User, 5 months ago.

84GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 210 206 214 214 215 MB/s

92.6% Outstanding

Write 447

Mixed 371

SusWrite 223

85% 380 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 84.9

4K Mixed 42.3

142% 51.8 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 259

220% 322 MB/s

RUS-User, 4 months ago.

468GB free

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 216 216 217 218 218 MB/s

90.8% Outstanding

Write 382

Mixed 362

SusWrite 236

82% 365 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 72.4

4K Mixed 40.7

133% 47.1 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 259

219% 318 MB/s

ISL-User, 3 months ago.

71GB free

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 172 144 217 169 185 MB/s

84.4% Excellent

Write 448

Mixed 383

SusWrite 190

85% 378 MB/s

4K Read 21.9

4K Write 73.4

4K Mixed 38.1

121% 44.5 MB/s

DQ Read 372

DQ Write 309

DQ Mixed 206

191% 295 MB/s

GBR-User, 6 months ago.

476GB free

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 217 218 218 218 326 MB/s

79.4% Very good

Write 217

Mixed 294

SusWrite 265

62% 278 MB/s

4K Read 19.9

4K Write 78

4K Mixed 31.3

112% 43.1 MB/s

DQ Read 374

DQ Write 312

DQ Mixed 257

216% 315 MB/s

RUS-User, 7 months ago.

199GB free

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 209 210 211 214 213 MB/s

78.3% Very good

Write 213

Mixed 204

SusWrite 209

60% 271 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 72.7

4K Mixed 32.1

113% 42.3 MB/s

DQ Read 348

DQ Write 202

DQ Mixed 139

140% 229 MB/s

USA-User, 8 months ago.

417GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 137 185 239 259 229 MB/s

74.3% Very good

Write 74.8

Mixed 114

SusWrite 206

47% 217 MB/s

4K Read 22.2

4K Write 46.6

4K Mixed 31.7

99% 33.5 MB/s

DQ Read 351

DQ Write 176

DQ Mixed 87.6

112% 205 MB/s

VNM-User, 8 months ago.

352GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 199 207 214 216 214 MB/s

66.5% Good

Write 214

Mixed 171

SusWrite 205

56% 253 MB/s

4K Read 17.9

4K Write 26.3

4K Mixed 29.1

78% 24.4 MB/s

DQ Read 339

DQ Write 195

DQ Mixed 138

138% 224 MB/s

RUS-User, 2 months ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 206 207 208 213 209 MB/s

64.9% Good

Write 213

Mixed 192

SusWrite 208

58% 260 MB/s

4K Read 17.6

4K Write 46.6

4K Mixed 22.4

80% 28.9 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 196

DQ Mixed 142

131% 203 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Asus B85M-E - $106

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	397x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	322x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	258x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	326x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	200x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	175x

SSD
PX-512S3C 512GBPlextorBench 86%, 100 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	53x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	37x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	31x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $315

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Plextor

PX-512S3C 512GB

Average Bench: 85.5% (396^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 85.5% (396th of 1072)

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