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PLEXTOR PX-512M9 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 185% (113th of 1072)

Based on 119 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PLEXTOR PX-512M9
Poor: 119%Average: 185% Great: 244%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PLEXTOR PX-512M9 512GB averaged 85.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PLEXTOR PX-512M9 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 608MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 880MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PLEXTOR PX-512M9 512GB is 125%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PLEXTOR PX-512M9 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 446MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 113MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 119 samples)
Rank 113185%
Min Avg Max
993 Read 1,426 1,893
127 Write 1,187 1,948
228 Mixed 927 1,426
184 SusWrite 446 788
222% 997 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32.5 4K Read 50.1 64.7
46.3 4K Write 113 180
31.9 4K Mixed 64.9 87.8
219% 75.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
369 DQ Read 880 1,386
108 DQ Write 633 1,110
149 DQ Mixed 608 968
494% 707 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.07 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 659 302 260 356 324 330 MB/s
186% Outstanding
Read 1,626
Write 1,789
Mixed 1,344
SusWrite 372
287% 1,282 MB/s
4K Read 46.6
4K Write 95
4K Mixed 59.2
197% 66.9 MB/s
DQ Read 937
DQ Write 732
DQ Mixed 12.6
233% 560 MB/s
249GB free
Firmware: 1.07 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 514 515 515 514 521 515 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 1,470
Write 528
Mixed 593
SusWrite 516
171% 777 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 98.6
4K Mixed 46.7
165% 60.1 MB/s
DQ Read 788
DQ Write 546
DQ Mixed 443
391% 592 MB/s
132GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.07 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 371 242 287 267 296 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 1,198
Write 1,146
Mixed 939
SusWrite 305
201% 897 MB/s
4K Read 50.3
4K Write 89.3
4K Mixed 63.2
204% 67.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,082
DQ Write 572
DQ Mixed 702
555% 785 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.07 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 162 99 514 325 190 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 1,744
Write 555
Mixed 504
SusWrite 238
166% 760 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 68
4K Mixed 14.2
108% 39.1 MB/s
DQ Read 924
DQ Write 54.8
DQ Mixed 401
314% 460 MB/s
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Typical PLEXTOR PX-512M9 512GB Builds (Compare 299 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 33%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 27%
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Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Extreme3 - $200

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples89x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples54x
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples43x
GPU
R9 290AMD  $399Bench 46%, 68,699 samples15x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples12x
SSD
PLEXTOR PX-512M9 512GBNvmeBench 185%, 119 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples14x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples9x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 39% - Below average Total price: $729

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