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PX-256M9PeG 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 155% (147th of 1072)

Based on 1,173 user benchmarks.  Model: PLEXTOR PX-256M9PeG
Poor: 102%Average: 155% Great: 205%

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Outstanding average bench

The Plextor PX-256M9PeG 256GB averaged 55.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Plextor PX-256M9PeG 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 354MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,604MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor PX-256M9PeG 256GB is 104%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Plextor PX-256M9PeG 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 211MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 506MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,173 samples)
Rank 147155%
Min Avg Max
797 Read 1,604 1,969
94.9 Write 506 1,032
132 Mixed 535 1,076
88.1 SusWrite 211 284
156% 714 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.8 4K Read 43.7 61.4
26.6 4K Write 90.2 146
25 4K Mixed 56.1 80.4
186% 63.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
393 DQ Read 605 778
69.5 DQ Write 314 774
106 DQ Mixed 354 699
291% 424 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 48 44 36 43 34 MB/s
500% Outstanding
Read 6,467
Write 51.1
Mixed 103
SusWrite 41.9
346% 1,666 MB/s
4K Read 590
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 5.6
903% 200 MB/s
172GB free
Firmware: 1.07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 267 267 267 268 266 MB/s
169% Outstanding
Read 1,788
Write 274
Mixed 402
SusWrite 267
147% 683 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 58.3
211% 80.3 MB/s
DQ Read 426
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 302
238% 334 MB/s
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 293 121 100 92 87 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 1,595
Write 384
Mixed 269
SusWrite 135
128% 596 MB/s
4K Read 50.5
4K Write 51.7
4K Mixed 73.1
198% 58.4 MB/s
DQ Read 745
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 257
262% 439 MB/s
115GB free
Firmware: 1.07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 268 268 267 267 269 MB/s
134% Outstanding
Read 1,178
Write 219
Mixed 294
SusWrite 268
106% 490 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 50.9
178% 65.4 MB/s
DQ Read 421
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 318
245% 338 MB/s
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 112 110 109 110 108 MB/s
98.7% Outstanding
Read 1,088
Write 184
Mixed 241
SusWrite 112
87% 406 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 51.7
4K Mixed 30.7
118% 38.6 MB/s
DQ Read 428
DQ Write 132
DQ Mixed 158
148% 239 MB/s
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 85 82 79 78 72 MB/s
92.1% Outstanding
Read 1,143
Write 129
Mixed 196
SusWrite 81.8
83% 388 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 33.1
4K Mixed 30
96% 29.7 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 128
DQ Mixed 163
146% 227 MB/s
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 80 74 76 72 67 MB/s
92% Outstanding
Read 1,126
Write 74.8
Mixed 134
SusWrite 72.8
75% 352 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 27.9
4K Mixed 33.2
102% 30.1 MB/s
DQ Read 397
DQ Write 71.3
DQ Mixed 113
114% 194 MB/s
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Typical PX-256M9PeG 256GB Builds (Compare 2,387 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 53%
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Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 45%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B360-PLUS - $100

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel  $96Bench 85%, 299,482 samples596x
Core i5-8400Intel  $124Bench 82%, 312,220 samples399x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples313x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples185x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples156x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia  $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples122x
SSD
PX-256M9PeG 256GBPlextorBench 155%, 1,173 samples1x
RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples117x
GX2426D464S/8GSBS2 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 370 samples117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples88x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 108% - Outstanding Total price: $387

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