Plextor

PX-256M9PeY 256GB

PX-256M9PeY 256GB
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Effective Speed +65% Effective Speed 65%Average Score +68% Read 227%, Write 80%, 4K Read 40%, 4K Write 15%, Mixed 98%, 4K Mixed 34%, SusWrite -21%Peak Score +91% Read 292%, Write 113%, 4K Read 42%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed 157%, 4K Mixed 40%, SusWrite -31%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +101% DQ Read 113%, DQ Write 179%, DQ Mixed 117%, ADQ Read 104%, ADQ Write 61%, ADQ Mixed 75%, Age 34%, AS-SSD Total 126%

Average Bench: 163% (140^th of 1072)

Based on 473 user benchmarks. Model: PLEXTOR PX-256M9PeY

Poor: 99%Average: 163% Great: 212%

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Outstanding average bench

The Plextor PX-256M9PeY 256GB averaged 62.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Plextor PX-256M9PeY 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 456MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,494MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor PX-256M9PeY 256GB is 114%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Plextor PX-256M9PeY 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 244MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 101MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 473 samples)

Rank 140163%

Min	Avg	Max
678	Read 1,494	1,984
164	Write 730	1,035
202	Mixed 711	1,086
144	SusWrite 244	296
175% 795 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.2	4K Read 48.2	61.2
34	4K Write 101	154
31.8	4K Mixed 60.4	81.7
204% 70 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
401	DQ Read 667	781
121	DQ Write 464	1,001
150	DQ Mixed 456	718
370% 529 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 4 months ago.

34GB free

Firmware: 1.06

SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 33 31 34 34 33 MB/s

360% Outstanding

Write 41.3

Mixed 84.1

SusWrite 32.4

245% 1,180 MB/s

4K Read 433

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 4.4

663% 147 MB/s

POL-User, 7 days ago.

115GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.07

SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 222 234 204 226 209 MB/s

146% Outstanding

Write 452

Mixed 768

SusWrite 237

140% 631 MB/s

4K Read 44.4

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 57.9

200% 70.9 MB/s

DQ Read 755

DQ Write 469

DQ Mixed 688

492% 637 MB/s

RUS-User, 3 months ago.

32GB free

Firmware: 1.06

SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 145 155 153 148 143 MB/s

138% Outstanding

Write 134

Mixed 306

SusWrite 154

97% 450 MB/s

4K Read 46.6

4K Write 74.5

4K Mixed 63.4

191% 61.5 MB/s

DQ Read 718

DQ Write 192

DQ Mixed 241

233% 383 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

48GB free

Firmware: 1.06

SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 230 299 239 225 222 MB/s

135% Outstanding

Write 268

Mixed 368

SusWrite 249

112% 515 MB/s

4K Read 38.1

4K Write 61.1

4K Mixed 56.8

163% 52 MB/s

DQ Read 605

DQ Write 311

DQ Mixed 292

261% 403 MB/s

NZL-User, 2 months ago.

54GB free

Firmware: 1.04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 179 157 147 144 142 MB/s

126% Outstanding

Write 269

Mixed 250

SusWrite 161

120% 561 MB/s

4K Read 29.2

4K Write 71

4K Mixed 36.2

128% 45.5 MB/s

DQ Read 396

DQ Write 218

DQ Mixed 243

198% 286 MB/s

POL-User, 4 months ago.

92GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.07

SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 147 127 156 132 129 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 371

Mixed 262

SusWrite 147

78% 354 MB/s

4K Read 42.8

4K Write 90.3

4K Mixed 48.3

174% 60.5 MB/s

DQ Read 486

DQ Write 204

DQ Mixed 269

219% 320 MB/s

ITA-User, 3 months ago.

70GB free

Firmware: 1.07

SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 254 231 229 224 224 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 793

Mixed 741

SusWrite 257

160% 720 MB/s

4K Read 29.9

4K Write 39.3

4K Mixed 33.4

109% 34.2 MB/s

DQ Read 228

DQ Write 123

DQ Mixed 117

103% 156 MB/s

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Typical PX-256M9PeY 256GB Builds (Compare 739 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-M PRO - $360

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	185x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	170x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	154x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	50x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x

SSD
PX-256M9PeY 256GBPlextorBench 163%, 473 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	20x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 2,134 samples	15x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	15x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $612

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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-256M9PeY 256GB

Average Bench: 163% (140^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-M PRO - $360

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Average Bench: 163% (140th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-M PRO - $360

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Average Bench: 163% (140^th of 1072)