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Plextor PX-AG256M6e

M6e PCIe 256GB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 112% (205th of 1072)

Based on 744 user benchmarks.  Model: PLEXTOR PX-AG256M6e
Poor: 78%Average: 112% Great: 131%

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Outstanding average bench

The Plextor M6e PCIe 256GB averaged 12.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Plextor M6e PCIe 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 239MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 333MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor M6e PCIe 256GB is 53.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Plextor M6e PCIe 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 348MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 486MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 744 samples)
Rank 205112%
Min Avg Max
364 Read 658 734
327 Write 500 563
250 Mixed 348 387
299 SusWrite 486 557
111% 498 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.3 4K Read 32 36.6
40.4 4K Write 72.6 103
22.4 4K Mixed 36 45.5
133% 46.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
179 DQ Read 371 426
114 DQ Write 333 418
94 DQ Mixed 239 289
210% 314 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
238GB free
Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 584 538 582 549 582 582 MB/s
133% Outstanding
Read 729
Write 566
Mixed 380
SusWrite 570
126% 561 MB/s
4K Read 36.3
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 43.7
167% 61.7 MB/s
DQ Read 425
DQ Write 403
DQ Mixed 290
252% 372 MB/s
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 520 484 529 499 554 MB/s
118% Outstanding
Read 672
Write 525
Mixed 334
SusWrite 512
114% 510 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 85.6
4K Mixed 41.4
152% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 182
DQ Write 415
DQ Mixed 273
215% 290 MB/s
74GB free
Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 524 550 508 541 554 525 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 725
Write 567
Mixed 364
SusWrite 534
122% 547 MB/s
4K Read 32.8
4K Write 44.8
4K Mixed 30.7
113% 36.1 MB/s
DQ Read 423
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 189
158% 238 MB/s
74GB free
Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 513 506 473 527 532 510 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 692
Write 515
Mixed 362
SusWrite 510
116% 520 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 42.5
4K Mixed 26.4
98% 32.2 MB/s
DQ Read 423
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 191
160% 240 MB/s
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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples652x
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples361x
Core i7-4820KIntel  $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples230x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples96x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples84x
SSD
M6e PCIe 256GBPlextor  $50Bench 112%, 744 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples38x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples27x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $482

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