Plextor

PX-256M6S+ 256GB

PX-256M6S+ 256GB
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Effective Speed -17%Effective Speed -17%Average Score -19%Read -8%, Write -10%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write -36%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -55%, SusWrite 17%Peak Score -15%Read -5%, Write -14%, 4K Read -27%, 4K Write -28%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite 7%Value & Sentiment -440%User Rating -14%, Market Share -867%Nice To Haves -25%DQ Read 0%, DQ Write -9%, DQ Mixed -43%, ADQ Read -27%, ADQ Write -17%, ADQ Mixed -96%, Age -4%, AS-SSD Total -7%

Average Bench: 84.5% (414^th of 1072)

Based on 194 user benchmarks. Model: PLEXTOR PX-256M6S+

Poor: 62%Average: 84.5% Great: 104%

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Very good average bench

The Plextor PX-256M6S+ 256GB averaged just 15.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Plextor PX-256M6S+ 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 133MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.3MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plextor PX-256M6S+ 256GB is 41.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Plextor PX-256M6S+ 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 324MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 347MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 194 samples)

Rank 41484.5%

Min	Avg	Max
316	Read 425	481
259	Write 368	427
216	Mixed 324	444
255	SusWrite 347	414
82.2% 366 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.9	4K Read 26.3	33.9
33	4K Write 64.3	95.5
15	4K Mixed 29	41
111% 39.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.7	DQ Read 257	368
66.7	DQ Write 246	328
14.3	DQ Mixed 133	232
132% 212 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

CHN-User, 8 months ago.

102GB free

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 386 384 383 421 368 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 437

Mixed 318

SusWrite 392

88% 392 MB/s

4K Read 33.9

4K Write 84.1

4K Mixed 42.6

150% 53.5 MB/s

DQ Read 330

DQ Write 335

DQ Mixed 214

194% 293 MB/s

VNM-User, 4 months ago.

189GB free

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 386 384 417 417 416 MB/s

101% Outstanding

Write 62.7

Mixed 36.4

SusWrite 384

52% 235 MB/s

4K Read 34.1

4K Write 89.2

4K Mixed 44.2

156% 55.8 MB/s

DQ Read 350

DQ Write 151

DQ Mixed 220

171% 240 MB/s

ISL-User, 1 day ago.

195GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 381 343 358 367 392 MB/s

90.8% Outstanding

Write 338

Mixed 249

SusWrite 370

78% 350 MB/s

4K Read 29.4

4K Write 62.5

4K Mixed 34.9

122% 42.3 MB/s

DQ Read 294

DQ Write 272

DQ Mixed 223

184% 263 MB/s

CHN-User, 2 months ago.

100GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 336 347 313 337 324 MB/s

87.4% Excellent

Write 363

Mixed 302

SusWrite 326

81% 362 MB/s

4K Read 24.2

4K Write 62

4K Mixed 31.7

110% 39.3 MB/s

DQ Read 349

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 210

193% 296 MB/s

CHN-User, 4 months ago.

114GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 296 336 333 389 363 MB/s

82% Excellent

Write 373

Mixed 254

SusWrite 348

75% 334 MB/s

4K Read 27

4K Write 67.3

4K Mixed 29.2

114% 41.2 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 247

DQ Mixed 227

179% 249 MB/s

POL-User, 3 months ago.

86GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 249 302 306 339 332 MB/s

75.3% Very good

Write 284

Mixed 232

SusWrite 293

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 21.1

4K Write 42

4K Mixed 26.1

88% 29.7 MB/s

DQ Read 338

DQ Write 294

DQ Mixed 198

181% 277 MB/s

RUS-User, 6 months ago.

181GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 367 327 352 309 368 MB/s

71.6% Very good

Write 331

Mixed 249

SusWrite 334

71% 314 MB/s

4K Read 19.7

4K Write 35.5

4K Mixed 20.5

75% 25.2 MB/s

DQ Read 322

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 213

191% 288 MB/s

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,306x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
PX-256M6S+ 256GBPlextorBench 84%, 194 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	151x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	120x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $698

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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-256M6S+ 256GB

Average Bench: 84.5% (414^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 84.5% (414th of 1072)

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