Plextor M8Se Series 1Tb SSD tech review
Plextor's M8Se Series internal SSD works on PCIe M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4 bus. Read below about this NVMe here.
Plextor's 1Tb M8Se Series NVMe works on Marvell Eldora controller. The M8Se Series comes equipped with Toshiba MLC flash memory. SSD is offered also in 3 capacities: 128 Gb, 512 Gb and 256 Gb.
Performance and benchmarks
Plextor M8Se Series works on PCIe M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4 bus with write speeds equals to 1000 Mbps, and read speeds 2400 MB/s. M8Se Series has input/output performance 210000 on reading and 175000 on writing operations per second.
Endurance and warranty
Plextor give 3-year warranty that limited by 500 Total Bytes Written. The M8Se Series has 1.5 million hours mean time between failure.
Specs
| Category | Value |
| Capacity | 1 Tb |
| Interface | M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4 |
| Controller | Marvell Eldora |
| Memory type | Toshiba MLC |
| DRAM | n/a |
| Read speed (Mb/s) | 2400 |
| Write speed (Mb/s) | 1000 |
| Read IOPS | 210000 |
| Write IOPS | 175000 |
| Endurance (TBW) | 500 |
| MTBF (million hours) | 1.5 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Conclusion
M8Se Series (1Tb) produced by Plextor use PCIe 3.0 that is undoubtedly slower than PCIe 4.0. The maximum write speed is 1000 Mbps, that is slower than has most of competitors. The Plextor M8Se Series provide possibility to write 500 TBW, that is not much compared to nearest rivals. Overall, Plextor M8Se Series 1Tb has more disadvantages and we do not recommend to have it.
+ Pros
- Capacity
- Cons
- Slow writing speed
- PCIe 3.0
- Writing speed
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