Plextor M8Se Series 1Tb SSD tech review

Posted on November 07, 2022 by Raymond Chen

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 M8Se Series 1Tb SSD tech review

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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Video Review

✅Plextor M8Se 2280 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD Review

FAQ

The Plextor M8Se Series 1Tb is DRAMless drive or data about it is unknown. Dynamic Random-Access Memory makes SSD work faster, but also more expensive.

The M8Se Series 1Tb due to the low density of memory chips able to run with no extra cooling systems. Some laptops or motherboards already has thermal pads above and below the SSD to improve performance during high loads.

The Plextor M8Se Series has maximum write speed 1000 Mbps, read speed 2400 Mbps. NVMe works on Marvell Eldora controller and M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4 high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard. The NAND memory type is Toshiba MLC.
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