Plextor M8Se Series 512Gb NVMe SSD technical review
Plextor's M8Se Series use PCIe M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4 interface. Detailed characteristics of this NVMe SSD in our article.
Plextor's 512Gb M8Se Series NVMe SSD works on Marvell Eldora controller. The M8Se Series comes equipped with Toshiba MLC flash memory. This NVMe is offered also in three capacities: 1 Tb, 128 Gb and 256 Gb.
Performance and benchmarks
NVMe SSD works on PCIe M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4 bus with write speeds 1000 Mbps, and maximum read speeds 2400 Mbps. M8Se Series has IOPS 210000 on reading and 175000 on writing operations.
Endurance and warranty
Manufacturer provide 3-year warranty limited by 360 Total Bytes Written. As well it has 1.5 million hours mean time between failure.
Specs
| Category | Value |
| Capacity | 512 Gb |
| 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) | 360 |
| MTBF (million hours) | 1.5 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Conclusion
Plextor M8Se Series 512Gb may work on previous bus standard that is significantly slower than PCIe 4.0. The write speed is 1000 Mbps, that is slower than has most of rivals. The Plextor M8Se Series provide possibility to write 360 TBW, that is pretty well against rivals. On balance, Plextor M8Se Series 512Gb has more minuses and our site highly do not recommend to spend money for it.
+ Pros
- Endurance
- Cons
- Slow writing speed
- PCIe 3.0
- Capacity
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Plextor M8Se 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD
