Plextor M9Pe Series 256Gb SSD technical review
Plextor's M9Pe Series NVMe SSD works on PCIe M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4. Detailed characteristics of this NVMe SSD in our article.
Plextor's 256Gb M9Pe Series SSD use Marvell 88SS1093 controller. The M9Pe Series comes equipped with Toshiba TLC flash memory. Plextor M9Pe Series also available in 1 Tb and 512 Gb capacities.
Performance and benchmarks
This NVMe works on PCIe M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4 computer expansion bus standard with maximum read speeds 3200 MB/s, and write speeds equals to 2100 MB/s. It also has input/output performance 400000 on reading and 300000 on writing operations per second.
Endurance and warranty
Manufacturer give 5-year warranty that limited by 160 Total Bytes Written. As well it has 1.5 million hours MTBF.
Specs
| Category | Value |
| Capacity | 256 Gb |
| Interface | M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4 |
| Controller | Marvell 88SS1093 |
| Memory type | Toshiba TLC |
| DRAM | n/a |
| Read speed (Mb/s) | 3200 |
| Write speed (Mb/s) | 2100 |
| Read IOPS | 400000 |
| Write IOPS | 300000 |
| Endurance (TBW) | 160 |
| MTBF (million hours) | 1.5 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Conclusion
Plextor M9Pe Series 256Gb use PCIe 3 that is significantly slower than PCIe Gen4. The maximum write speed is 2100 Mbps, that is okay for this interface. The NVMe provide possibility to write 160 TBW, that is not much compared to nearest competitors. When everything is weighed in the balance, Plextor M9Pe Series 256Gb has more minuses and our site strongly do not recommend to have it.
+ Pros
- Good writing speed
- Cons
- PCIe 3.0
- Capacity
- Writing speed
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