Plextor M9Pe Series 512Gb NVMe SSD tech review
How fast is the M9Pe Series (512Gb) produced by Plextor and more specs explore in our article.
Plextor's 512Gb M9Pe Series SSD works on Marvell 88SS1093. The M9Pe Series comes equipped with Toshiba TLC flash memory. Internal SSD is offered also in 1 Tb and 256 Gb capacities.
Performance and benchmarks
This NVMe use PCIe M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x 4 computer expansion bus standard with maximum write speeds equals to 2100 MB/s, and maximum read speeds 3200 MB/s. M9Pe Series has input/output performance 300000 on writing and 400000 on reading operations per second.
Endurance and warranty
Manufacturer give 5 years warranty that limited by endurance 320 TBW. The M9Pe Series has 1.5 million hours MTBF.
Specs
| Category | Value |
| Capacity | 512 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) | 320 |
| MTBF (million hours) | 1.5 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Conclusion
Plextor M9Pe Series 512Gb use previous bus standard that is significantly slower than PCIe Gen4. The sequential write speed is 2100 Mb/s, that is okay for this computer expansion bus standard. The Internal SSD provide possibility to write 320 TBW, that is bad against competitors. Weighing all these factors, Plextor M9Pe Series 512Gb has more cons and our site highly do not recommend to buy it.
+ Pros
- Good writing speed
- Cons
- PCIe 3.0
- Capacity
- Writing speed
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