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The PX-128M1S is a 2.5-inch, SATA 3Gb/s drive, which makes it compatible with most notebooks. It can also be installed into a desktop computer with use of a mounting bracket (not included).
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HDD Benchmarks: AS SSD, HD Tune 3.5 Pro
Prelude to Benchmarks
The details of how the Plextor
PX-128M1S SSD test system was configured for benchmarking; the specific
hardware, software drivers, operating system and benchmark versions is indicated
below.
Please take a moment to look over
PCSTATS test system configurations before moving on to the individual benchmark
results on the next page.
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| PCSTATS Test System
Configurations |
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test system - intel core
i5 |
| processor:
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intel core i5 750 (45nm) |
| clock
speed: |
20 x 133 mhz = 2.66 ghz |
| socket: |
socket lga1156 |
| motherboard: |
asus p7p55d premium (p55 express) |
| videocard: |
asus ENGTS250
DK (Geforce GTS250) |
| Memory: |
2x 2GB Corsair XMS3-1600C9 |
| Memory
Speed: |
DDR3-1333 RAM |
| Hard
Drive: |
SSD:
128GB Plextor PX-128M1S (3GB/s
SATAII)
HDD:
74GB Western Digital Raptor WD740 (3GB/s
SATAII)
2TB Segate
Barracuda XT (6GB/s SATA III) |
| Optical
Drive: |
ASUS BC-1205PT-BD |
| Power
Supply: |
PC Power & Cooling TurboCool 750W |
| Heatsink: |
Intel Reference 1156 Heatsink |
| Monitor
(1080p): |
ASUS MK241
24" HD LCD |
| Software
Setup: |
Microsoft Windows7 Ultimate 32-bit
Intel
9.1.1.1019
nVIDIA Forceware 195.62 |
| Benchmarks:
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Hard Drive Benchmarks:
AS
SSD
HDTune Pro 3.5
PCmark Vantage
SiSoft Sandra 2009
HD Tach 3.0.4.0
I/O Meter
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 AS SSD
Benchmark |
Source:AS SSD |
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AS SSD
benchmark is made specifically to test SSD performance. It is a synthetic
benchmark that gauges bandwidth and latency speeds for solid state disks. Higher
bandwidth (MB/s) is better, lower latencies (ms) are better.
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Drive |
Plextor
PX-128M1S |
| Test |
Read |
Write |
| Sequential (MB/s) : |
161.1 |
88.9 |
| 4K (MB/s) : |
11.01 |
5.3 |
| 4K 64-Thrd (MB/s) : |
17.87 |
6.8 |
| Access Time (ms): |
0.359 |
0.736 |
Since this test is designed for SSDs, the PX-128M1S doesn't have any
competition here yet. However a quick glance at the numbers already shows
sequential read performance at 161 MB/s, and sequential write performance at
88.9 MB/s, both above Plextor's rated speeds for the PX-128M1S of 130MB/s read /
80MB/s write.
| HD Tune Pro 4.01 READ / WRITE Drive
Benchmark |
Source: HD
TUNE |
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HD Tune Pro is an extended version of HD Tune which
includes many new features such as: write benchmark, secure erasing, AAM
setting, folder usage view, disk monitor, command line parameters and file
benchmark. The benchmark measures raw performance in a couple different ways to
measure a hard drive for Read and Write tests, which are conducted separately.
To read the results below consider that highest minimum/maximum/average transfer
rates are better, while lower (quicker) access times are best. Lastly, highest
burst rates are better.
The Plextor PX-128M1S has very consistent average
transfer rates while reading, and thanks to the nature of its NAND flash memory
it can achieve incredibly low access times of 0.3ms.
When
writing the Plextor PX-128M1S has very low access times and 73.4MB/s average
transfer rates. This SSD lags behind conventional hard drives when it comes to
burst performance, the Plextor weighs in with 99.7MB/s vs the Seagate Barracuda
XT at 121MB/s.
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