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Plextor PX-128M1S 128GB Solid State Drive / SSD Review
Plextor PX-128M1S 128GB Solid State Drive / SSD Review - PCSTATS
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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External Mfg. Website: Plextor Mar 24 2010   J. Apong  
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HDD Benchmarks: I/O Meter

I/O Meter Source: IOMeter

Iometer is an I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for single and clustered systems. It was originally developed by the Intel Corporation, but since 2003 it was relaunched by the Open Source Development Lab. IOMeter can be used to simulate hard drive performance by specifying I/O operations to any physical drive.

PCSTATS I/O Meter settings were set to write to an 8GB sector of the hard drive with four outstanding IOs to simulate writing to an operating system. Each test was run for three minutes. Higher bandwidth (MB/s) and lower latencies (ms) are better.

PCSTATS Benchmark
 ReportI/O Meter 2006.06.27 - 4KB Random Read
Average Speed (MB/s) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 7.59
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 12.47
Total I/Os per second (IOPS) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 1943.8
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 3191.53
Average I/O latency (ms) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 2.0568
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 1.251
Maximum I/O latency (ms) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 13.4184
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 37.056

Random 4KB read performance is a mixed bad for the Plextor PX-128M1S, with overall average speeds below that of the Seagate Barracuda XT. Average latency also ends up being about double that of the Seagate drive.

PCSTATS Benchmark
 ReportI/O meter 2006.06.27 - 4KB Random Write
Average Speed (MB/s) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 12.75
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 2.71
Total I/Os per second (IOPS) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 3264.11
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 693.24
Average I/O latency (ms) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 1.2244
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 5.7686
Maximum I/O latency (ms) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 4.62
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 102.411

Write speeds fare considerably better for the Plextor PX-128M1S, with faster write performance and lower latencies. Small file write performance is critical to operations like application loading, so the PX-128M1S's high bandwidth and low latencies do quite well here.

PCSTATS Benchmark
 ReportI/O meter 2006.06.27 - 2MB Sequential Read
Average Speed (MB/s) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 188.97
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 81.22
Total I/Os per second (IOPS) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 94.49
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 40.61
Average I/O latency (ms) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 42.398
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 98.4818
Maximum I/O latency (ms) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 64.9959
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 674.0553

Sequential read tests are also a strong suit for the PX-128M1S, and in limited-sector write tests it can actually exceed Plextor's speed ratings.

PCSTATS Benchmark
 ReportI/O meter 2006.06.27 - 2MB Sequential Write
Average Speed (MB/s) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 89.67
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 78.89
Total I/Os per second (IOPS) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 44.83
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 39.95
Average I/O latency (ms) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 89.2021
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 100.1029
Maximum I/Os latency (ms) Points Ranking
Plextor PX-128M1S 90.9128
Seagate 2TB Barracuda XT 832.9627

Sequential writes average our the speed of the Plextor PX-128M1S, with performance that's a little better than a conventional hard drive. Maximum latencies are also a bit better than a standard hard drive.

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Contents of Article: Plextor PX-128M1S
 Pg 1.  Plextor PX-128M1S 128GB Solid State Drive / SSD Review
 Pg 2.  HDD Benchmarks: AS SSD, HD Tune 3.5 Pro
 Pg 3.  HDD Benchmarks: PCMark Vantage
 Pg 4.  HDD Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra, HDTach
 Pg 5.  — HDD Benchmarks: I/O Meter
 Pg 6.  HDD Benchmark: File Transfer Test & Conclusions

 
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