Review of the Plextor PX-128M2P SSD

Specifications

• Marvell 9174 processor
• SATA 6 Gb/s interface
• Toshiba NAND
• 500 MB/s read, 440 MB/s write, 70,000 4K IOPS
• 256MB Buffer (128GB), 512MB Buffer (256GB)
• Power consumption – 5W active, .1W idle
• 3 year warranty
• Mounting bracket and cloning software included

What’s in the Box?

Apart from the SSD itself, there is a manual and a DVD with the manual and Acronis software on if you want to use it to clone a drive. There is also a 3.5” bracket for fitting the SSD into a desktop PC.

A Closer Look

Using with Windows

Connecting the SSD to windows worked without any problems.

As you can see, a very good 7.9 score for the primary hard disk!

Performance Testing – SATA 6G/bs

Using HD Tune Pro, the average Read speed was a very acceptable 336.9 MB/s.

The average Write speed was 195.8 MB/s.