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Plextor M5 Pro SSD (256GB) - Marvelous Marvell?

By Kenny Yeo - 14 Sep 2012

Results - Futuremark PCMark Vantage

Futuremark PCMark Vantage Results

Marvell drives always had issues with Futuremark benchmarks and it was the same with PCMark Vantage. The Plextor M5 Pro did not record an overall score as it did not complete all the tests. Like OCZ Vertex 4 and Crucial M4, all three drives fell short at Test 7 - Windows Media Player, Adding Music. Even so, if we look at the breakdown, its performance was poor or below par on most of the workloads. It was only competitive on Test 3 - Adding Pictures. Again, we noticed that the older Plextor M2S could run decently on PCMark Vantage, leading us to believe that it benefitted from a more mature firmware. Maybe in time Plextor would rectify this for the new M5 Pro drive.

 

 

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7.5
  • Performance 8
  • Features 6.5
  • Value 7
The Good
Very good Iometer performance
Overall performance shows lots of promise
The Bad
Erratic performance on Futuremark benchmarks and HD Tune
Firmware is troublesome to update
Firmware needs optimizing
Very pricey
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