At CES earlier this year, one of the SSD vendors with a lot to show off was Plextor who had a number of new SSDs planned for early 2014. Among the SSDs they showed were the Plextor M6e, a M.2 form factor PCIe SSD, the Plextor M6S, a new 2.5″ SATA 6Gb/s SSD, and the Plextor M6M, a new mSATA SSD. So far, we’ve already had a chance to check out Plextor’s first M.2 SSD aimed at the retail market, the Plextor M6e, and was highly impressed with the drive, so now we focus our attention to the the rest of Plextor’s lineup coming out this month.
The rest of the Plextor M6 lineup includes the Plextor M6S and the Plextor M6M which are virtually identical drives with the exception that the M6S is in the 2.5″ SATA form factor while the Plextor M6M is in the mSATA form factor. Plextor is also planning to launch a M6 Pro, which will be the flagship 2.5″ SATA form factor drive sometime later this year.
Plextor M6M mSATA Specifications
Manufacturer
Plextor
Plextor
Plextor
Plextor
Model
M6M
M6M
M6M
M6M
Model Number
PX-64M6M
PX-128M6M
PX-256M6M
PX-512M6M
Form Factor
mSATA
mSATA
mSATA
mSATA
Capacity
64 GB
128 GB
256 GB
512 TB
Controller
Marvell 88SS9188
Marvell 88SS9188
Marvell 88SS9188
Marvell 88SS9188
NAND
19nm Toshiba Toggle Mode MLC
19nm Toshiba Toggle Mode MLC
19nm Toshiba Toggle Mode MLC
19nm Toshiba Toggle Mode MLC
Sequential Reads
520 MB/s
520 MB/s
520 MB/s
520 MB/s
Sequential Writes
160 MB/s
340 MB/s
440 MB/s
440 MB/s
4K Random Read
73,000 IOPS
90,000 IOPS
98,000 IOPS
98,000 IOPS
4K Random Write
42,000 IOPS
76,000 IOPS
80,000 IOPS
80,000 IOPS
Interface
SATA 3 6GB/s
SATA 3 6GB/s
SATA 3 6GB/s
SATA 3 6GB/s
Warranty
3 Years
3 Years
3 Years
3 Years
That said, today we’ll be reviewing the Plextor M6M 256GB SSD. As far as components go, the Plextor M6M/M6S is controlled by the Marvell 88SS9188 (Monet Lite) controller, which is a controller we’re seeing on our test benches for the first time today along with some of Toshiba’s latest 2nd generation 19nm Toggle Mode MLC NAND.
Without further ado, let’s take a closer look at the Plextor M6M!
