
Introduction
Who knew Plextor made SSDs? Well they do and they’re sitting pretty with a new SATA III drive. It’s part of the M2 range and is known fully as the Plextor PX-128M2S. There’s plenty of shelf life improving features that are all well and good, but you’re here for the performance numbers. So without furtherado, I present to you my findings.
Specifications
| Form Factor | 2.5″ Standard |
| Interface | SATA 6.0Gb/s compatible with SATA 3.0Gb/s and SATA 1.5G/s |
| Capacity | 256GB |
| Seq. Read Speed | Up to 480 MB/s (@SATA 6Gb/s) |
| Seq. Write Speed | Up to 330 MB/s (@SATA 6Gb/s) |
| Ran. Read Speed | 15000 IOPS (4KB with QD= 32) |
| Ran. Write Speed | 9000 IOPS (4KB with QD= 32) |
| DRAM Cache | 128MB DDR3 |
| Controller | Marvell 88SS9174 Flash controller |
| Power ECC | 48bit per 2KB |
| Weight | Dynamic Wear leveling |
| S.M.A.R.T. | Support |
| Password Protection | Support |
| Dimensions (W/H/D) | Support |
| TRIM Command | Support |
| Flash Memory | MLC type |
Features
For the full feature list check out Plextor’s site here.




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