Testseek.co.uk have collected 204 expert reviews of the Plextor M.2 2280 M6E Series PCIe and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Plextor M.2 2280 M6E Series PCIe.
June 2014
(81%)
204 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(84%)
166 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Very fast
5 year warranty
Easy Setup
High level of read & write IOPs
Controller not hindered by compressible data
PCIe x4 interface removes the SATA III bottleneck
Around 50% more performance over a comparable SATA based drive
Competitive price point
Marvell controller
Consistent levels of performance
The Plextor M6S has low power consumption and is a great performance upgrade for a computer that still runs on a regular hard drive
Faster than standard SSD's
Included PlexTurbo 2.0 Software caches RAM for better performance
Aesthetically pleasing design
Breaks the SATA 3 bandwidth bottleneck of 600 MB/s
IOPS performance
No drivers
Simply plug and play
Excellent boot drive option
Ideal for a boot drive or large storage drive for video editing
Equally good with compressible and incompressible data
Frees more SATA ports for storage
The editors didn't like
Green PCB/Dated looks
Requires a PCIe x4 lane to operate at full speed – systems without this are not compatible – Although the SATA version of this drive will offer an alternative
The 512GB M6S is still rather expensive compared to the 128GB and 256GB SKU's
Plextor M6S 256GB Solid State Drive
Compared with other solid-state drives on the market
The M6S' performance is disappointing. It also comes with only a short three-year warranty
Very expensive
Especially for the performance
Uses x4 PCIe lanes which could cause problems in Crossfire/SLI setups
May not be suitable for people with multiple video cards
Kitguru says
Extremely high performance
And at 82p per GB it offers good value for money too
Available in 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities, Good sequential read and write performance, Performs equally well with compressible and incompressible data, SATA 6Gb/s interface, Toggle Mode MLC NAND flash, Large DRAM cache, Exclusive firmware with Instan
Random write performance at low queue depths could be better, Does not support TCG Opal or eDrive encryption
While the M6S isn't Plextor's fastest or most feature packed SSD, it's a great solution for the consumer looking to boost the performance of their existing desktop or notebook computer. Similar to what we saw with the M6M, the M6S combines Marvell's 88SS9...
Published: 2014-07-25, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
Abstract: Over the past few years, we've seen two tiers of solid-state drives (SSDs) emerge-conventional drives that utilize the SATA protocol, and a more expensive set of products that rely on PCI Express (PCIe) cards. The PCIe models are often faster than standar...
Build Quality (Toshiba 19nm ToggleMode NAND Flash/Marvell Controller), Good Performance, 3 Years Warranty
Overall Performance (Compared To The Competition), Price (Compared To The Competition)
After wrapping up all tests of the PX-256M6S (M6S) we all sat down and tried to figure out what Plextor did wrong this time over since although marginally better compared to the previous generation PX-256M5Pro model (M5 Pro) it didn't do so well against i...
Although Plextor promotes its M6e PCIe drive as a flagship and innovative solution, we've formed a different opinion about it. Yes, the PCI Express bus is good. It has more bandwidth than SATA. But for an SSD to be regarded as a high-performance solution,...
CrystalDiskMark is a small benchmark utility for drives and enables rapid measurement of sequential and random read/write speeds. Note that CDM only supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) with a queue depth of 32 (as noted) for the last listed benchmark sc...
Published: 2014-05-29, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: More than a decade has passed since PATA (Parallel ATA) was made redundant by SATA. Originally designed to provide a maximum throughput of 16MB/s, PATA and was eventually upgraded to 133MB/s, which may still seem like plenty when you consider today's desk...
Published: 2014-05-29, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: More than a decade has passed since PATA (Parallel ATA) was made redundant by SATA. Originally designed to provide a maximum throughput of 16MB/s, PATA and was eventually upgraded to 133MB/s, which may still seem like plenty when you consider today's desk...
The M6S is the next logical step for Plextor. Transitioning towards 20nm NAND from Toshiba brings down the prices. The product itself offers very good performance. And sure, a more expensive brand might be 50 MB/sec faster overall, but really at these pe...
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Published: 2014-05-01, Author: Christopher , review by: tomshardware.com
The M6e is fast. There's no doubt about that. It's able to hang with the other high-end SSDs we've ever tested. In fact, SanDisk's M.2-based, PCIe-attached A110 is similar, though also a bit faster. But you can't buy the OEM-only A110, whereas Plextor's o...
Published: 2014-04-15, Author: Kristian , review by: anandtech.com
Abstract: Continuing our spring full of SSDs, the next drives under the scope are Plextor's M6S and M6M. Both drives were already showcased at CES this year but after a series of delays the release was pushed to April, which brings us to this review. Similar to the...
