Testseek.com have collected 124 expert reviews of the Plextor 2.5 inch M5 Pro Series SATA600 and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Plextor 2.5 inch M5 Pro Series SATA600.
May 2013
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The editors liked
Excellent all round performance
Third generation Marvel Controller
5 year warranty
Strong overall performance
Particularly in random workloads.
The Plextor M5 Pro solid-state drive (SSD) offers fast performance and comes with useful accessories and software
Solid performance
Leading MySQL enterprise 48 & 64 threads results
Acronis TrueImage HDD migration software included
7.5 mm thin--Ultrabook compatible
Supports TRIM
5-year warranty
The editors didn't like
Enthusiast price tag
Lags slightly in boot times
More expensive than other 256GB SSDs
The drive doesn't include a USB-SATA adapter
And its pricing is not known at the time of the review
More expensive than comparable drives
Not as fast as other high-end drives (which are more expensive
Plextor is one of the first to market with the new Marvell Monet 88SS9187-BLD2 controller and new 19nm Toshiba Toggle NAND inside the M5 Pro. Employing these two cutting edge technologies together into the Plextor M5 Pro package pays big dividends. With t...
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Published: 2012-09-27, Author: Richard , review by: tomshardware.com
Plextor's M5 Pro is the first drive from any vendor to use Toshiba's 19 nm NAND, and it's the second SSD equipped with Marvell's 88SS9187-BLD2 controller. The combination of both advancements, in conjunction with the company's custom firmware, delivers ve...
The M5 Pro is all new technology at this point and as always there is a maturation process. We know there is practically an infinite number of ways to adjust performance through fine tuning of firmware when it comes to Marvell FPU’s so who knows a shot...
Abstract: Plextor's strength lies in performance and quality. As we saw with the M3 Pro, they have a firmware team capable of delivering top-of-the-class performance: The M3 Pro was easily the fastest Marvell 88SS9174 based SSD and overall it was one of the f...
« August 5th, 2012 by Jennifer , , Basic Performance TestAs for the performance test, we would still used the in our earlier review, additionally the test items were the same.In AS SSD test, M5P delivered continuous read and write speed of 509MB/s...
When Plextor launched the M3 and M3 Pro they were very excited about their reliability data. Now some of that data is coming out, but this time with the M5 Pro. Plextor claims they took 400 M5 Pro SSDs and stressed the drives for 500 hours. According...
