Plextor M6e Black Edition M.2 PCIe SSD Review
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Plextor M6e Black Edition Test System
Before we look at the numbers, lets take a brief look at the test system that was used. All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit and benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. Windows has the power option set to high performance.
The Intel Z97 platform that we used to test the M.2 PCIe SSD was based around the ASUS Z97-A motherboard with BIOS 2012 that came out on 10/24/2014. The Corsair Dominator Platnium 8GB 2133MHz memory kit was set to XMP 1.3 memory profile settings, which is 1.65v with 9-11-11-31 2T memory timings. The Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD was used as the primary drive (uses 19nm NAND and M311 firmware).
Intel Z97 Test Bench
| Intel LGA 1150 Test Platform | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component | Brand/Model | Live Pricing | |||
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Processor |
Core i7 4770k | ||||
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Motherboard |
ASUS Z97-A | ||||
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Memory |
Corsair Platinum 2133MHz 8GB | ||||
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OS Drive |
Corsair Neutron 240GB | ||||
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Power Supply |
Corsair AX860i | ||||
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Operating System |
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit | ||||
CrystalDiskInfo 6.3.0 Readout:
For the Plextor M6e Black Edition 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD, the readout on CrystalDiskInfo 6.3.0 shows that both NCQ, S.M.A.R.T. and TRIM are enabled. The firmware version that we are running at the time of testing was 1.05.
Let’s have a look at the performance!