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Plextor

Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
| Merchant | Price | $/GB |
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Newegg | $197.99 | $0.198 | In Stock | $197.99 | Buy |
About This Product
The Plextor M8Pe is a PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD with 1TB capacity and 1GB cache. It offers significantly faster sequential read/write speeds compared to SATA SSDs, making it suitable for users requiring high-speed data transfer. While its performance is strong for its generation, newer PCIe Gen4 drives offer superior speeds for demanding applications.
Verdict
βGood for users needing a fast PCIe Gen3 NVMe SSD for general use or gaming.β
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
2,500 MB/s
Sequential Write
1,400 MB/s
4K Random Read
280K IOPS
4K Random Write
240K IOPS
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
768 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.42 DWPD
MTBF
2.4M hours
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache β what most retailers don't show you.
DRAM Cache
Yes (1024 MB)
Critical for Gen5 drives and laptops.
Heatsink
Included
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