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Compare Plextor M6e 128GB vs Crucial MX100 128GB

Plextor M6e 128GB and Crucial MX100 128GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (128 GB). The main differences are in Performance (+47%), Interface, Form Factor and SSD Controller.
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Pangoly Score (How do we rate?)
91
Pangoly Score (How do we rate?)
88
Brand
Plextor
Brand
Crucial
Model
PX-AG128M6e
Model
CT128MX100SSD1
Release Date
📅 May 2014
Release Date
📅 May 2014
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews
★★★★★
(8 reviews)
User reviews
★★★★★
(159 reviews)
Performance (Charts)
196th / 1746
(0%)
Performance (Charts)
340th / 1746
(-47%)
Effective Value
-
Effective Value
290th / 336
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Price/GB
-
Price/GB
$1.17
GB/$1
-
GB/$1
0.85
Pros
  • Amazing performance, over the SATA 3 bottleneck
  • Marvell controller
Pros
  • Marvell 88SS9189 controller
  • Competitive pricing
  • Good reading speed
Cons
  • Price is higher than SATA 3 drives, but still reasonable
  • The 128GB version has limited write speed
Cons
  • Limited writing speed
Series
M6e
Series
MX100
Capacity
128 GB
Capacity
128 GB
Interface
PCIe Gen2 x2
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
NVME
No
NVME
No
Form Factor
PCIe
Form Factor
2.5"
SSD Controller
Marvell 9183
SSD Controller
Marvell 9189
NAND Flash Type
MLC (toggle)
NAND Flash Type
MLC (synchronous)
Max Sequential Read
Up to 770 MB/s
Max Sequential Read
Up to 550 MB/s
Max Sequential Write
Up to 335 MB/s
Max Sequential Write
Up to 150 MB/s
MTBF
-
MTBF
1.5 million hours

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Plextor M6e 128GB:

  • Better Pangoly Score. (How do we rate?)
  • Much better performance, around +47%
  • Newer interface (PCIe Gen2 x2)

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