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Plextor M3 256GB PX-256M3

Price and performance details for the Plextor M3 256GB PX-256M3 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

Plextor M3 256GB PX-256M3

Description:  2.5 SATA SSD

Drive Size:  238.5 GB

Other names:  PLEXTOR PX-256M3, PLEXTOR PX-256M3 ATA Device, PLEXTOR PX-256M3 SATA Disk Device, PLEXTOR PX-256M3 SCSI Disk Device

Drive First Benchmarked: 2012-08-20

Drive Rating/$Price: 15.80

Overall Rank:  5643

Last Price Change:  $249.99 USD (2012-09-04)

Average Drive Rating
3951
Samples: 4

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Plextor M3 256GB PX-256M3

Sequential Read489 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write346 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)316 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD128 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 19th of March 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Plextor M3 256GB PX-256M3
3,951
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,400
WDC WD10EZEX
1,344
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,338
Seagate ST2000DM001
1,257
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,249
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,133
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
1,055
WDC WD10SPZX
974
HGST HTS721010A9E630
845
Last 3 Baselines for Plextor M3 256GB PX-256M3
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL1759436 - Mar 03 2023
4148
BL1461896 - Oct 27 2021
4298
BL1248653 - Jun 03 2020
4119