Plextor M5 Pro: an other step forward

[canthearu]

So far not particularly impressed with the $270 M3Pro.

Compare how the M3P ran in comparison to my Vertex 4 on the endurance thread .... the vertex 4 was a lot slower, and lasted half as long.

The vertex 4 uses some special tricks to get such high scores ... which means it isn't a particularly good drive to give a good thrashing to.

Edit: I got a liteon LZT-128, which is very similar performance-wise to the M3P, but a lot cheaper here in Au. The Liteon S100 is a more direct clone of the Plextor M3P.

My 128gig drive result (on z77 chipset):