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PLEXTOR PX-256M5S

Price and performance details for the PLEXTOR PX-256M5S 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 PX-256M5S

Drive Size:  238.5 GB

Other names:  PLEXTOR PX-256M5S

Drive First Benchmarked: 2013-02-20

Drive Rating/$Price: 18.81

Overall Rank:  9143

Last Price Change:  $193.45 USD (2015-02-05)

Average Drive Rating
3639
Samples: 68

Disk Test Suite Average Results for PLEXTOR PX-256M5S

Sequential Read451 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write332 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)259 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD124 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
PLEXTOR PX-256M5S
3,639
Seagate ST2000DM008
2,311
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,378
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
1,317
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,254
WDC WD10EZEX
1,216
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,176
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
1,143
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,060
WDC WD10SPZX
901
Last 5 Baselines for PLEXTOR PX-256M5S
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3153825 - Dec 21 2025
1515
BL3054060 - Nov 14 2025
3690
BL3007560 - Oct 27 2025
2943
BL2871690 - Aug 29 2025
3670
BL2813053 - Aug 04 2025
2414