| Manufacturer | Plextor |
| Article number | PX-G256M6E |
| Capacity | 256 GB (NAND) |
| Interface | M.2 PCIe Gen2 x2 (10Gb/s) |
| Cache | 512 MB |
| Controller | Marvell |
| Flash Type | Toshiba Toggle NAND Flash |
| Size | M.2 2280-D5-B-M (80.0 x 22.0 x 3.8mm) |
| Weight | approx. 13 gramm |
| Speed | Read up to 770 MB/s / Write up to 580 MB/s |
| Power Consumption | max. 2.5 A (8.25 Watt) |
| MTBF | 2.4 million hours MTBF and 5 years warranty |
| Other | SMART support, TRIM, NCQ, 256-bit AES encryption |
Here is a screenshot of Snipping the CrystalDiskInfo 4.3.0 SSD and HDD information software, where it is noticeable, that Plextor unfortunately does not spend this M.2 PCIe SSD a temperature sensor:
SSD firmware update …
Before starting the tests, we have updated the Plextor M.2 SSD to the latest firmware version. The SSD was delivered with firmware 1.03 and at review date, Plextor released the latest firmware version 1.04. The update of the Plextor firmware is unfortunately not quite as easy as we know it from Plextor, because Plextor delivers no finished ISO file on the download page, but indicates that you should create a MSDOS boot disk “Prepare a bootable USB device with MSDOS”. Sure, who knows PCs for many years, also know how to build a boot device or read it in our Tipps & Tricks Forum, but Plextor unfortunately does not refer to any instructions and does not provide any free DOS or Linux boot file for the firmware update.
After downloading the PX-AGxxxM6e_1.04.zip file and extracting the files, copy them to the boot stick, boot with this USB stick and then start the Flash.bat manually in the command line (also the Autoexec.bat with the Flash.bat command is missing). Then confirm the SSD firmware update with the “Z” key if you are using a German keyboard (unless you start “keyb gr”).
If everything is finished, the SSD is updated with the 1.04 firmware.
