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CrucialCT250MX200SSD1
$134
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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

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 $134 

Controller: Marvell 88SS9189. Flash Memory: Micron 16nm MLC. Release date: Q1 2015.

Effective Speed 
+62%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 35,976 user samples
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Best Bench: 241% 67GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 104% 58GB free (System drive)
Poor: 104% Great: 241%
SPEED RANK: 152nd / 1072
26,364 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 113% 110GB free
Worst Bench: 69% 211GB free
Poor: 69% Great: 113%
SPEED RANK: 280th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		153 % Much faster effective speed.
+62% 		94.8 %
Average Score 
+51%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		1527 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+258% 		426 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		325 MB/s 411 MB/s Faster write speed.
+26%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		38.5 MB/s Much faster random read.
+38% 		28 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		129 MB/s Much faster random write.
+49% 		86.7 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		438 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+28% 		342 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		49.9 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+27% 		39.3 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		306 MB/s 346 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+13%
Peak Score 
+134%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		2104 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+348% 		470 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		1040 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+121% 		470 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		61.3 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+88% 		32.6 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		193 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+61% 		120 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		989 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+159% 		382 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		79.3 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+66% 		47.7 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		884 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+93% 		458 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0.03 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Value
Value For Money 		22.7 % Hugely better value.
+131% 		9.84 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % 55 % Slightly more popular.
+6%
Price
Price (score) 		$80 Much cheaper.
+40% 		$134
Nice To Haves 
+69%
Age
Newest 		72+ Months Much more recent.
+35% 		111 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		815 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+116% 		378 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		713 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+96% 		364 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		2,618 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+112% 		1,234 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		630 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+144% 		258 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		389 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+20% 		323 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		297 MB/s 297 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		281 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+27% 		222 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		240GB 250GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 153%
Average Bench 94.8%
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Adata’s XPG SX8200 offers NVMe PCIe SSD performance at SATA SSD prices, thereby offering outstanding value for money to casual and power PC users alike. Adata have combined two high performance commodity components: a Silicon Motion controller (SM2262) and Micron’s second generation 3D TLC 64 layer flash memory. The XPG SX8200 also includes a generous SLC cache and a DRAM cache buffer. Adata have not specified the exact size of the SLC cache in each model but it’s clear from our 60 second sustained write tests that the buffer is sufficient for more than 60 seconds of continuous writes which equates to over 60GB (60s x 1 GB/s) for the 240GB model and over 90GB (60s x 1.5 GB/s) for the 480GB and 960GB models. Unlike many other drives with SLC caching, the SX8200 has a large enough cache to ensure that consumers will almost always operate the drive within the cache and therefore experience no write degradation at all. Adata offer a 5 year warranty and a limited TBW warranty (160 TBW for the 240 GB version, 320 TBW for the 480GB and 640 TBW for the 960GB) on these SSDs, which is in line with other premium manufacturers. The NVMe PCIe SSD consumer market has been dominated by Samsung in recent years but the 240GB SX8200 beats Samsung’s 250GB 970 Evo hands down on both price and performance (the 250GB 970 Evo is let down by a relatively small SLC cache which allows for less than 10 seconds of writes before saturation after which the write speed on the Evo drops to mere sub SATA 300 MB/s). The SX8200 is the new value leader and heralds a new era of competition for the mainstream segment of the NVMe SSD market. [Jul '18 SSDrivePro]

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The 250GB Crucial MX200 is successor to the hugely successful MX100. Both drives use the same NAND and controller but the new MX200 features Dynamic Write Acceleration (DWA) which is a new dynamically sized SLC cache. Samsung were the first to introduce SLC caching on the 840 Evo nearly two years ago so Crucial are somewhat late to the party. SLC caches generally only help performance in corner case real word scenarios and benchmarks. I prefer drives without SLC caches because they offer more consistent and sustainable real world IO. Comparing the MX100 and MX200 shows that the newer MX200 has a significantly faster peak write speed which is of course explained by the new DWA cache. Price is the deciding factor between the MX100 and MX200 so although the MX200 isn't priced aggressively yet, it will almost certainly move up the value rankings when retailers build stocks and subsequently cut prices. [Feb '15 SSDrivePro]

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