UserBenchmark: Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 vs Crucial MX500

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Best Bench: 241% 67GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 104% 58GB free (System drive)

Poor: 104% Great: 241%

SPEED RANK: 152^nd / 1072

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Best Bench: 123% 74GB free
Worst Bench: 73% 64GB free (System drive)

Poor: 73% Great: 123%

SPEED RANK: 252^nd / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		153 %	Much faster effective speed. +52%		101 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	1527 MB/s	Hugely faster read speed. +239%	451 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	325 MB/s		394 MB/s	Faster write speed. +21%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	38.5 MB/s	Faster random read. +14%	33.7 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	129 MB/s	Much faster random write. +55%	83.4 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	438 MB/s	Faster mixed IO speed. +13%	386 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	49.9 MB/s	Slightly faster random mixed IO. +10%	45.4 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	306 MB/s		352 MB/s	Faster sustained write speed. +15%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	2104 MB/s	Hugely faster peak read speed. +309%	514 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	1040 MB/s	Hugely faster peak write speed. +123%	466 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	61.3 MB/s	Much faster peak random read. +44%	42.6 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	193 MB/s	Much faster peak random write. +66%	116 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	989 MB/s	Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed. +120%	450 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	79.3 MB/s	Much faster peak random mixed IO. +36%	58.3 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	884 MB/s	Hugely faster peak sustained write speed. +93%	458 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.01 %	0.1 %	Hugely higher market share. +900%
Value Value For Money	22.7 %	26 %	Better value. +14%
User Rating UBM User Rating	52 %	61 %	More popular. +17%
Price Price (score)	$80	$40	Much cheaper. +50%


Age Newest	72+ Months	Slightly more recent. +5%	76 Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	815 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue read. +112%	384 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	713 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue write. +99%	359 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	2,618 Pts	Hugely stronger server IO. +108%	1,258 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	630 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +127%	278 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	389 MB/s	Faster deep queue read. +18%	329 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	297 MB/s	+1%	294 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	281 MB/s	Faster deep queue mixed IO. +28%	219 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			240GB			250GB

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 MX500 is Crucial’s current flagship consumer SATA SSD featuring their latest second generation 64-layer 3D TLC NAND. It’s available in 250 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB and 2 TB capacities in a 2.5-inch form factor. All but the 2 TB version will also be available in M.2 (2280) form in the future. The MX500 features a Silicon Motion SM2258 controller which is a change from the Marvell 88SS1074 controller featured in the MX300 (it’s nearly two year old predecessor). Performance is around 30% better than on the MX300 which currently retails at the same price. The MX500 has an SLC cache which increases with drive capacity. Consequently, the larger capacities are better able to sustain high sequential write speeds. The 250 GB version has 250MB of SLC cache, the 500 GB has 512 MB, the 1 TB has 1 GB and the 2 TB has 2 GB. Extended sustained write performance tests show that even though speed does drop off after the cache has been exhausted, it is still maintained at very respectable levels. The MX500’s five year warranty is in line with Samsung’s 850 Evo and exceeds it in terms of endurance (just 75 TBW for the 250 GB 850 Evo versus 100 TBW for the 250 GB MX500). It doesn’t quite match up to the Samsung’s 850 Evo’s performance (effective speed 8% slower), however at current prices it is about 20% cheaper, and on balance offers better value for money. ^{[Mar '18 SSDrivePro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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