CrucialCT250MX200SSD1
$134
SanDiskSDSSDXPS-480G-G25
 $134 

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

Controller: Marvell 88SS9187-BLD2. Flash Memory: SanDisk 19nm eX2 ABL MLC. Release date: Q2 2014.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 35,614 user samples
26,364 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 113% 110GB free
Worst Bench: 69% 211GB free
Poor: 69% Great: 113%
SPEED RANK: 280th / 1072
9,250 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 114% 243GB free
Worst Bench: 62% 382GB free
Poor: 62% Great: 114%
SPEED RANK: 294th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
94.8 % +2% 93.2 %
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
426 MB/s 461 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+8%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
411 MB/s 415 MB/s +1%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
28 MB/s 28.9 MB/s +3%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
86.7 MB/s Faster random write.
+18%
73.7 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
342 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+28%
267 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
39.3 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+17%
33.6 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
346 MB/s 381 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+10%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
470 MB/s 509 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+8%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
470 MB/s 480 MB/s +2%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
32.6 MB/s 35.5 MB/s Slightly faster peak random read.
+9%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
120 MB/s Slightly faster peak random write.
+5%
114 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
382 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+22%
313 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
47.7 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+11%
42.8 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
458 MB/s 479 MB/s +5%
Market Share
Based on 75,664,152 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.03 % Much higher market share.
+50%
0.02 %
Value
Value For Money
9.84 % 11.7 % Better value.
+19%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
55 % +2% 54 %
Price
Price (score)
$134 Much cheaper.
+33%
$199
Age
Newest
111 Months Slightly more recent.
+6%
118 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
378 MB/s +1% 376 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
364 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+7%
341 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1,234 Pts +2% 1,213 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
258 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+57%
164 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
323 MB/s +1% 321 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
297 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+13%
262 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
222 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+50%
148 MB/s
Capacity
Capacity
250GB 480GB
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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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