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CrucialCT240M500SSD1
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Controller: Intel 29F32B08MCMF2. Flash Memory: Intel 20nm MLC. Release date: Q1 2014.

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▲ 547,995 ▼

Controller: Marvell 88SS9187. Flash Memory: Micron Synchronous 20nm MLC. Release date: Q1 2013.

Effective Speed 
+10%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 40,196 user samples
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Best Bench: 95% 50GB free
Worst Bench: 67% 198GB free (System drive)
Poor: 67% Great: 95%
SPEED RANK: 422nd / 1072
31,779 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 91% 121GB free
Worst Bench: 57% 90GB free (System drive)
Poor: 57% Great: 91%
SPEED RANK: 543rd / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		83.9 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+10% 		76.6 %
Average Score 
+8%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		374 MB/s 413 MB/s Faster read speed.
+10%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		275 MB/s Slightly faster write speed.
+7% 		256 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		30.6 MB/s Much faster random read.
+34% 		22.9 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		86.3 MB/s Slightly faster random write.
+6% 		81.1 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		257 MB/s 291 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+13%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		32.8 MB/s +3% 31.9 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		255 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+31% 		194 MB/s
Peak Score 
+3%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		409 MB/s 442 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+8%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		292 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+6% 		276 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		35.3 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+33% 		26.5 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		113 MB/s 116 MB/s +3%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		278 MB/s 310 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+12%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		37.4 MB/s 38.4 MB/s +3%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		289 MB/s Slightly faster peak sustained write speed.
+6% 		272 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+117%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % 0.03 % Hugely higher market share.
+200%
Value
Value For Money 		5.29 % 15.2 % Hugely better value.
+188%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		53 % 54 % +2%
Price
Price (score) 		$250 $54 Much cheaper.
+78%
Nice To Haves 
+18%
Age
Newest 		122 Months Slightly more recent.
+8% 		133 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		370 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+13% 		328 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		279 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+6% 		264 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,102 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+9% 		1,011 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		277 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+47% 		188 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		323 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue read.
+9% 		296 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		247 MB/s +4% 238 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		249 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+50% 		166 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		240GB 240GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 83.9%
Average Bench 76.6%
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The 240GB Intel 730 is just two months old and the newest SSDs in our group test. The 730 uses Intel's own enterprise controller (rather than a Sandforce) and it's marketed by Intel as an enthusiast class drive with data centre reliability. Backed by a 50GB per day, five year warranty the 730 has the most generous warranty I have seen on a consumer SSD. Unfortunately when it comes to performance the 730 is seriously let down by its relatively feeble peak sequential write speed of just 286 MB/s. The 730 scored an effective speed of just 439 MB/s which is 17% below the average of the ten group leaders. I seriously doubt that Intel will sell many of these drives at their current price point which is 25% higher than the average of the leading 240GB SSDs. [Mar '14 SSDrivePro]

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We had high expectations for the Crucial M500. Crucial have a long history of producing outstanding Solid State drives. Both the RealSSD 300 and the M4, three and two years old, were almost legendary in terms of reliability and performance. The M500 falls far short of our expectations. The drive is relatively cheap and as such we were expecting to compromise on performance but the M500 just falls too far short. With a Real World Performance of 377.5 MBps which is in the bottom 40% and an AS-SSD score of 901 points (50th percentile) the M500 demonstrates relatively weak real world and average server performance. The M500 is competing with the Sandisk Ultra which manages to squeeze out significantly more performance despite sitting in the same price bracket. [Jun '13 SSDrivePro]

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