Crucial CT500MX200SSD1

MX200 500GB

▲ MX200 500GB
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Effective Speed -14%Effective Speed -14%Average Score -13%Read -13%, Write -16%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite -10%Peak Score -8%Read -13%, Write -2%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed -12%, 4K Mixed -16%, SusWrite 5%Value & Sentiment -221%User Rating -4%, Market Share -922%, Price 45%, Value -6%Nice To Haves -28%DQ Read -15%, DQ Write 5%, DQ Mixed -67%, ADQ Read -62%, ADQ Write -14%, ADQ Mixed -65%, Age -1%, AS-SSD Total -6%

Average Bench: 83.1% (438^th of 1072)

Based on 17,487 user benchmarks. Models: Crucial_CT500MX200SSD1, Crucial_CT500MX2, Crucial_ CT500MX200SSD3, Crucial_ CT500MX200SSD1

Poor: 56%Average: 83.1% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Crucial MX200 500GB averaged just 16.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial MX200 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 134MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 34.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial MX200 500GB is 49.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial MX200 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 273MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 185MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 17,487 samples)

Rank 43883.1%

Min	Avg	Max
319	Read 393	434
119	Write 355	468
143	Mixed 273	331
86.1	SusWrite 309	462
74.7% 333 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.3	4K Read 25.9	30.3
36.2	4K Write 80.9	119
21	4K Mixed 34.9	43.1
127% 47.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
133	DQ Read 185	299
67	DQ Write 240	360
76	DQ Mixed 134	161
123% 186 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 2 days ago.

439GB free

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 415 397 396 394 393 MB/s

93.6% Outstanding

Write 448

Mixed 317

SusWrite 405

90% 398 MB/s

4K Read 26.6

4K Write 85

4K Mixed 37.9

134% 49.8 MB/s

DQ Read 144

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 160

144% 212 MB/s

DZA-User, 1 day ago.

121GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 236 188 219 218 195 MB/s

86.1% Excellent

Write 341

Mixed 317

SusWrite 217

74% 330 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 84.2

4K Mixed 40.3

138% 50.7 MB/s

DQ Read 324

DQ Write 221

DQ Mixed 138

139% 228 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

189GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 305 290 280 289 266 MB/s

85.4% Excellent

Write 296

Mixed 325

SusWrite 287

72% 320 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 88.1

4K Mixed 41.3

144% 53 MB/s

DQ Read 139

DQ Write 227

DQ Mixed 138

117% 168 MB/s

USA-User, 21 hrs ago.

87GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 177 115 124 119 129 MB/s

85% Excellent

Write 421

Mixed 205

SusWrite 157

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 30.2

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 43

162% 63.1 MB/s

DQ Read 137

DQ Write 240

DQ Mixed 98.8

100% 159 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

187GB free

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 349 343 350 347 352 MB/s

66.2% Good

Write 402

Mixed 199

SusWrite 349

74% 329 MB/s

4K Read 21.9

4K Write 39.5

4K Mixed 24.4

85% 28.6 MB/s

DQ Read 128

DQ Write 42.4

DQ Mixed 52.5

47% 74.4 MB/s

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,620x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,671x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,044x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,382x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,247x

SSD
MX200 500GBCrucial $90Bench 83%, 17,487 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	807x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	565x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	559x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $740

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT500MX200SSD1

MX200 500GB

Average Bench: 83.1% (438^th of 1072)

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MX200 500GB

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