Crucial CT128M550SSD3

M550 mSATA 128GB

M550 mSATA 128GB
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Effective Speed -21%Effective Speed -21%Average Score -24%Read -0%, Write -22%, 4K Read -42%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -58%, SusWrite -14%Peak Score -20%Read 3%, Write -38%, 4K Read -39%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -41%, SusWrite -12%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -294%, Value -698%Nice To Haves -33%DQ Read 4%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -49%, ADQ Read -27%, ADQ Write -21%, ADQ Mixed -130%, Age -24%, AS-SSD Total -6%

Average Bench: 81.2% (469^th of 1072)

Based on 349 user benchmarks. Models: Crucial_ CT128M550SSD3, Crucial_CT128M550SSD3

Poor: 57%Average: 81.2% Great: 100%

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Very good average bench

The Crucial M550 mSATA 128GB averaged just 18.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial M550 mSATA 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 113MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 71.6MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial M550 mSATA 128GB is 43.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial M550 mSATA 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 261MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 333MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 349 samples)

Rank 46981.2%

Min	Avg	Max
360	Read 456	521
282	Write 333	352
220	Mixed 334	413
116	SusWrite 261	346
77.4% 346 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.9	4K Read 24.2	30.9
31.1	4K Write 71.6	110
12.2	4K Mixed 28.5	41.4
111% 41.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.9	DQ Read 256	380
68.7	DQ Write 238	325
13.7	DQ Mixed 113	222
121% 202 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GRC-User, 7 months ago.

62GB free

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 306 288 306 307 302 MB/s

88.7% Excellent

Write 342

Mixed 316

SusWrite 304

79% 352 MB/s

4K Read 25.6

4K Write 67.3

4K Mixed 34.3

118% 42.4 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 320

DQ Mixed 181

182% 294 MB/s

DEU-User, 4 months ago.

81GB free

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 337 339 344 345 343 MB/s

85.1% Excellent

Write 315

Mixed 235

SusWrite 341

71% 318 MB/s

4K Read 21.2

4K Write 63.1

4K Mixed 33.4

108% 39.2 MB/s

DQ Read 366

DQ Write 312

DQ Mixed 212

194% 297 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

88GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 311 317 295 317 327 MB/s

77.6% Very good

Write 351

Mixed 298

SusWrite 315

78% 345 MB/s

4K Read 22.7

4K Write 48.8

4K Mixed 25.3

93% 32.3 MB/s

DQ Read 315

DQ Write 281

DQ Mixed 216

184% 271 MB/s

NLD-User, 6 months ago.

74GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 243 241 255 251 246 MB/s

77.4% Very good

Write 335

Mixed 309

SusWrite 254

74% 330 MB/s

4K Read 26.9

4K Write 71.1

4K Mixed 34

122% 44 MB/s

DQ Read 1.3

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 1.7

50% 110 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

77GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 174 157 224 252 188 MB/s

54% Above average

Write 107

Mixed 215

SusWrite 201

47% 210 MB/s

4K Read 12

4K Write 32.8

4K Mixed 19.4

60% 21.4 MB/s

DQ Read 230

DQ Write 225

DQ Mixed 158

138% 204 MB/s

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Workstation 2%

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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2,019x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,564x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	930x

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HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,039x

SSD
M550 mSATA 128GBCrucial $378Bench 81%, 349 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	297x

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Value: 31% - Below average

Total price: $675

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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

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M550 mSATA 128GB

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