Crucial CT525MX300SSD4

MX300 SATA M.2 525GB

MX300 SATA M.2 525GB
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Effective Speed -16%Effective Speed -16%Average Score -15%Read -14%, Write -4%, 4K Read -43%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite -5%Peak Score -19%Read -13%, Write -1%, 4K Read -52%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -38%, SusWrite -16%Value & Sentiment -154%User Rating -14%, Market Share -526%, Price -47%, Value -28%Nice To Haves -4%DQ Read -5%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -2%, ADQ Read -7%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed 4%, Age 3%, AS-SSD Total -9%

Average Bench: 84.6% (411^th of 1072)

Based on 20,154 user benchmarks. Models: Crucial_CT525MX300SSD4, Crucial_ CT525MX300SSD4

Poor: 60%Average: 84.6% Great: 98%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB averaged just 15.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 270MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 84.4MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB is 37.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 282MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 341MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 20,154 samples)

Rank 41184.6%

Min	Avg	Max
326	Read 401	450
239	Write 390	478
216	Mixed 341	388
205	SusWrite 282	333
79.5% 353 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.2	4K Read 24	28.2
36.1	4K Write 84.4	115
18.8	4K Mixed 34.5	42.2
125% 47.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
182	DQ Read 305	351
144	DQ Write 265	326
121	DQ Mixed 270	324
206% 280 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

SAU-User, 5 days ago.

72GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M0CR060

SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 452 354 249 249 250 MB/s

97.2% Outstanding

Write 429

Mixed 386

SusWrite 334

89% 397 MB/s

4K Read 28

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 41.8

152% 58.5 MB/s

DQ Read 288

DQ Write 268

DQ Mixed 281

210% 279 MB/s

USA-User, 5 days ago.

253GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M0CR060

SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 476 300 252 251 251 MB/s

93.7% Outstanding

Write 475

Mixed 387

SusWrite 320

90% 400 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 88.5

4K Mixed 39

137% 51.3 MB/s

DQ Read 350

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 325

248% 334 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 days ago.

128GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M0CR040

SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 358 363 239 240 240 MB/s

91.1% Outstanding

Write 470

Mixed 361

SusWrite 292

87% 388 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 86.9

4K Mixed 38

133% 50.1 MB/s

DQ Read 350

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 322

246% 331 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 days ago.

141GB free

Firmware: M0CR070

SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 248 247 250 251 250 MB/s

84.3% Excellent

Write 447

Mixed 385

SusWrite 279

87% 389 MB/s

4K Read 24.4

4K Write 76.3

4K Mixed 36.6

124% 45.8 MB/s

DQ Read 289

DQ Write 198

DQ Mixed 275

197% 254 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

247GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M0CR040

SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 344 325 229 244 217 MB/s

83.6% Excellent

Write 362

Mixed 330

SusWrite 281

80% 356 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 62.7

4K Mixed 34.9

114% 40.4 MB/s

DQ Read 293

DQ Write 277

DQ Mixed 262

203% 277 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 day ago.

48GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M0CR060

SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 238 214 222 236 216 MB/s

77.3% Very good

Write 462

Mixed 356

SusWrite 219

82% 363 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 75.1

4K Mixed 30

115% 43.1 MB/s

DQ Read 346

DQ Write 205

DQ Mixed 316

224% 289 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M0CR060

SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 75 173 75 75 306 MB/s

76.8% Very good

Write 367

Mixed 352

SusWrite 164

72% 322 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 83.1

4K Mixed 34.2

121% 46.5 MB/s

DQ Read 310

DQ Write 273

DQ Mixed 310

227% 298 MB/s

ROU-User, 20 hrs ago.

51GB free

Firmware: 3103

SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 334 328 258 230 231 MB/s

55.5% Above average

Write 325

Mixed 285

SusWrite 273

65% 288 MB/s

4K Read 12.8

4K Write 34.8

4K Mixed 22.5

67% 23.4 MB/s

DQ Read 162

DQ Write 147

DQ Mixed 157

117% 155 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,350x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	783x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,027x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	888x

SSD
MX300 SATA M.2 525GBCrucial $140Bench 85%, 20,154 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	482x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	257x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,032

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Excellent

6 years ago.

There's nothing inherently wrong with it. It does what it's supposed to do, it's M.2. The reason I chose this at the time was because I trusted the manufacturing tolerances of Micron, and I thought that other brands were overrated. It saves space, because it can be mounted directly onto the motherboard, in one way or the other. Of course...If I had just waited a little longer I could have bought the new MX500 series SSD, but they don't have any M.2 format drives released yet and there isn't much of significant difference; which is a higher read speed of 560 MB/s and 5 year warranty. The 3 year warranty and read speed of 530 MB/s is just fine!

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
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

Crucial CT525MX300SSD4

MX300 SATA M.2 525GB

Average Bench: 84.6% (411^th of 1072)

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Crucial CT525MX300SSD4

MX300 SATA M.2 525GB

Average Bench: 84.6% (411th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 84.6% (411^th of 1072)