Crucial_

CT525MX300SS 525GB

CT525MX300SS 525GB
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Effective Speed -71%Effective Speed -71%Average Score -64%Read -50%, Write -22%, 4K Read -94%, 4K Write -143%, Mixed -23%, 4K Mixed -109%, SusWrite -5%Peak Score -49%Read -21%, Write -3%, 4K Read -85%, 4K Write -116%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -83%, SusWrite -19%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -110%DQ Read -129%, DQ Write -95%, DQ Mixed -118%, ADQ Read -163%, ADQ Write -135%, ADQ Mixed -155%, Age 6%, AS-SSD Total -94%

Average Bench: 57.6% (827^th of 1072)

Based on 30 user benchmarks. Model: Crucial_ CT525MX300SS

Poor: 47%Average: 57.6% Great: 68%

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Average average bench

The Crucial_ CT525MX300SS 525GB averaged 42.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 102MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 21.5MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial_ CT525MX300SS 525GB is 21.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Crucial_ CT525MX300SS 525GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 124MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 123MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 30 samples)

Rank 82757.6%

Min	Avg	Max
228	Read 305	420
244	Write 332	471
182	Mixed 292	367
178	SusWrite 281	325
68.3% 302 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12	4K Read 17.7	23.2
14.4	4K Write 36.1	56.6
7.91	4K Mixed 21.5	31.9
73.5% 25.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.9	DQ Read 124	160
35.8	DQ Write 123	184
7.98	DQ Mixed 102	152
82.8% 117 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 15 months ago.

474GB free

Firmware: M0C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 387 328 248 248 250 MB/s

59.5% Above average

Write 247

Mixed 244

SusWrite 309

60% 266 MB/s

4K Read 17.3

4K Write 36.8

4K Mixed 23.8

76% 26 MB/s

DQ Read 142

DQ Write 134

DQ Mixed 138

104% 138 MB/s

NOR-User, 17 months ago.

243GB free

Firmware: M0C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 347 331 229 225 230 MB/s

56.8% Above average

Write 361

Mixed 297

SusWrite 284

69% 305 MB/s

4K Read 17.1

4K Write 32.8

4K Mixed 21.4

71% 23.8 MB/s

DQ Read 148

DQ Write 131

DQ Mixed 137

103% 139 MB/s

ITA-User, 13 months ago.

34GB free

Firmware: M0C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 270 234 237 249 234 MB/s

50.3% Above average

Write 280

Mixed 258

SusWrite 250

62% 274 MB/s

4K Read 13.1

4K Write 20.9

4K Mixed 17.5

53% 17.2 MB/s

DQ Read 136

DQ Write 130

DQ Mixed 128

98% 131 MB/s

FRA-User, 16 months ago.

187GB free

Firmware: M0C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 271 232 230 237 104 MB/s

43.5% Average

Write 334

Mixed 268

SusWrite 233

61% 271 MB/s

4K Read 12

4K Write 28.2

4K Mixed 15.8

53% 18.7 MB/s

DQ Read 77.1

DQ Write 42.5

DQ Mixed 61.9

46% 60.5 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI GF615M-P33 (MS-7597)

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	3x
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	3x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	2x

GPU
R7 240AMDBench 5%, 58,337 samples	3x
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
CT525MX300SS 525GBCrucial_Bench 58%, 30 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	10x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	3x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	2x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $83

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CT525MX300SS 525GB

Average Bench: 57.6% (827^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 57.6% (827th of 1072)

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