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Crucial V4-CT256V4SSD2

V4 256GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 27.6% (1027th of 1072)

Based on 208 user benchmarks.  Models: V4-CT256V4SSD2, V4-CT256 V4-CT256V4SSD2
Poor: 10%Average: 27.6% Great: 39%

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Very poor average bench

The Crucial V4 256GB averaged 72.3% 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 Random Read Speed 11.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 31.3MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial V4 256GB is 29.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Crucial V4 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 3.76MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 3.58MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 208 samples)
Rank 102727.6%
Min Avg Max
105 Read 203 236
37.6 Write 108 204
23.8 Mixed 114 198
14.5 SusWrite 122 189
30.5% 137 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.32 4K Read 11.7 16.3
0.46 4K Write 31.3 52.7
0.05 4K Mixed 3.58 9.31
38.9% 15.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.85 DQ Read 45.5 62.5
13.5 DQ Write 39 54.8
0.24 DQ Mixed 3.76 8.96
13.3% 29.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
82GB free
Firmware: S5FAMM22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 163 303 94 362 94 MB/s
98.8% Outstanding
Read 442
Write 448
Mixed 385
SusWrite 181
82% 364 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 82.8
4K Mixed 54
171% 58.4 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 360
271% 363 MB/s
180GB free
Firmware: MM22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 162 157 150 33 28 MB/s
28.5% Poor
Read 230
Write 101
Mixed 41.5
SusWrite 113
27% 122 MB/s
4K Read 14.4
4K Write 33.1
4K Mixed 0.1
40% 15.9 MB/s
DQ Read 62.8
DQ Write 24.3
DQ Mixed 0.1
12% 29.1 MB/s
68GB free
Firmware: S5FAMM22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 151 152 146 119 89 MB/s
28.5% Poor
Read 137
Write 184
Mixed 33.6
SusWrite 135
28% 122 MB/s
4K Read 15.2
4K Write 42.8
4K Mixed 1.4
48% 19.8 MB/s
DQ Read 62.1
DQ Write 24.9
DQ Mixed 9.1
16% 32 MB/s
75GB free
Firmware: S5FAMM22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 169 151 160 89 89 MB/s
21.5% Poor
Read 96.7
Write 101
Mixed 38
SusWrite 136
21% 92.8 MB/s
4K Read 15.1
4K Write 13.3
4K Mixed 0
30% 9.47 MB/s
DQ Read 54.9
DQ Write 11.8
DQ Mixed 1.9
10% 22.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,634,111 SSDs tested

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Typical V4 256GB Builds (Compare 96 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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System: Toshiba TECRA R850

CPU
Core i5-2520MIntel  $34Bench 48%, 45,308 samples46x
Core i3-2350MIntelBench 47%, 24,896 samples11x
Core i7-2620MIntelBench 52%, 16,111 samples11x
GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples50x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples28x
Radeon HD 7400MAMDBench 2%, 4,688 samples16x
SSD
V4 256GBCrucialBench 28%, 208 samples1x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples53x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples16x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $34

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