Crucial CT256M550SSD3

M550 mSATA 256GB

M550 mSATA 256GB
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Effective Speed -13%Effective Speed -13%Average Score -15%Read -10%, Write 2%, 4K Read -37%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed -21%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite 6%Peak Score -16%Read -10%, Write -4%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -30%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite 13%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -325%, Value -360%Nice To Haves -11%DQ Read 5%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -39%, ADQ Read -1%, ADQ Write 4%, ADQ Mixed -23%, Age -27%, AS-SSD Total -2%

Average Bench: 87.4% (365^th of 1072)

Based on 658 user benchmarks. Model: Crucial_CT256M550SSD3

Poor: 63%Average: 87.4% Great: 106%

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Very good average bench

The Crucial M550 mSATA 256GB averaged just 12.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial M550 mSATA 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 211MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 300MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial M550 mSATA 256GB is 42.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial M550 mSATA 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 296MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 315MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 658 samples)

Rank 36587.4%

Min	Avg	Max
344	Read 415	461
334	Write 415	465
242	Mixed 296	326
147	SusWrite 315	436
81% 360 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.7	4K Read 25.1	30.7
38.2	4K Write 74.8	110
21.8	4K Mixed 34.7	44.7
122% 44.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
157	DQ Read 322	384
117	DQ Write 300	348
87.3	DQ Mixed 211	238
186% 278 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FRA-User, 5 months ago.

116GB free

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 470 467 465 463 430 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 468

Mixed 338

SusWrite 460

97% 432 MB/s

4K Read 31.4

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 46.4

172% 66.6 MB/s

DQ Read 343

DQ Write 315

DQ Mixed 229

199% 296 MB/s

NOR-User, 6 months ago.

110GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 306 303 299 318 296 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 467

Mixed 320

SusWrite 315

88% 390 MB/s

4K Read 31.5

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 45.4

164% 62.2 MB/s

DQ Read 324

DQ Write 317

DQ Mixed 231

198% 290 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

147GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 418 416 397 405 411 MB/s

96.9% Outstanding

Write 458

Mixed 325

SusWrite 412

92% 407 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 67.9

4K Mixed 36.9

125% 44.1 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 312

DQ Mixed 238

208% 310 MB/s

FRA-User, 6 months ago.

74GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 204 189 186 184 181 MB/s

70.9% Very good

Write 424

Mixed 296

SusWrite 218

76% 338 MB/s

4K Read 20.6

4K Write 50.5

4K Mixed 26.5

92% 32.5 MB/s

DQ Read 296

DQ Write 271

DQ Mixed 210

178% 259 MB/s

FRA-User, 6 months ago.

61GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 136 163 135 157 155 MB/s

54.5% Above average

Write 319

Mixed 216

SusWrite 157

56% 248 MB/s

4K Read 18.6

4K Write 30.7

4K Mixed 23.6

75% 24.3 MB/s

DQ Read 296

DQ Write 132

DQ Mixed 155

131% 194 MB/s

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Workstation 2%

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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2,022x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,566x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	932x

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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	1,040x

SSD
M550 mSATA 256GBCrucial $398Bench 87%, 658 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: $695

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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 CT256M550SSD3

M550 mSATA 256GB

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