UserBenchmark: Crucial M4 vs OCZ Vertex 460

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Best Bench: 72% 34GB free
Worst Bench: 44% 119GB free

Poor: 44% Great: 72%

SPEED RANK: 811^th / 1080

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Best Bench: 108% 301GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 61% 140GB free (System drive)

Poor: 61% Great: 108%

SPEED RANK: 374^th / 1080


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		59.8 %			87.4 %	Much faster effective speed. +46%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	433 MB/s	+2%	426 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	183 MB/s		410 MB/s	Hugely faster write speed. +124%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	24.2 MB/s		24.5 MB/s	+1%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	73.1 MB/s		80 MB/s	Slightly faster random write. +9%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	220 MB/s		343 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +56%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	14.9 MB/s		28.4 MB/s	Hugely faster random mixed IO. +91%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	147 MB/s		374 MB/s	Hugely faster sustained write speed. +154%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	479 MB/s	509 MB/s	Slightly faster peak read speed. +6%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	195 MB/s	491 MB/s	Hugely faster peak write speed. +152%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	28.5 MB/s	30.5 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random read. +7%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	102 MB/s	123 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +21%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	236 MB/s	492 MB/s	Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed. +108%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	18.5 MB/s	37.9 MB/s	Hugely faster peak random mixed IO. +105%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	195 MB/s	472 MB/s	Hugely faster peak sustained write speed. +142%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.02 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%	0 %
Value Value For Money	4.19 %		9.42 %	Hugely better value. +125%
User Rating UBM User Rating	52 %	+4%	50 %
Price Price (score)	$116	Much cheaper. +53%	$244


Age Newest	158 Months	119+ Months	More recent. +25%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	296 MB/s	355 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue read. +20%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	175 MB/s	346 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue write. +98%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	855 Pts	1,187 Pts	Much stronger server IO. +39%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	58.4 MB/s	232 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +297%
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	157 MB/s	256 MB/s	Much faster deep queue read. +63%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	123 MB/s	240 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue write. +95%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	34 MB/s	145 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +326%


Capacity Capacity			128GB			480GB

The 128GB Crucial M4 is almost three years old, an extremely long time in SSD land. With peak and average sequential read/write speeds of 500/194 and 429/185 the 128GB M4 matches the group leaders at reading but lags by 60% at writing. Comparing the 128GB and 256GB versions of the M4 shows that the two drives have a very similar performance profile. This suggests that both drives have the same number of NAND channels which bodes well for the smaller capacity drive as a lot of other drives exhibit slower writes speeds in the smaller capacity varieties. Small file 4k peak and average read/write speeds measured at 27/87 and 21/52 MB/s which is only 13% below the average of the nine user voted group leaders. Considering its age the M4 is a very impressive drive but there is far better value for money available in today's market. ^{[Feb '14 SSDrivePro]}

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