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$116
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▲ 52407 ▼
 $116 

Controller: Marvell 88SS9174-BLD2. Flash Memory: Micron Synchronous 25nm MLC. Release date: Q2 2011.

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▲ 501 ▼
  

Controller: Marvell SS889175. Memory: SanDisk 19nm eX2 ABL MLC. Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Effective Speed 
+16%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 35,633 user samples
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Best Bench: 72% 34GB free
Worst Bench: 44% 119GB free
Poor: 44% Great: 72%
SPEED RANK: 803rd / 1072
1,117 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 81% 60GB free
Worst Bench: 51% 9GB free (System drive)
Poor: 51% Great: 81%
SPEED RANK: 681st / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		59.8 % 69.2 % Faster effective speed.
+16%
Average Score 
+4%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		433 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+6% 		410 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		183 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+33% 		138 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		24.2 MB/s 27.7 MB/s Faster random read.
+14%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		73.1 MB/s +1% 72.1 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		220 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+33% 		166 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		14.9 MB/s 30.5 MB/s Hugely faster random mixed IO.
+105%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		147 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+17% 		126 MB/s
Peak Score 
+5%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		479 MB/s +1% 476 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		195 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+27% 		153 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		28.5 MB/s 33.4 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+17%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		102 MB/s 102 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		236 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+27% 		186 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		18.5 MB/s 37.2 MB/s Hugely faster peak random mixed IO.
+101%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		195 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+27% 		153 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.02 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % +4% 50 %
Nice To Haves 
+51%
Age
Newest 		156 Months 120+ Months More recent.
+23%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		296 MB/s 300 MB/s +1%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		175 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+17% 		150 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		855 Pts +2% 839 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		58.4 MB/s 120 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+105%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		157 MB/s 263 MB/s Much faster deep queue read.
+68%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		123 MB/s 134 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue write.
+9%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		34 MB/s 109 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+221%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		128GB 64GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 59.8%
Average Bench 69.2%
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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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