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CrucialCT256M550SSD1
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▲ 527,484 ▼
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Controller: Marvell 88SS9189. Flash Memory: Micron Synchronous 20nm MLC. Release date: Q1 2014.

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▲ 500 ▼

Controller: Silicon Motion SM2246EN. Flash Memory: Micron 16nm MLC. Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Effective Speed 
+4%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 9,700 user samples
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Best Bench: 113% 106GB free
Worst Bench: 60% 231GB free
Poor: 60% Great: 113%
SPEED RANK: 320th / 1072
1,367 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 108% 501GB free
Worst Bench: 71% 383GB free (System drive)
Poor: 71% Great: 108%
SPEED RANK: 289th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		90.5 % 93.8 % +4%
Average Score 
+4%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		418 MB/s 478 MB/s Faster read speed.
+14%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		416 MB/s +3% 403 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		27.1 MB/s +2% 26.5 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		85 MB/s Slightly faster random write.
+6% 		80.1 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		299 MB/s 314 MB/s Slightly faster mixed IO speed.
+5%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		37.9 MB/s +1% 37.5 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		311 MB/s 376 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+21%
Peak Score 
+2%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		466 MB/s 515 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+11%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		470 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+7% 		438 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		31.9 MB/s Slightly faster peak random read.
+5% 		30.3 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		118 MB/s Slightly faster peak random write.
+9% 		108 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		333 MB/s 349 MB/s +5%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		46.4 MB/s +3% 45 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		459 MB/s +5% 439 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0.01 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Value
Value For Money 		8.68 % 10.3 % Better value.
+18%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % +4% 50 %
Price
Price (score) 		$152 Much cheaper.
+70% 		$500
Nice To Haves 
+16%
Age
Newest 		121 Months 110+ Months Slightly more recent.
+9%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		387 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+41% 		275 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		361 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+20% 		302 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,240 Pts Stronger server IO.
+24% 		1,000 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		240 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+15% 		209 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		311 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+22% 		254 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		282 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue write.
+10% 		257 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		201 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue mixed IO.
+5% 		191 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		256GB 1TB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 90.5%
Average Bench 93.8%
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The 256GB Crucial M550 is a welcome improvement over the 240GB M500. The new Marvel 88SS9189 controller has addressed our primary concern with the M500 which was poor sequential write speed. With sequential read/write speeds of 510/478 MB/s the M550 has a healthy core performance profile. Comparing the M550 and M500 shows that the new M550 leads on nearly every single performance metric. Unfortunately the M550 is priced significantly higher than the M500 but prices will likely drop as retailers build up stocks of the new M550. A key comparable for the M550 is the similarly priced market leading Samsung Evo. Comparing the Evo and M550 shows that the Evo is around 11% slower in terms of effective speed. [Mar '14 SSDrivePro]

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