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CrucialCT525MX300SSD1
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Controller: Marvell 88SS1074. Flash Memory: Micron 3D TLC. Release date: Q2 2016.

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Effective Speed 
+88%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 105,089 user samples
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105,037 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 99% 125GB free
Worst Bench: 65% 296GB free (System drive)
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
SPEED RANK: 401st / 1079
52 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 60% 223GB free
Worst Bench: 32% 36GB free
Poor: 32% Great: 60%
SPEED RANK: 920th / 1079
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		85.8 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+88% 		45.6 %
Average Score 
+106%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		397 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+163% 		151 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		404 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+148% 		163 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		24.3 MB/s Faster random read.
+21% 		20.1 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		86.5 MB/s Much faster random write.
+54% 		56.1 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		345 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+148% 		139 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		35.2 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+69% 		20.8 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		290 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+142% 		120 MB/s
Peak Score 
+77%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		436 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+107% 		211 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		482 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+140% 		201 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		28.2 MB/s +0% 28.1 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		117 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+28% 		91.7 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		389 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+139% 		163 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		42.3 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+31% 		32.2 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		335 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+95% 		172 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.05 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		54 % Slightly more popular.
+8% 		50 %
Nice To Haves 
+129%
Age
Newest 		96 Months More recent.
+12% 		109+ Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		351 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+90% 		185 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		327 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+88% 		174 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,143 Pts Much stronger server IO.
+76% 		651 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		330 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+128% 		145 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		301 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+181% 		107 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		272 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+127% 		120 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		274 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+331% 		63.6 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		525GB 240GB
User Builds 
105,037
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