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Best Bench: 559% 140GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 302% 201GB free (System drive)

Poor: 302% Great: 559%

SPEED RANK: 6^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 123% 74GB free
Worst Bench: 73% 64GB free (System drive)

Poor: 73% Great: 123%

SPEED RANK: 252^nd / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		440 %	Hugely faster effective speed. +335%		101 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	2077 MB/s	Hugely faster read speed. +361%	451 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	1739 MB/s	Hugely faster write speed. +341%	394 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	215 MB/s	Hugely faster random read. +538%	33.7 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	181 MB/s	Hugely faster random write. +117%	83.4 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1886 MB/s	Hugely faster mixed IO speed. +389%	386 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	192 MB/s	Hugely faster random mixed IO. +323%	45.4 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	1624 MB/s	Hugely faster sustained write speed. +361%	352 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	2335 MB/s	Hugely faster peak read speed. +354%	514 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	2026 MB/s	Hugely faster peak write speed. +335%	466 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	288 MB/s	Hugely faster peak random read. +576%	42.6 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	250 MB/s	Hugely faster peak random write. +116%	116 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	2147 MB/s	Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed. +377%	450 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	266 MB/s	Hugely faster peak random mixed IO. +356%	58.3 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	1950 MB/s	Hugely faster peak sustained write speed. +326%	458 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0 %		0.11 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
Value Value For Money	43.5 %	Much better value. +67%	26 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	52 %		61 %	More popular. +17%
Price Price (score)	$160		$40	Much cheaper. +75%


Age Newest	80+ Months		76 Months	+5%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	2059 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue read. +436%	384 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1663 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue write. +363%	359 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	6,115 Pts	Hugely stronger server IO. +386%	1,258 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1798 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +547%	278 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1293 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue read. +293%	329 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1007 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue write. +243%	294 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1124 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +413%	219 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			280GB			250GB

The Intel Optane SSD 900P series are the first consumer grade NVMe PCIe SSDs available using Optane memory. This is a new class of memory based on new 3D XPoint lithography. The 280 GB version is available in either a U.2 15mm or half height half length add-in card form, both with a PCIe 3.0 x 4 interface. A 480 GB version is also available. The impressive benchmarks from this SSD (sequential read speeds of 2500 MB/s and sequential write of 2000 MB/s) are consistent with Intel’s reported specifications. The 280GB 900P is about 10% faster at sequential read/write than the next best NVMe PCIe flash based SSD, the Samsung 960 Pro. However, the 280 GB 900P really excels at random 4K reads and writes. Specifically, it is about 4 times faster than the 960 Pro at random 4K reads. Since on average, about 50% of typical consumer disk access is sequential reads or writes, the full benefits of the 280GB 900P may not be relevant for all users. Early access to this new technology comes at a premium, the 280GB 900P costs approximately twice as much per gigabyte compared to the 960 Pro. These drawbacks will no doubt influence the mass adoption of this class of memory in its infant stage. However, it is no less exciting for the industry and is indicative of the speeds that we can expect to achieve as standard in the future. ^{[Nov '17 SSDrivePro]}

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The MX500 is Crucial’s current flagship consumer SATA SSD featuring their latest second generation 64-layer 3D TLC NAND. It’s available in 250 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB and 2 TB capacities in a 2.5-inch form factor. All but the 2 TB version will also be available in M.2 (2280) form in the future. The MX500 features a Silicon Motion SM2258 controller which is a change from the Marvell 88SS1074 controller featured in the MX300 (it’s nearly two year old predecessor). Performance is around 30% better than on the MX300 which currently retails at the same price. The MX500 has an SLC cache which increases with drive capacity. Consequently, the larger capacities are better able to sustain high sequential write speeds. The 250 GB version has 250MB of SLC cache, the 500 GB has 512 MB, the 1 TB has 1 GB and the 2 TB has 2 GB. Extended sustained write performance tests show that even though speed does drop off after the cache has been exhausted, it is still maintained at very respectable levels. The MX500’s five year warranty is in line with Samsung’s 850 Evo and exceeds it in terms of endurance (just 75 TBW for the 250 GB 850 Evo versus 100 TBW for the 250 GB MX500). It doesn’t quite match up to the Samsung’s 850 Evo’s performance (effective speed 8% slower), however at current prices it is about 20% cheaper, and on balance offers better value for money. ^{[Mar '18 SSDrivePro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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

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