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Best Bench: 108% 146GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 58% 80GB free (System drive)

Poor: 58% Great: 108%

SPEED RANK: 352^nd / 1072

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Best Bench: 113% 110GB free
Worst Bench: 69% 211GB free

Poor: 69% Great: 113%

SPEED RANK: 280^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		88.6 %			94.8 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +7%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	400 MB/s		426 MB/s	Slightly faster read speed. +6%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	426 MB/s	+4%	411 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	23.3 MB/s		28 MB/s	Faster random read. +20%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	80.7 MB/s		86.7 MB/s	Slightly faster random write. +7%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	318 MB/s		342 MB/s	Slightly faster mixed IO speed. +8%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	32 MB/s		39.3 MB/s	Faster random mixed IO. +23%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	374 MB/s	Slightly faster sustained write speed. +8%	346 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	448 MB/s		470 MB/s	+5%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	487 MB/s	+4%	470 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	27.7 MB/s		32.6 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +18%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	123 MB/s	+2%	120 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	352 MB/s		382 MB/s	Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed. +9%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	39.6 MB/s		47.7 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +20%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	464 MB/s	+1%	458 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.02 %		0.04 %	Hugely higher market share. +100%
Value Value For Money	10.3 %	Slightly better value. +5%	9.84 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	52 %		55 %	Slightly more popular. +6%
Price Price (score)	$110	Cheaper. +18%	$134


Age Newest	116 Months		111 Months	+4%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	365 MB/s		378 MB/s	+4%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	372 MB/s	+2%	364 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1,216 Pts		1,234 Pts	+1%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	296 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +15%	258 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	311 MB/s		323 MB/s	+4%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	283 MB/s		297 MB/s	+5%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	244 MB/s	Slightly faster deep queue mixed IO. +10%	222 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			240GB			250GB

The AMD Radeon R7 SSD is manufactured by OCZ (Toshiba). The release of the R7 is in line with OCZ's approximate six-monthly release cycle. Apart from newer NAND memory, the R7 has the same components as the OCZ Vector 150. Comparing the AMD R7 and Vector 150 shows that peak performance is broadly unchanged. We don't have any user samples for the new R7 yet but based on components, it's reasonable to assume that real-world effective speeds will also be comparable to the Vector 150. Although the 240GB R7 SSD is a strong performer, disappointingly, it brings nothing new to the table in terms of hardware. Unless OCZ/Toshiba can pull something out of the bag they will continue to loose market share to Samsung who are still managing to innovate with each of their releases; most recently the 850 pro series. ^{[Aug '14 SSDrivePro]}

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The 250GB Crucial MX200 is successor to the hugely successful MX100. Both drives use the same NAND and controller but the new MX200 features Dynamic Write Acceleration (DWA) which is a new dynamically sized SLC cache. Samsung were the first to introduce SLC caching on the 840 Evo nearly two years ago so Crucial are somewhat late to the party. SLC caches generally only help performance in corner case real word scenarios and benchmarks. I prefer drives without SLC caches because they offer more consistent and sustainable real world IO. Comparing the MX100 and MX200 shows that the newer MX200 has a significantly faster peak write speed which is of course explained by the new DWA cache. Price is the deciding factor between the MX100 and MX200 so although the MX200 isn't priced aggressively yet, it will almost certainly move up the value rankings when retailers build stocks and subsequently cut prices. ^{[Feb '15 SSDrivePro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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