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CrucialCT250MX200SSD1
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Controller: Indilinx Barefoot 3. Flash Memory: Toshiba A19nm MLC. Release date: Q3 2014.

 $134 

Controller: Marvell 88SS9189. Flash Memory: Micron 16nm MLC. Release date: Q1 2015.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 31,099 user samples
4,735 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 98% 223GB free
Worst Bench: 63% 20GB free (System drive)
Poor: 63% Great: 98%
SPEED RANK: 435th / 1080
26,364 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 113% 110GB free
Worst Bench: 69% 211GB free
Poor: 69% Great: 113%
SPEED RANK: 288th / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
83.8 % 94.8 % Faster effective speed.
+13%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
370 MB/s 426 MB/s Faster read speed.
+15%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
361 MB/s 411 MB/s Faster write speed.
+14%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
24.5 MB/s 28 MB/s Faster random read.
+14%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
87.7 MB/s +1% 86.7 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
279 MB/s 342 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+23%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
32.5 MB/s 39.3 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+21%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
287 MB/s 346 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+21%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
410 MB/s 470 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+15%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
383 MB/s 470 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+23%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
28.4 MB/s 32.6 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+15%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
119 MB/s 120 MB/s +1%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
302 MB/s 382 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+26%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
38 MB/s 47.7 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+26%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
370 MB/s 458 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+24%
Market Share
Based on 77,587,458 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.01 % 0.01 %
Value
Value For Money
7.21 % 9.84 % Much better value.
+36%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
54 % 55 % +2%
Price
Price (score)
$82 Much cheaper.
+38%
$134
Age
Newest
123 Months 118 Months +4%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
310 MB/s 378 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+22%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
359 MB/s 364 MB/s +1%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1,098 Pts 1,234 Pts Stronger server IO.
+12%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
254 MB/s 258 MB/s +2%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
287 MB/s 323 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+13%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
305 MB/s +3% 297 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
231 MB/s +4% 222 MB/s
Capacity
Capacity
120GB 250GB

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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