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CrucialCT525MX300SSD1
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Controller: OCZ Barefoot 3 M00. Flash: Toshiba 19nm (2nd gen) MLC NAND. Release date: Q1 2015.

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

Effective Speed 
+8%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 61,570 user samples
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714 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 110% 169GB free
Worst Bench: 60% 107GB free (System drive)
Poor: 60% Great: 110%
SPEED RANK: 261st / 1018
60,856 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 99% 489GB free
Worst Bench: 57% 469GB free (System drive)
Poor: 57% Great: 99%
SPEED RANK: 354th / 1018
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		91.5 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+8% 		84.9 %
Average User Bench 
+4%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		423 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+6% 		400 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		414 MB/s +5% 395 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		24.9 MB/s +3% 24.1 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		89.2 MB/s Slightly faster random write.
+5% 		84.7 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		309 MB/s 344 MB/s Slightly faster mixed IO speed.
+11%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		32.7 MB/s 34.9 MB/s Slightly faster random mixed IO.
+7%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		365 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+28% 		285 MB/s
Peak Lab Bench 
+13%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		506 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+14% 		445 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		488 MB/s +2% 479 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		30 MB/s Slightly faster peak random read.
+6% 		28.2 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		134 MB/s Slightly faster peak random write.
+14% 		118 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		491 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+27% 		388 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		40 MB/s 42.7 MB/s Slightly faster peak random mixed IO.
+7%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		443 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+33% 		334 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0.29 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Value
Value For Money 		15 % Much better value.
+53% 		9.8 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		59 % 65 % Slightly more popular.
+10%
Price
Price (score) 		$140 Much cheaper.
+43% 		$244
Nice To Haves 
+8%
Age
Newest 		60 Months 45 Months More recent.
+25%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		373 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue read.
+6% 		352 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		360 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+10% 		327 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,237 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+8% 		1,146 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		248 MB/s 330 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+33%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		317 MB/s +5% 303 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		273 MB/s +3% 264 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		199 MB/s 271 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+36%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		480GB 525GB
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