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CrucialCT250MX200SSD1
$134

Controller: Phison PS3110. NAND Memory: Toshiba 15nm TLC. Release date: Q2 2016.

 $134 

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

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 27,850 user samples
1,486 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 108% 782GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 75% 412GB free (System drive)
Poor: 75% Great: 108%
SPEED RANK: 305th / 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
92.7 % 94.8 % +2%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
478 MB/s Faster read speed.
+12%
426 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
447 MB/s Slightly faster write speed.
+9%
411 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
29.5 MB/s Slightly faster random read.
+5%
28 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
78.1 MB/s 86.7 MB/s Faster random write.
+11%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
372 MB/s Slightly faster mixed IO speed.
+9%
342 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
36.6 MB/s 39.3 MB/s Slightly faster random mixed IO.
+7%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
322 MB/s 346 MB/s Slightly faster sustained write speed.
+7%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
516 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+10%
470 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
498 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+6%
470 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
34 MB/s +4% 32.6 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
108 MB/s 120 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+11%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
403 MB/s Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed.
+5%
382 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
44.3 MB/s 47.7 MB/s Slightly faster peak random mixed IO.
+8%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
381 MB/s 458 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+20%
Market Share
Based on 77,593,046 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0 % 0.01 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Value
Value For Money
19.9 % Hugely better value.
+102%
9.84 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
51 % 55 % Slightly more popular.
+8%
Price
Price (score)
$195 $134 Much cheaper.
+31%
Age
Newest
103 Months More recent.
+13%
118 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
357 MB/s 378 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue read.
+6%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
345 MB/s 364 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+6%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1,183 Pts 1,234 Pts +4%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
214 MB/s 258 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+21%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
314 MB/s 323 MB/s +3%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
269 MB/s 297 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+10%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
186 MB/s 222 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+19%
Capacity
Capacity
960GB 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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