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

Effective Speed 
+209%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 170,356 user samples
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157,338 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 336% 320GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 218% 456GB free
Poor: 218% Great: 336%
SPEED RANK: 22nd / 1030
13,018 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 110% 205GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 68% 38GB free
Poor: 68% Great: 110%
SPEED RANK: 246th / 1030
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		291 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+209% 		94.4 %
Average Score 
+250%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		2382 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+457% 		428 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		2154 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+418% 		416 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		63.8 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
+131% 		27.6 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		151 MB/s Much faster random write.
+76% 		86 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		1650 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+381% 		343 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		86.4 MB/s Hugely faster random mixed IO.
+120% 		39.2 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		927 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+170% 		343 MB/s
Peak Score 
+254%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		2718 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+478% 		470 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		2603 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+455% 		469 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		71.9 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+119% 		32.8 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		192 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+64% 		117 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		1949 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+412% 		381 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		101 MB/s Hugely faster peak random mixed IO.
+111% 		47.9 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		1070 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+140% 		445 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+929%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.92 % Insanely higher market share.
+3,100% 		0.06 %
Value
Value For Money 		64.3 % Hugely better value.
+557% 		9.79 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		86 % Much more popular.
+30% 		66 %
Price
Price (score) 		$98 Cheaper.
+27% 		$134
Nice To Haves 
+302%
Age
Newest 		18+ Months Much more recent.
+73% 		67 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1661 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+339% 		378 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		1430 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+296% 		361 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		4,920 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+301% 		1,228 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		1485 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+478% 		257 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1240 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+290% 		318 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		1003 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+238% 		297 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		1100 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+400% 		220 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		500GB 250GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 291%
Average Bench 94.4%
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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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