Crucial CT512MX100SSD1

MX100 512GB

▲ MX100 512GB
BENCHMARKS (31,545)
MKT (0%)
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$200

Effective Speed -8%Effective Speed -8%Average Score -5%Read -12%, Write 2%, 4K Read -13%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed -8%, 4K Mixed -6%, SusWrite -0%Peak Score -7%Read -12%, Write -1%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write 0%, Mixed -12%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite 6%Value & Sentiment -105%User Rating -2%, Market Share -278%, Price -55%, Value -84%Nice To Haves -38%DQ Read -101%, DQ Write 6%, DQ Mixed -48%, ADQ Read -100%, ADQ Write 5%, ADQ Mixed -32%, Age -8%, AS-SSD Total -28%

MX100 512GB

Average Bench: 87.6% (369^th of 1080)

Based on 31,545 user benchmarks. Models: Crucial_CT512MX100SSD1, Crucial_ CT512MX100SS, Crucial_CT512MX1, Crucial_ Crucial_CT512MX1, Crucial_ CT512MX100SSD1

Poor: 61%Average: 87.6% Great: 107%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Crucial MX100 512GB averaged just 12.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial MX100 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 168MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.3MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial MX100 512GB is 46%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial MX100 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 150MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 300MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 31,545 samples)

Rank 36987.6%

Min	Avg	Max
327	Read 399	438
336	Write 421	470
238	Mixed 300	329
152	SusWrite 339	467
82.1% 364 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.6	4K Read 26.3	30.3
40	4K Write 86.9	120
24.4	4K Mixed 37.3	45
134% 50.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
127	DQ Read 150	171
99.2	DQ Write 288	363
110	DQ Mixed 168	182
142% 202 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 2 days ago.

476GB free

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 436 436 436 435 434 MB/s

94.3% Outstanding

Write 436

Mixed 315

SusWrite 435

91% 405 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 84.5

4K Mixed 39.8

139% 50.9 MB/s

DQ Read 148

DQ Write 182

DQ Mixed 155

120% 162 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

129GB free

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 324 110 62 243 409 MB/s

86.9% Excellent

Write 457

Mixed 314

SusWrite 262

82% 366 MB/s

4K Read 27

4K Write 91.4

4K Mixed 39

139% 52.5 MB/s

DQ Read 145

DQ Write 333

DQ Mixed 181

155% 220 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

215GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 309 277 274 273 273 MB/s

85.6% Excellent

Write 455

Mixed 313

SusWrite 305

84% 373 MB/s

4K Read 25.8

4K Write 79.6

4K Mixed 36.9

128% 47.4 MB/s

DQ Read 156

DQ Write 312

DQ Mixed 178

151% 215 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 days ago.

265GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 283 285 284 280 280 MB/s

70.8% Very good

Write 341

Mixed 271

SusWrite 274

68% 300 MB/s

4K Read 23.4

4K Write 54.5

4K Mixed 30.2

103% 36 MB/s

DQ Read 218

DQ Write 210

DQ Mixed 167

138% 198 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 days ago.

104GB free

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 259 179 154 184 189 MB/s

65.6% Good

Write 421

Mixed 298

SusWrite 226

76% 340 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 33.9

4K Mixed 27.6

93% 29.2 MB/s

DQ Read 142

DQ Write 143

DQ Mixed 174

122% 153 MB/s

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,469x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,700x
Core i7-4790Intel $125Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	471x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,284x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	572x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	413x

SSD
MX100 512GBCrucial $200Bench 88%, 31,545 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	383x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	211x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $748

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Controller: Marvell 88SS9189. Flash Memory: Micron 16nm MLC

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Excellent

5 years ago.

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
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Crucial CT512MX100SSD1

MX100 512GB

Average Bench: 87.6% (369^th of 1080)

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

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Crucial CT512MX100SSD1

MX100 512GB

Average Bench: 87.6% (369th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 87.6% (369^th of 1080)