Crucial CT525MX300SSD1

MX300 525GB

▲ MX300 525GB
BENCHMARKS (105,037)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $150

Effective Speed -11%Effective Speed -11%Average Score -8%Read -12%, Write -2%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write 2%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed -13%, SusWrite -17%Peak Score -12%Read -12%, Write 1%, 4K Read -28%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed -18%, SusWrite -31%Value & Sentiment -35%User Rating 0%, Market Share -70%, Price -19%, Value -50%Nice To Haves +7% DQ Read 2%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed 23%, ADQ Read 0%, ADQ Write -1%, ADQ Mixed 24%, Age 16%, AS-SSD Total -3%

MX300 525GB

Average Bench: 85.8% (393^rd of 1072)

Based on 105,037 user benchmarks. Models: Crucial_ CT525MX300SSD1, Crucial_CT525MX300SSD1

Poor: 65%Average: 85.8% Great: 99%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Crucial MX300 525GB averaged just 14.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial MX300 525GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 274MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 86.5MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial MX300 525GB is 34.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Crucial MX300 525GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 290MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 345MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 105,037 samples)

Rank 39385.8%

Min	Avg	Max
324	Read 397	436
245	Write 404	482
214	Mixed 345	389
206	SusWrite 290	335
80.8% 359 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.4	4K Read 24.3	28.2
43.9	4K Write 86.5	117
22.5	4K Mixed 35.2	42.3
128% 48.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
172	DQ Read 301	351
123	DQ Write 272	327
135	DQ Mixed 274	330
209% 282 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

TWN-User, 17 hrs ago.

486GB free

Firmware: M0CR050

SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 453 250 253 253 253 MB/s

88.9% Excellent

Write 450

Mixed 386

SusWrite 319

89% 396 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 87.7

4K Mixed 39.2

138% 51.4 MB/s

DQ Read 228

DQ Write 196

DQ Mixed 211

158% 212 MB/s

ITA-User, 14 hrs ago.

214GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M0CR021

SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 401 311 238 241 239 MB/s

85.7% Excellent

Write 345

Mixed 372

SusWrite 301

80% 356 MB/s

4K Read 23.1

4K Write 75.3

4K Mixed 33.8

118% 44.1 MB/s

DQ Read 325

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 326

244% 325 MB/s

SWE-User, 19 hrs ago.

160GB free

Firmware: M0CR060

SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 456 287 245 243 246 MB/s

84% Excellent

Write 237

Mixed 217

SusWrite 323

66% 293 MB/s

4K Read 19.4

4K Write 88.2

4K Mixed 32.6

118% 46.7 MB/s

DQ Read 217

DQ Write 325

DQ Mixed 329

232% 290 MB/s

DNK-User, 1 day ago.

452GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M0CR060

SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 434 282 234 245 244 MB/s

77.2% Very good

Write 439

Mixed 360

SusWrite 312

86% 380 MB/s

4K Read 20

4K Write 45.1

4K Mixed 27.8

90% 31 MB/s

DQ Read 319

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 295

225% 304 MB/s

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Typical MX300 525GB Builds (Compare 13,929 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,634x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,678x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,384x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
MX300 525GBCrucial $150Bench 86%, 105,037 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	809x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	568x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $800

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3 years ago.

fast as hell nothing goes wrong.........

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Good

5 years ago.

Really good SSD for the money, this drive is capable of speeding up even a slow Acer All in One.

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Good

5 years ago.

Nice ssd

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Excellent

6 years ago.

Really fast write/read speed

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT525MX300SSD1

MX300 525GB

Average Bench: 85.8% (393^rd of 1072)

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Crucial CT525MX300SSD1

MX300 525GB

Average Bench: 85.8% (393rd of 1072)

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