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Crucial CT525MX300SSD1

MX300 525GB

▲ MX300 525GB
BENCHMARKS (105,037)
MKT (0.1%)
BUILDS
(4)
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 -37%User Rating 0%, Market Share -43%, Price -32%, Value -72%Nice To Haves +7% DQ Read 2%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed 23%, ADQ Read 0%, ADQ Write -1%, ADQ Mixed 24%, Age 15%, AS-SSD Total -3%

MX300 525GB

Average Bench: 85.8% (401^st of 1080)

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 40185.8%

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

Bench

Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

ISR-User, 11 hrs ago.

95GB free

Firmware: M0CR021

SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 480 257 227 226 225 MB/s

100% Outstanding

Write 226

Mixed 388

SusWrite 316

76% 339 MB/s

4K Read 28

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 42.3

161% 64.2 MB/s

DQ Read 345

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 319

240% 322 MB/s

NZL-User, 7 hrs ago.

233GB free

Firmware: M0CR060

SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 469 286 254 254 254 MB/s

95.2% Outstanding

Write 471

Mixed 386

SusWrite 328

91% 402 MB/s

4K Read 25.4

4K Write 96.8

4K Mixed 39.5

140% 53.9 MB/s

DQ Read 344

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 327

248% 332 MB/s

CAN-User, 9 hrs ago.

203GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M0CR040

SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 435 297 243 241 243 MB/s

88.9% Excellent

Write 449

Mixed 365

SusWrite 317

87% 384 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 88.3

4K Mixed 33.9

128% 48.9 MB/s

DQ Read 322

DQ Write 317

DQ Mixed 324

242% 321 MB/s

DEU-User, 4 hrs ago.

351GB free

Firmware: M0CR031

SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 437 285 229 228 243 MB/s

81.2% Excellent

Write 452

Mixed 358

SusWrite 309

86% 381 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 56.6

4K Mixed 31

103% 36.6 MB/s

DQ Read 336

DQ Write 295

DQ Mixed 312

235% 314 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M0CR040

SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 361 230 233 251 219 MB/s

72.5% Very good

Write 425

Mixed 358

SusWrite 261

81% 361 MB/s

4K Read 18.5

4K Write 45.1

4K Mixed 25.2

84% 29.6 MB/s

DQ Read 332

DQ Write 314

DQ Mixed 307

235% 318 MB/s

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Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,604,214 SSDs tested

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Typical MX300 525GB Builds (Compare 14,735 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	7,026x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,887x
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,110x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,315x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,463x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,325x

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

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	865x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	604x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	586x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $890

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Controller: Marvell 88SS1074. Flash Memory: Micron 3D TLC

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

4 years ago.

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

Asdfguy86

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Good

6 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

6 years ago.

Nice ssd

Niutek

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Excellent

7 years ago.

Really fast write/read speed

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Crucial CT525MX300SSD1

MX300 525GB

Average Bench: 85.8% (401^st of 1080)

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Crucial CT525MX300SSD1

MX300 525GB

Average Bench: 85.8% (401st of 1080)

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Above average consistency

Weaknesses

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

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