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Crucial CT250P2SSD8

P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB
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Effective Speed -220%Effective Speed -220%Average Score -227%Read -312%, Write -329%, 4K Read -100%, 4K Write -56%, Mixed -228%, 4K Mixed -87%, SusWrite -477%Peak Score -260%Read -373%, Write -363%, 4K Read -248%, 4K Write -61%, Mixed -291%, 4K Mixed -168%, SusWrite -315%Value & Sentiment -441%User Rating -37%, Market Share -1,774%, Price 425%, Value -377%Nice To Haves -131%DQ Read -181%, DQ Write -54%, DQ Mixed -142%, ADQ Read -147%, ADQ Write -78%, ADQ Mixed -116%, Age -189%, AS-SSD Total -145%

Average Bench: 171% (142^nd of 1080)

Based on 6,626 user benchmarks. Models: CT250P2SSD8, NVMe CT250P2SSD8

Poor: 88%Average: 171% Great: 228%

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Outstanding average bench

The Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB averaged 70.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 687MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 707MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB is 140%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 546MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 44.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6,626 samples)

Rank 142171%

Min	Avg	Max
477	Read 1,018	1,254
375	Write 1,087	1,389
372	Mixed 986	1,194
216	SusWrite 546	1,103
205% 909 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.8	4K Read 44.4	55.1
38.2	4K Write 133	235
21.3	4K Mixed 59.2	81.6
213% 78.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
315	DQ Read 693	825
150	DQ Write 707	1,232
186	DQ Mixed 687	867
520% 696 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 4 days ago.

233GB free

Firmware: P2CR045 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1325 1390 1393 1388 1384 1392 MB/s

212% Outstanding

Write 481

Mixed 957

SusWrite 1,378

180% 783 MB/s

4K Read 47.1

4K Write 128

4K Mixed 66.5

225% 80.7 MB/s

DQ Read 732

DQ Write 1,298

DQ Mixed 870

701% 967 MB/s

CZE-User, 3 days ago.

101GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P2CR012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 556 232 222 223 221 224 MB/s

170% Outstanding

Write 1,074

Mixed 1,081

SusWrite 280

206% 919 MB/s

4K Read 49

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 65.9

223% 78.8 MB/s

DQ Read 827

DQ Write 677

DQ Mixed 807

589% 770 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 day ago.

80GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P2CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 745 225 144 240 228 199 MB/s

160% Outstanding

Write 1,063

Mixed 1,060

SusWrite 297

202% 905 MB/s

4K Read 46.2

4K Write 96.3

4K Mixed 59.8

198% 67.4 MB/s

DQ Read 828

DQ Write 626

DQ Mixed 807

582% 754 MB/s

IND-User, 14 hrs ago.

100GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P2CR012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1044 379 233 220 221 236 MB/s

132% Outstanding

Write 958

Mixed 1,012

SusWrite 389

195% 873 MB/s

4K Read 37.9

4K Write 68.9

4K Mixed 46.5

154% 51.1 MB/s

DQ Read 424

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 347

257% 344 MB/s

CZE-User, 3 days ago.

106GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P2CR012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 225 219 221 221 222 MB/s

113% Outstanding

Write 259

Mixed 312

SusWrite 222

88% 403 MB/s

4K Read 32

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 39.7

163% 64.1 MB/s

DQ Read 502

DQ Write 270

DQ Mixed 303

247% 358 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 days ago.

101GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P2CR046 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1249 782 262 311 158 69 MB/s

64% Good

Write 1,397

Mixed 115

SusWrite 472

132% 580 MB/s

4K Read 1.7

4K Write 65.6

4K Mixed 2.9

41% 23.4 MB/s

DQ Read 227

DQ Write 240

DQ Mixed 194

157% 221 MB/s

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: MSI H510M-A PRO (MS-7D22)

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $94Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	1,873x
Core i5-11400FIntel $104Bench 94%, 46,609 samples	1,406x
Core i3-10100FIntel $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	1,031x

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RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	953x
GTX 1650Nvidia $141Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	711x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples	571x

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P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBCrucial $40Bench 171%, 6,626 samples	1x

RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	339x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	314x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	294x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $413

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Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
Intel Core i5-13600K $226	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $400

Crucial CT250P2SSD8

P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 171% (142^nd of 1080)

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Crucial CT250P2SSD8

P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 171% (142nd of 1080)

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Average Bench: 171% (142^nd of 1080)