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Crucial CT250P2SSD8

P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 171% (134th of 1072)

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

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
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,626 samples)
Rank 134171%
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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P2CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 231 225 227 244 222 MB/s
185% Outstanding
Read 1,197
Write 1,062
Mixed 1,068
SusWrite 250
200% 894 MB/s
4K Read 53
4K Write 176
4K Mixed 74.7
269% 101 MB/s
DQ Read 818
DQ Write 914
DQ Mixed 792
616% 841 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P2CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 240 211 217 213 212 MB/s
157% Outstanding
Read 1,179
Write 1,041
Mixed 1,036
SusWrite 231
195% 872 MB/s
4K Read 44.4
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 58.7
197% 68.9 MB/s
DQ Read 814
DQ Write 718
DQ Mixed 796
588% 776 MB/s
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P2CR045 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 857 1248 239 80 256 64 MB/s
149% Outstanding
Read 1047
Write 1,370
Mixed 1,140
SusWrite 457
226% 1,004 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 77.6
4K Mixed 46.6
155% 53.4 MB/s
DQ Read 733
DQ Write 645
DQ Mixed 803
571% 727 MB/s
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Gaming 89%
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Desktop 91%
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Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: MSI H510M-A PRO (MS-7D22)

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples1,765x
Core i5-11400FIntel  $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples1,319x
Core i3-10100FIntel  $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples990x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples898x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples673x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples562x
SSD
P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBCrucial  $44Bench 171%, 6,626 samples1x
RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples326x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples300x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples279x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $421

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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