Crucial CT250P2SSD8

P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB
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Effective Speed +73% Effective Speed 73%Average Score +95% Read 123%, Write 168%, 4K Read 29%, 4K Write 52%, Mixed 175%, 4K Mixed 31%, SusWrite 84%Peak Score +123% Read 148%, Write 186%, 4K Read 28%, 4K Write 92%, Mixed 182%, 4K Mixed 40%, SusWrite 185%Value & Sentiment -53%User Rating -13%, Market Share -444%, Price 125%, Value 119%Nice To Haves +154% DQ Read 125%, DQ Write 244%, DQ Mixed 162%, ADQ Read 112%, ADQ Write 145%, ADQ Mixed 164%, Age 126%, AS-SSD Total 154%

Average Bench: 171% (134^th of 1071)

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 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

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

IND-User, 9 hrs ago.

176GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P2CR010 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 881 504 396 302 227 224 MB/s

196% Outstanding

Write 1,059

Mixed 1,067

SusWrite 422

210% 938 MB/s

4K Read 51.5

4K Write 180

4K Mixed 73.1

267% 101 MB/s

DQ Read 820

DQ Write 973

DQ Mixed 807

633% 866 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 hr ago.

82GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P2CR012 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 977 242 222 222 221 MB/s

184% Outstanding

Write 1,021

Mixed 974

SusWrite 375

199% 891 MB/s

4K Read 46.2

4K Write 163

4K Mixed 68.7

244% 92.8 MB/s

DQ Read 818

DQ Write 877

DQ Mixed 793

612% 829 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 hr ago.

82GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P2CR012 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 833 454 288 236 227 224 MB/s

172% Outstanding

Write 696

Mixed 1,025

SusWrite 377

167% 744 MB/s

4K Read 41.6

4K Write 165

4K Mixed 69.3

239% 91.9 MB/s

DQ Read 810

DQ Write 992

DQ Mixed 791

627% 865 MB/s

IND-User, 8 hrs ago.

100GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P2CR048 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 153 322 258 167 229 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 1,101

Mixed 293

SusWrite 268

110% 482 MB/s

4K Read 6.4

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 60.6

145% 58.6 MB/s

DQ Read 738

DQ Write 671

DQ Mixed 822

584% 743 MB/s

SVK-User, 10 hrs ago.

123GB free

Firmware: P2CR012 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 242 333 218 123 257 MB/s

84.7% Excellent

Write 314

Mixed 309

SusWrite 230

66% 292 MB/s

4K Read 31.6

4K Write 62.3

4K Mixed 40

132% 44.6 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 373

DQ Mixed 567

374% 440 MB/s

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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 $101Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	1,311x
Core i5-11400FIntel $130Bench 94%, 38,461 samples	1,001x
Core i3-10100FIntel $66Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	822x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $290Bench 100%, 301,333 samples	664x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	539x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples	495x

SSD
P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBCrucial $41Bench 171%, 6,626 samples	1x

RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 94%, 22,102 samples	261x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	227x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 36,835 samples	208x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $432

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT250P2SSD8

P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 171% (134^th of 1071)

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Crucial CT250P2SSD8

P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB

Average Bench: 171% (134th of 1071)

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Average Bench: 171% (134^th of 1071)