Crucial

M.2 NVME 256GB

M.2 NVME 256GB
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Effective Speed +84% Effective Speed 84%Average Score +95% Read 256%, Write 133%, 4K Read 40%, 4K Write 115%, Mixed 130%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite 20%Peak Score +66% Read 224%, Write 103%, 4K Read 13%, 4K Write 54%, Mixed 98%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite -2%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves +2% DQ Read 26%, DQ Write 171%, DQ Mixed -373%, ADQ Read 40%, ADQ Write 235%, ADQ Mixed -275%, Age 109%, AS-SSD Total 82%

Average Bench: 181% (118^th of 1072)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: Crucial M.2 NVME 256GB

Poor: 174%Average: 181% Great: 188%

Popular builds with this SSD

Lenovo 81WJ (2)

Outstanding average bench

The Crucial M.2 NVME 256GB averaged 81.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial M.2 NVME 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 969MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,629MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 357MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 69.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 118181%

Min	Avg	Max
1,615	Read 1,629	1,643
901	Write 944	986
814	Mixed 826	839
333	SusWrite 357	380
208% 939 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
47.5	4K Read 48	48.5
187	4K Write 188	188
24.3	4K Mixed 34.5	44.7
216% 90 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
453	DQ Read 458	462
965	DQ Write 969	972
68.7	DQ Mixed 69.3	70
236% 499 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

COL-User, 3 years ago.

203GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0629A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 999 410 224 200 214 232 MB/s

188% Outstanding

Write 986

Mixed 839

SusWrite 380

213% 962 MB/s

4K Read 47.5

4K Write 188

4K Mixed 44.7

229% 93.3 MB/s

DQ Read 462

DQ Write 972

DQ Mixed 68.7

237% 501 MB/s

COL-User, 3 years ago.

203GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0629A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 510 443 198 202 186 MB/s

174% Outstanding

Write 901

Mixed 814

SusWrite 333

202% 916 MB/s

4K Read 48.5

4K Write 187

4K Mixed 24.3

204% 86.7 MB/s

DQ Read 453

DQ Write 965

DQ Mixed 70

235% 496 MB/s

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Lenovo 81WJ

CPU
Core i5-1035G1IntelBench 51%, 53,170 samples	83x
Core i7-1065G7IntelBench 53%, 58,314 samples	2x
Core i5-1035G4IntelBench 55%, 13,243 samples	1x

GPU
UHD G1IntelBench 5%, 68,603 samples	58x
GeForce MX250NvidiaBench 14%, 8,806 samples	18x
GeForce MX230NvidiaBench 10%, 6,801 samples	7x

SSD
M.2 NVME 256GBCrucialBench 181%, 2 samples	1x

RAM
RMSA3270ME86H9F-2666 Micron 4ATF51264HZ-3G2J1 8GBUnknownBench 68%, 293 samples	21x
RMSA3270ME86H9F-2666 Samsung M471A5244CB0-CTD 8GBUnknownBench 70%, 538 samples	14x
M471A5244CB0-CTD Micron 4ATF51264HZ-3G2J1 8GBSamsungBench 67%, 966 samples	4x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
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

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M.2 NVME 256GB

Average Bench: 181% (118^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 181% (118th of 1072)

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