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Crucial CT525MX300SSD4

MX300 SATA M.2 525GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 85.8% (375th of 1058)

Based on 16,442 user benchmarks.  Models: Crucial_CT525MX300SSD4, Crucial_ CT525MX300SSD4
Poor: 65%Average: 85.8% Great: 99%

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Very good average bench

The Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB averaged just 14.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 279MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 85.9MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB is 33.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 290MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 343MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16,442 samples)
Rank 37585.8%
Min Avg Max
323 Read 401 450
241 Write 403 482
212 Mixed 343 389
209 SusWrite 290 336
80.8% 359 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.9 4K Read 24.2 28.2
42.6 4K Write 85.9 116
21.7 4K Mixed 35.3 42.6
127% 48.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
183 DQ Read 309 351
120 DQ Write 270 327
149 DQ Mixed 279 325
212% 286 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
326GB free
Firmware: M0CR040
SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 472 277 246 244 246 MB/s
98.5% Outstanding
Read 397
Write 434
Mixed 359
SusWrite 324
85% 379 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 41.5
156% 61.2 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 322
245% 330 MB/s
344GB free
Firmware: M0CR060
SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 450 293 244 244 244 MB/s
98.3% Outstanding
Read 411
Write 441
Mixed 386
SusWrite 319
88% 389 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 42.3
155% 60.5 MB/s
DQ Read 335
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 319
241% 323 MB/s
362GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR031
SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 468 321 252 215 219 MB/s
97% Outstanding
Read 425
Write 463
Mixed 375
SusWrite 306
88% 392 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 41.7
152% 58.6 MB/s
DQ Read 324
DQ Write 325
DQ Mixed 325
244% 324 MB/s
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR060
SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 244 243 245 186 116 MB/s
88.9% Excellent
Read 404
Write 473
Mixed 362
SusWrite 245
84% 371 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 95.7
4K Mixed 38.1
141% 53.7 MB/s
DQ Read 337
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 318
240% 322 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR060
SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 310 229 242 244 187 MB/s
87.7% Excellent
Read 395
Write 433
Mixed 360
SusWrite 267
82% 364 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 94.1
4K Mixed 37.9
137% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 332
DQ Write 269
DQ Mixed 295
222% 299 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 45,499,118 SSDs tested.

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Gaming 93%
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Desktop 91%
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Workstation 79%
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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel  $350Bench 87%, 573,465 samples6,626x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $194Bench 84%, 180,436 samples1,259x
Core i7-6700KIntel  $310Bench 83%, 554,418 samples560x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 105%, 979,077 samples1,872x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $1,089Bench 136%, 696,708 samples1,656x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $400Bench 80%, 1,183,384 samples1,417x
SSD
MX300 SATA M.2 525GBCrucial  $140Bench 86%, 16,442 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 83%, 500,937 samples835x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 437,643 samples447x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $98Bench 86%, 208,862 samples403x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $1,309

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 Comments

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Excellent

3 years ago.

There's nothing inherently wrong with it. It does what it's supposed to do, it's M.2. The reason I chose this at the time was because I trusted the manufacturing tolerances of Micron, and I thought that other brands were overrated. It saves space, because it can be mounted directly onto the motherboard, in one way or the other. Of course...If I had just waited a little longer I could have bought the new MX500 series SSD, but they don't have any M.2 format drives released yet and there isn't much of significant difference; which is a higher read speed of 560 MB/s and 5 year warranty. The 3 year warranty and read speed of 530 MB/s is just fine!

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