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Crucial CT525MX300SSD4

MX300 SATA M.2 525GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 84.6% (419th of 1080)

Based on 20,154 user benchmarks.  Models: Crucial_CT525MX300SSD4, Crucial_ CT525MX300SSD4
Poor: 60%Average: 84.6% Great: 98%

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Very good average bench

The Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB averaged just 15.4% 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 270MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 84.4MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB is 37.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 282MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 341MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 20,154 samples)
Rank 41984.6%
Min Avg Max
326 Read 401 450
239 Write 390 478
216 Mixed 341 388
205 SusWrite 282 333
79.5% 353 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.2 4K Read 24 28.2
36.1 4K Write 84.4 115
18.8 4K Mixed 34.5 42.2
125% 47.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
182 DQ Read 305 351
144 DQ Write 265 326
121 DQ Mixed 270 324
206% 280 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
348GB free
Firmware: M0CR060
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 465 312 250 252 250 MB/s
92.9% Outstanding
Read 439
Write 447
Mixed 361
SusWrite 330
89% 394 MB/s
4K Read 25.9
4K Write 82.8
4K Mixed 37.3
131% 48.7 MB/s
DQ Read 344
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 323
244% 328 MB/s
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR060
SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 463 278 247 243 243 MB/s
91.3% Outstanding
Read 398
Write 445
Mixed 358
SusWrite 322
86% 381 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 87
4K Mixed 38.1
132% 50 MB/s
DQ Read 335
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 322
244% 326 MB/s
125GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR031
SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 413 316 250 241 224 MB/s
88.1% Excellent
Read 392
Write 422
Mixed 355
SusWrite 310
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 77.4
4K Mixed 36.2
125% 46.2 MB/s
DQ Read 349
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 322
244% 328 MB/s
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR040
SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 354 240 245 222 220 MB/s
77.4% Very good
Read 400
Write 463
Mixed 385
SusWrite 288
87% 384 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 80
4K Mixed 37.3
130% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 28.9
DQ Write 129
DQ Mixed 44.2
44% 67.4 MB/s
265GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR060
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 362 320 244 248 229 MB/s
72.5% Very good
Read 401
Write 392
Mixed 362
SusWrite 292
81% 362 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 38.2
4K Mixed 27
91% 29.7 MB/s
DQ Read 346
DQ Write 119
DQ Mixed 188
150% 218 MB/s
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR040
SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 227 234 237 219 223 MB/s
67.5% Good
Read 318
Write 341
Mixed 279
SusWrite 230
66% 292 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 54
4K Mixed 24
85% 31.7 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 326
244% 325 MB/s
52GB free
Firmware: M0CR060
SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 251 249 226 215 126 MB/s
67.4% Good
Read 367
Write 246
Mixed 215
SusWrite 247
60% 269 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 64
4K Mixed 22.3
92% 35.3 MB/s
DQ Read 184
DQ Write 250
DQ Mixed 158
136% 197 MB/s
232GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR040
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 238 238 244 240 240 MB/s
65.9% Good
Read 387
Write 236
Mixed 234
SusWrite 240
61% 274 MB/s
4K Read 18.3
4K Write 56.4
4K Mixed 22.8
87% 32.5 MB/s
DQ Read 184
DQ Write 231
DQ Mixed 152
130% 189 MB/s
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Core i5-7600KIntel  $75Bench 76%, 195,006 samples837x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples342x
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GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,080x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1,007x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples951x
SSD
MX300 SATA M.2 525GBCrucial  $140Bench 85%, 20,154 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples514x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples281x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $46Bench 84%, 215,644 samples238x
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Excellent

6 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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