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Crucial CT240M500SSD3

M500 mSATA 240GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 69.6% (684th of 1080)

Based on 1,180 user benchmarks.  Models: Crucial_ CT240M500SSD3, Crucial_CT240M500SSD3
Poor: 51%Average: 69.6% Great: 86%

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Above average average bench

The Crucial M500 mSATA 240GB averaged 30.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 166MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 290MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial M500 mSATA 240GB is 34.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Crucial M500 mSATA 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 184MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 255MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,180 samples)
Rank 68469.6%
Min Avg Max
334 Read 395 434
191 Write 255 272
240 Mixed 274 296
72.9 SusWrite 184 266
61.8% 277 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.5 4K Read 20.3 25.9
23.7 4K Write 65.5 104
15.7 4K Mixed 27.2 36.7
100% 37.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
202 DQ Read 290 321
148 DQ Write 239 260
118 DQ Mixed 166 183
151% 232 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
223GB free
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 268 268 267 269 268 MB/s
83.2% Excellent
Read 426
Write 267
Mixed 294
SusWrite 268
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 86.3
4K Mixed 32.6
121% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 258
DQ Mixed 177
161% 246 MB/s
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 120 98 93 105 93 MB/s
78.8% Very good
Read 435
Write 164
Mixed 290
SusWrite 124
56% 253 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 98.3
4K Mixed 35.5
135% 52.9 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 180
161% 244 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 78 55 61 54 56 MB/s
53.2% Above average
Read 362
Write 260
Mixed 266
SusWrite 80.7
54% 242 MB/s
4K Read 15.2
4K Write 50.5
4K Mixed 20.8
76% 28.8 MB/s
DQ Read 246
DQ Write 215
DQ Mixed 156
137% 206 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,102x
Core i7-2600Intel  $173Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,631x
Core i5-3470Intel  $69Bench 63%, 223,595 samples966x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,160x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,096x
SSD
M500 mSATA 240GBCrucial  $120Bench 70%, 1,180 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples526x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples384x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples308x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 50% - Above average Total price: $417

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