Crucial MX500 4TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Up To 560MB/s - CT4000MX500SSD1

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JP” is attached at the end of the parts number of official Japanese distributed products shipped after April 2017. After over 1 3 years of testing solid state drives, I’ve concluded that it's almost impossible for any single benchmark suite to accurately measure their performance and that's why in certain benchmark suites we see amazing read/write performance numbers with some drives while in others things are quite different. The reason behind this is that some benchmarking suites are configured to read and write random chunks of data while others read and write constant (sequential) ones. So that's why i always use a very wide selection of benchmarking suites including AIDA64, HD Tach RW, HD Tune Pro, Crystal Disk Mark, Sisoftware Sandra Pro, AS SSD, IOmeter and ATTO. To get the most accurate results each test gets repeated a total of 6 times with the average performance numbers recorded into our charts*. Also, as of February 25th 2015 our results will also include the Storage Networking Industry Association’s (SNIA) IOMeter tests. These tests include a 12 Hour write test used to “simulate” performance degradation over time and a mixed workload test which basically shows what you can expect when using an SSD continuously for roughly two hours. Unfortunately, due to the time required for these tests we repeat them a total of 3 times and not 6 as the above. It is a safe bet that nearly every storage enthusiast has fond memories of their ‘first’ and how it changed the way they look at things… their first high performance SSD that is. It is also a safe bet that a lot of those fond memories feature Crucial and their MX series. Even today, with the MX500 being well over 3 years old a veritable ton of MX500’s are still being sold. The secret to the ‘elder statesman’ MX500’s success is simple: not every system needs its storage performance to measured in GB/s; rather for a lot of builds the price per Gigabyte of capacity matters more… and that is where the MX500 series is hard to beat. With that said, and even including the recent’ish 1TB silent upgrade, it still is a rather dated model in desperate need of an overhaul (or retirement). So, it should come as no surprise that Crucial has indeed refreshed the MX line with a new entry. A big entry. One that should highly interest those still buying SATA SSDs. We are of course referring to the recently released MX500 4TB capacity option. When it comes to small business and home lab IT decisions, sometimes thinking outside the box helps to create cost-effective and high-performance solutions. Crucial just released the new 4TB capacity of the long-standing MX500 SATA SSD, which may just be a perfect price and performance mix for a low-cost all-flash storage setup. We installed eight of these SSDs in one of our Dell EMC R740xd servers and measured performance using hardware RAID and Windows Storage Spaces.

When you are inside the Storage Executive software, make sure to enable the Momentum Cache feature to instantly improve burst performance. Looking at average read latency in our budget all-flash setup, across the board we had very low latency. We had sub-2ms latency in almost all areas, with SW RAID coming un below 1ms in a few areas. Write latency in RAID5 are the areas that stand out, with hardware RAID measuring in at just under 23ms and storage spaces with a hefty 503ms. It also supports a new feature called Power-Loss Immunity which means that the NAND can protect your data if your system suddenly shuts down. Crucial's Data Write Acceleration (DWA) feature uses an SLC buffer to boost the performance of the TLC SSD. Most SDDs utilize some type of SLC buffer, which is a designated portion of the NAND that runs in SLC mode (one bit per cell) to increase performance. The secret sauce changes from one company to the next, but the underlying algorithms are closely guarded. Most SSDs have a fixed SLC capacity, but Crucial's dynamic buffer shrinks or grows depending on the condition of the drive and the amount of data stored on the flash. Windows 10 boot times are measured from the time it takes between hitting the power button to reaching the Windows desktop. AS-SSD Score BenchmarkThe Crucial MX500 with 4 TB is visually as well as technically very reminiscent of the models already released in 2017 or their new edition. Crucial promises sequential transfer speeds of up to 560 MB/s read or 510 MB/s write and relies on the Silicon Motion SM2259H controller, a 3D TLC NAND from its own production as well as a 512 MB DRAM cache for this. The warranty period is up to 5 years, which is limited as usual for SSDs and ends here after one written petabyte, if this time comes earlier. Crucial's MX500 SSDs are quite popular among gamers and general users due to its great performance and affordable price. Many people have made inquiries about the charts in the past so once again please do keep in mind that the Charts have the average performance numbers of each drive recorded and not the peak (highest) ones. Also, although every single one of these programs can help potential buyers choose the right drive for their needs you should also remember that from any kind of benchmark up to real world usage the gap is not small (and usually most differences will go unnoticed by most people). All tests were performed in a fresh Windows 10 Pro x64 installation with every update installed up to the date of this review. Klarna Bank AB (publ) is Authorised by the Swedish Financial Services Authority (Finansinspektionen) and is subject to limited regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Max latency stayed pretty calm across the board, with most figures staying under 200ms. Storage Spaces software RAID had the highest figures, with write latency coming in under 1000ms in RAID0 and peaking at almost 1400ms in RAID5. I don't have a 4TB Samsung 870 EVO drive on me but I do have the 2TB model which is what I will use in my benchmark below. Our Enterprise Synthetic Workload Analysis includes four profiles based on real-world tasks. These profiles have been developed to make it easier to compare to our past benchmarks as well as widely-published values such as max 4k read and write speed and 8k 70/30, which is commonly used for enterprise drives. Needing additional storage space is an issue that many people will find themselves running into eventually, particularly if you're a heavy PC user and are often creating, saving, and transferring files. Whether it be games or work-related documents, having larger storage capacity is something worth investing into and sales like the one available right now are arguably the best times to make that call. I understand that now Samsung has most of these features in their products, but I can't simply go away from a brand that I trust and have been working with their products for years now with success. The SSDs have been working perfectly, they feel pretty fast too, I love them. They still report 100% life, can't explain that. I'm a satisfied customer and can recommend crucial/micron for workstations.Samsung’s 870 EVO delivers much more consistent write performance than the WD Red SA500 and puts the company’s 870 QVO to shame in sustained write workload performance. Power Consumption and Temperature Once again, we are using the AS-SSD software to measure sequential read and write speed of each drive. IOMeter 4KB Benchmark The testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (21H1) with all the windows updates and latest drivers installed. Just like with past models the enclosure is held in place with tiny screws so it's very easy to access the interior.