Testseek.co.uk have collected 162 expert reviews of the Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch MX100 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch MX100 Series SATA600.
July 2014
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162 Reviews
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892 Reviews
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The editors liked
Excellent price to performance ratio
Enterpriseclass features
Fast and reliable
Includes adapter and software
Excellent value for money
3 year warranty
7mm Height
Super cheap price for 256GB of storage
Well known vendor
MLC NAND guaranteed for 39 GB worth of writes per day
Good data transfer speeds (sequential read = 492 MB/s
Sequential write = 471 MB/s)
Onboard capacitors help prevent data corruption
Acronis True Image HD 2014 included
Market leading value SSD
– Great bang for buck performance
– 3 year warranty
– Acronis cloning software included
Affordable
Good all
Round performance
Acronis True HD is a nice bonus
Phenomenal price
Good large read speeds
9.5mm adapter included
The editors didn't like
Not available in other form factors
Lots of faster drives available (but at a much higher cost)
Write performance is sub-par compared to some other budget drives that are out there
3year warranty
Only available in 128/256/512GB variations (no 1TB option)
With this quick Linux benchmarking of the Crucial MX100 128GB SSD, overall it did well and was interesting competition for the Samsung EVO 840 SSD of the same capacity. The Crucial MX100 128GB SSD currently retails for $80 USD while the Samsung 840 EVO is...
Crucial's bread and butter SSDs has always been feature rich, reliable and budget friendly, and the Crucial MX100 hits on all these points with flying colors. Crucial has really taken advantage Micron's move to 16nm MLC by literally offering a nearly perf...
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Published: 2014-06-12, Author: Sean , review by: thessdreview.com
Crucial MX100 hits the market offering many enterprise grade features at a budget friendly price point. Combined with its high performance, this drive is almost impossible to pass up if you are in the market for a new SSD....
Published: 2014-06-03, Author: Kristian , review by: anandtech.com
Shortly put, the MX100's task is to replace the M500 and it does that brilliantly. While the MX100's main goal is to lower the price by using smaller lithography NAND, it also provides a minor increase in performance over the M500 and offers the same indu...
Before we weigh in with our final verdict, we'll bust out a few of our famous value scatter plots. These plots use an overall performance score derived by comparing how each drive stacks up against a common baseline. This score is based on a subset of th...
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Published: 2014-06-02, Author: Marco , review by: hothardware.com
Strong Performance, Affordably Priced, Spacer and Imaging Software Included
Didn't Lead The Pack In Any Particular Category
The Crucial MX100 Series Solid State Drives, Find Them At Amazon.ComCrucial's new MX100 series of drives should be available immediately from your favorite retailer. Prices for the drives are set at 128GB ($79.99), 256GB ($109.99), and 512GB ($224.99). If...
Competitive pricing, Great support and reliability, Enterprise-grade data protection, Good performance in our gaming and sequential profiles
Sub-par performance in our write-heavy Consumer Real-World tests
Though the MX100 offers a combination of respectable performance, enterprise-grade data protection and aggressive price point. The net result is an SSD that makes a compelling upgrade choice, especially for those who have had data reliability concerns in ...
Extremely competitive** cost/GB (256GB and 512GB), Solid performance (on tested 512GB capacity)
Cost/GB could be better on 128GB model, Significant write speed reductions on capacities <512GB
PROS:**Extremely competitive** cost/GB (256GB and 512GB)Solid performance (on tested 512GB capacity)CONS:Cost/GB could be better on 128GB model.Significant write speed reductions on capacities <512GB.Pricing and Availability:Introductory MSRP's were not g...
Outstanding 555/514 MBps read/write speed with ATTO, Native write acceleration – no compression used, Marvell 88SS9189 supports TRIM, NCQ, and Microsoft eDrive, TCG Opal 2.0 security with 256bit AES hardware encryption, 3Year Micron Technology product war
Some manufacturers offer fiveyear warranty
Our first rating is performance, which compares how effective the Crucial MX100 SSD performs in benchmark operations against competing SATA-based solid state drive storage solutions. For reference, Micron specifications suggest 550 MB/s maximum reads an...
