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Crucial M4 256GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND MLC
21 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (90th percentile) 90th
- Strong feature (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average speed (4th percentile)
- Below average social proof (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
- Below average endurance (30th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 260 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 45000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 50000 |
Hardware
| NAND | MLC |
| Controller | Marvell |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1200000 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Crucial M4 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M | Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | MLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial M4 | 3.5 | 37.3 | 71.5 | 17.8 | 30.1 | 13.7 | 89.7 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 5.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.9 | 95.7 | 89.3 | 92.5 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 9.7 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.3 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 94.1 | 95.3 | 9.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.5 | 98.1 | 80.7 | 45 | 3.1 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 74.9 | 57 | 8.5 |
Usage Scores
- Overall21.1
- Budget59.7
- Gaming13.4
- Laptop16.7
- Console5.6
- Portable3.5
- Workstation23.4
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