IOMeter next and we run through our usual IOPS and Mb/s tests. It’s important to run a test file larger than your memory capacity, so your Operating System and hardware is forced to use the storage rather than attempting to buffer the system RAM. So, with 16Gb of RAM in our test system, we opted for our usual 20Gb test file. We also included the following parameters for the IOMeter tests;
- Full Random
- 20Gb test file
- 30 minute per test
- 10 second warm up
The test takes a few hours, and we always run them overnight so the drive is going to be thoroughly tested and stressed giving a good indication of high workload scenario like gaming or using Photoshop. We appreciate the debate around how valid IOPS results are, but we have included other drives as a comparison.
The MB/s performance is good but not quite where we expected it to be. Very small files slow the drive down slightly, with the performance increasing as the file size increases. We looked at the details of the M0CR040 firmware and probably won’t help with this. With that said, it’s not bad, the BX200 is just slightly better at smaller file sizes.
Crucial MX300 1TB SSD Storage Review
Package - 7.8
Performance - 8.1
Price - 9
Consumer Experience - 8
8.2
The Crucial MX300 1TB conclusion is going to be a bit different. The performance is as marketed by Crucial and that makes it fast. It's right up there in terms of performance with any of the SSDs on test and even the Samsung M.2 drive in application tests. There is no disputing what it can do. The main stumbling point for most will be the price. However, this is going to be the Crucial MX300 1TB main strength. Crucial have priced this as by far the cheapest 1TB drive on the market. For some of their competitors it's almost 50% cheaper, which is astonishing.