We appreciate the debate around how valid IOPS results are, but we have included other drives as a comparison, and it’s still a relative benchmark that can be compared. To describe the performance characteristics of a storage device, you will need to specify a minimum of three baseline performances. For mechanical drives these would be IOPS, response time, and application workload. For an SSD, you could probably drop response time, as this is always negligible. This is why we use IOMeter as it can provide a good record of IOPS.
The Crucial MX300 1TB takes one of its usual places on the results charts in second place behind the BX200 generally. The mighty Samsung SM951 512GB M.2 isn’t too far ahead on the smallest file test results, but takes commanding lead as the file size increases.
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.
