Crucial BX100 250GB SSD

Name: Crucial BX100 250GB
Brand: Crucial
SKU: CT250BX100SSD1
Rating: 4.8 (121 reviews)

Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" SATA3 CT250BX100SSD1

★★★★★

(121 reviews)

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Outlast and outperform your hard drive.
Boot up almost instantly. Load programs in seconds. And accelerate demanding applications with ease. It all starts with ditching your hard drive.
Engineered to outlast and outperform your hard drive, the Crucial BX100 SSD makes nearly everything on your computer faster and more efficient.

Specifications Overview

Model	CT250BX100SSD1
Release Date	January 2015 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	BX100
Capacity	250 GB
Interface	SATA 6 Gb/s
NVME	No
Form Factor	2.5"
SSD Controller	Silicon Motion SM2246EN
NAND Flash Type	MLC
Max Sequential Read	Up to 535 MB/s
Max Sequential Write	Up to 370 MB/s
MTBF	1,500,000 hours

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Crucial BX100 250GB Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

Crucial BX100 250GB Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

Transcend SSD370 256GB (295th)		101%
OCZ ARC 100 480GB (295th)		101%
Mushkin REACTOR 1TB (302nd)		~
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB (302nd)		~
OCZ Vector 150 120GB (302nd)		~
PNY CS1311 480GB (302nd)		~
Crucial MX100 256GB (302nd)		~
SanDisk 250GB Ultra 3D NAND (302nd)		~
WD Blue 1TB M.2 (302nd)		~
SanDisk X400 1TB (302nd)		~
Crucial BX100 250GB (302nd)		100%
Crucial BX200 960GB (311th)		98%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB (311th)		98%
OCZ Vertex 460A Series 120GB (311th)		98%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB (311th)		98%
WD Blue 500GB Internal SSD (311th)		98%
ADATA Premier SP550 960GB (311th)		98%
Crucial MX300 525GB M.2 (317th)		97%
WD Blue 250GB Internal SSD (317th)		97%
Crucial BX300 120GB (317th)		97%
GIGABYTE UD PRO 512GB (317th)		97%

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Crucial BX100 250GB Price/Performance Analysis

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed vs Price

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Fair value: 9.8% below average.
4 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: Western Digital WDS250G2B0A offers 71.6% better value priced at $80.

Description

Capacity	120GB	250GB	500GB	1TB
Part Number	CT120BX100SSD1	CT250BX100SSD1	CT500BX100SSD1	CT1000BX100SSD1
Box contents	2.5" (7 mm) SSD,7 mm–9.5 mm spacer,Acronis®True Image™HD certificate	2.5" (7 mm) SSD,7 mm–9.5 mm spacer,Acronis®True Image™HD certificate	2.5" (7 mm) SSD,7 mm–9.5 mm spacer,Acronis®True Image™HD certificate	2.5" (7 mm) SSD,7 mm–9.5 mm spacer,Acronis®True Image™HD certificate
Sequential Read MB/s	535	535	535	535
Sequential Write MB/s	185	370	450	450
Random Read IOPS	87 k	87 k	90 k	90 k
Random Write IOPS	43 k	70 k	70 k	70 k

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