Crucial MX300 525GB SSD

Name: Crucial MX300 525GB
Brand: Crucial
SKU: CT525MX300SSD1
Rating: 4.0 (325 reviews)

Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" SATA3 CT525MX300SSD1

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	1TB MX300 $199.99
	2TB MX300 $265.99
	275GB MX300 $99.99

Increase the speed, durability, and efficiency of your system for years to come with the Crucial MX300 SSD. Boot up in seconds and fly through the most demanding applications with an SSD that fuses the latest 3D NAND flash technology with the proven success of previous MX-series SSDs. Your storage drive isn’t just a container, it’s the engine that loads and saves everything you do and use. Get more out of your computer by boosting nearly every aspect of performance.

Specifications Overview

Model	CT525MX300SSD1
Release Date	July 2016 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	MX300
Capacity	525 GB
Interface	SATA 6 Gb/s
NVME	No
Form Factor	2.5"
SSD Controller	Marvell 1074
NAND Flash Type	3D NAND
Max Sequential Read	Up to 530 MB/s
Max Sequential Write	Up to 510 MB/s

	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 MX300 525GB Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

Crucial MX300 525GB Performance

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

Western Digital WDS250G2B0A (289th)		101%
Transcend SSD370 512GB (289th)		101%
Crucial MX300 1TB M.2 (289th)		101%
OCZ Vector 128GB (289th)		101%
Transcend SSD370 256GB (295th)		~
OCZ ARC 100 480GB (295th)		~
WD Blue 1TB Internal SSD (295th)		~
PNY CS2211 240GB Pro (295th)		~
OCZ Vertex 460 120GB (295th)		~
Plextor M6S Plus 256GB (295th)		~
Crucial MX300 525GB (295th)		100%
WD Blue 1TB M.2 (302nd)		98%
Mushkin REACTOR 1TB (302nd)		98%
OCZ Vector 150 120GB (302nd)		98%
PNY CS1311 480GB (302nd)		98%
SanDisk 250GB Ultra 3D NAND (302nd)		98%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB (302nd)		98%
Crucial BX100 250GB (302nd)		98%
Crucial MX100 256GB (302nd)		98%
SanDisk X400 1TB (302nd)		98%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB (311th)		97%

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Description

2.5" (7mm) SSD
Capacity	275GB	525GB	1TB	2TB
Part Number	CT275MX300SSD1	CT525MX300SSD1	CT1050MX300SSD1	CT2050MX300SSD1
Box Contents	2.5" (7mm) SSD, 7mm to 9.5mm spacer, Acronis® True Image™ HD certificate
Sequential Read MB/s1	530	530	530	530
Sequential Write MB/s1	500	510	510	510
Random Read IOPS1	55k	92k	92k	92k
Random Write IOPS1	83k	83k	83k	83k

Expert reviews

Crucial, a subsidiary of Micron, a world leader in memory and flash production, brought us such wonderful SSDs as the BX100 and MX100, which also came at an aggressive price point. Today, we are reviewing the Crucial MX300 SSD, which introduces...

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