Crucial MX500 4TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Up To 560MB/s - CT4000MX500SSD1

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I don't have a 4TB Samsung 870 EVO drive on me but I do have the 2TB model which is what I will use in my benchmark below. Over the past decade, the SSD technology featured in flash drives like the Crucial MX500 2.5 has gotten significantly cheaper and more widely accepted by the average user thanks to their incredible speed over the ancient hard drives. The speeds are increasing too, which in return helps the adoption of the tech even more and with its performance gains, the MX500 has become a good option for mainstream laptop and PC builds that accept 2.5-inch drives. The only caveat is the SATA connection instead of the faster PCI Express. Solid-State, Solid Performer Sequential read and write speeds are the same for all capacities, up to 560 MB/s read and up to 510 MB/s write, respectively. Max latency stayed pretty calm across the board, with most figures staying under 200ms. Storage Spaces software RAID had the highest figures, with write latency coming in under 1000ms in RAID0 and peaking at almost 1400ms in RAID5.

In this test, we are using IOMeter which is one of the best application for stress testing the random IO performance of an SSD. IOMeter is set to use 4KB file size chunks and will stress the SSD with random 4 KB files. We must admit that we are surprised that the MX500 4TB is being called a MX500… and not a MX600. Typically, when a ‘series’ gets a new controller with (slightly) better performance specifications… it gets a new model name. That however did not happen when Crucial refreshed the 1TB (fairly) recently so it is not that surprising. With that said when a Solid State Drive not only gets a new controller, new amount of RAM, but also new NAND… well… call us crazy but we expect it to get a new model.The MX500 500GB SSD has a write endurance of 180TB (TBW) which is almost half of what the 870 EVO 500GB can offer (300TB TBW). Redundant Array of Independent NAND: Protect your data at the component level with an SSD that automatically provides parity protection for your data. This high-end feature works similarly to how RAID is used with multiple hard drives and maintains the integrity of your data, especially for intense users. We are looking at up to 1,200TB (TBW) for the 870 EVO 2TB and 2,400TB (TBW) for the 4TB model versus 700TB (TBW) for the MX500 2TB and 1000TB (TBW) for the 4TB model. Features The 2TB model on the other hand can endure up to 700TB (TBW) which equals to about 383GB writes per day for 5 years while Crucial's MX500 4TB model comes in a 2.5-inch form-factor and continues to rely on Micron's 3D TLC NAND memory, reports HardwareLuxx. Just like lower-capacity SKUs, the 4TB SSD is rated for up to 560 MB/s sequential read speed, up to 510 MB/s sequential write speed as well as up to 90,000 random read/write IOPS. It is unclear whether the Crucial MX500 4TB drive still relies on Silicon Motion's SM2258 controller, but it is quite likely since switching a controller in a family that is four years old does not make a lot of sense (unless it saves quite a lot of money).

The only downside that I can think of is the write endurance which is much lower than what the Samsung 870 EVO offers. Random 4K write speeds for all capacities is rated for up to 90K IOPS and 95K IOPS for random 4K read speeds. Pricing & Endurance TRIM support, Error Correction Code (ECC), Adaptive Thermal Protection, Redundant Array of Independent NAND, Multistep Data Integrity Algorithm, RAIN technology, Active Garbage Collection, dynamic write acceleration, Device Sleep support, power loss immunity, S.M.A.R.T. To represent a large file usage scenario, we are copying a 5GB ISO image to a different folder on the same drive. Conclusion If you're looking to buy a great high capacity SATA SSD, then the new 4TB MX500 SSD is what you should be looking at.Samsung’s 870 EVO delivers much more consistent write performance than the WD Red SA500 and puts the company’s 870 QVO to shame in sustained write workload performance. Power Consumption and Temperature Windows 10 boot times are measured from the time it takes between hitting the power button to reaching the Windows desktop. AS-SSD Score Benchmark It also supports Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology (SMART) which basically is a monitoring system Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533