Testseek.com have collected 135 expert reviews of the Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch BX100 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch BX100 Series SATA600.
March 2015
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135 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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702 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
One of the most inexpensive consumer SSDs on the market
Excellent 2MB sequential speeds (read)
Out-performed other Crucial drives in various workloads
Excellent power consumption numbers
Good Build Quality
Good Overall Performance
3 Years Warranty
Price (For Some)
Available in 120GB
250GB
500GB and 1TB capacities
Good sequential and random read and write performance
Performs equally well with compressible and incompressible data
SATA 6Gb/s interface
Large DRAM cache
Supports TRIM
SMART and active garbage co
Well Priced
High Quality Components
Great Read and Write Speeds
High performance
Good performance/price ratio
3 year warranty and great support
Great overall performance
Increased write performance at smaller capacities (over previous generation)
Introductory cost/GB is *very* competitive
Low price per gigabyte
Good performance for a budget drive
Available in capacities up to 1TB
Good performance improvement over MX100
Good software bundle
Excellent price to performance ratio
3 year warranty
563/453 MBps read/write speed with ATTO
Native write acceleration – no compression used
Silicon Motion SM2246EN TRIM
SMART
And ECC
3Year Micron Technology product warranty support
Offered in 120/250/500GB/1TB storage capacities
Lightweight compact
Great read performance
Price
3-year warranty
Best price/performance
Best price per gigabyte
7 mm thin—ultrabook compatible
Best MySQL performance with up to 32 threads
The editors didn't like
Uneven performance overall
Bare bones drive
Lacks data reliability features
Lack Of Features
Does not support hardware-based encryption
Lower capacity drives have slower sequential write speeds
None worth to mention
Write performance at lower capacities still not as high as some competing SSDs
Slower in some tests than previous (and still available) MX100
No bundled software
No hardware encryption support
Write performance is lagging behind the competitor
Endurance rating is less than the Samsung 850 EVO
Warranty is shorter than Samsung 850 EVO
Write performance is lagging behind the compet
Some manufacturers offer fiveyear warranty
Lacks TCG Opal 2.0 security with 256bit AES hardware encryption
Slower write speed
The Crucial MX100 is slightly faster and barely more expensive
A nice release all round, if you don't want to feel like you are on a budget for performance, have a look at the BX range from Crucial. There are a couple of differences such as missing hardware encryption, so be sure you read the specifications before yo...
Before analyzing the results of our tests, it is important to keep in mind that the Crucial BX100 is aimed at the entry-level market, and it is not a direct competitor to the Corsair Neutron XT, which is a performance-targeted SSD. It can be seen buy the...
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Published: 2015-11-11, Author: Daniel , review by: anandtech.com
Mighty Milo & SilverStone's Tony Ou Much of the hardware will be covered in the final fight when we benchmark each machine, but even just superficially we can see that this machine has the potential to keep quieter with an absence of case fans being inst...
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Published: 2015-09-02, Author: stefan , review by: madshrimps.be
With the BX100 we have another very good product for the price which is able to sport very good read speeds and decent writes for the 250GB model, while the 500GB and 1TB versions have even higher rating write speeds. For conserving the costs, the manufac...
The Crucial BX100 120GB SSD is currently selling for $64 USD on Amazon, which puts it in the same ballpark as other low-end 120GB solid-state drives. However, if price isn't the biggest concern to you, for just a few dollars more you can get a 256GB drive...
Published: 2015-06-24, Author: Victor , review by: Bjorn3d.com
Good performance improvement over MX100, Good software bundle, Excellent price to performance ratio, 3 year warranty, Good performance improvement over MX100, Good software bundle, Excellent price to performance ratio, 3 year warranty
No hardware encryption support, Write performance is lagging behind the competitor, Endurance rating is less than the Samsung 850 EVO, Warranty is shorter than Samsung 850 EVO, No hardware encryption support, Write performance is lagging behind the compet
The BX100 is a worthy replacement for the MX100. The drive shows improvement across the board over the MX100. While the older MX100's read is lagging behind the competitor, the BX100's read performance is now competitive against the competitor. The write...
High performance, Good performance/price ratio, 3 year warranty and great support
None worth to mention,
Crucial BX100 500GB SATA SSD is a great option for all who wish to upgrade their computers with faster drives but don't want to spend much money. This inexpensive SSD is performing well and should be good regardless for what you need it. BX100 is perfect...
Well Priced, High Quality Components, Great Read and Write Speeds
The Crucial BX100 feels very much like the MX200 we tested a short time ago. The BX100 shares the same excellent finish and solid construction of the MX200, something we have come to expect from Crucial.ATTO recorded as read speed of 559 MB/s, about 4% ab...
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Published: 2015-05-12, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: It's been quite some time since our last SSD roundup and we hadn't seen much need for one until recently. SSD technology grew stale after saturating the SATA 6Gb/s bus, bringing mostly minor improvements in recent memory and making up for it with price cu...
Published: 2015-05-01, Author: Sean , review by: thessdreview.com
Abstract: The Crucial BX100 is available in the 7mm 2.5” form factor and comes in the 120GB ($67.99), 250GB ($99.00), 500GB ($179.99), and 1TB ($379.99) capacities. The sequential read and write for this SSD is rated up to 535 MB/s and 450 MB/s respectively. Also, ...
