Testseek.com have collected 156 expert reviews of the Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch RealSSD M4 C400 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch RealSSD M4 C400 Series SATA600.
May 2011
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The editors liked
Read speeds just under 900MB/s in RAID0
Random 4K read speeds topping 90
000 IOPS
Very strong incompressible write speeds
SATA 6Gb/s ready
Strong performance in our gaming trace
Wide capacity offerings to fit budget or task
Group-leading read performance
Great sequential read/write performance
Excellent incompressible data performance
Tiny form factor
Up to a 256GB capacity
Price
Good performance. Supports 6Gbps SATA III.
Consistently fast performance on all of our benchmarks
Doesn't lag far behind pricier drives
Also available in 7mm versions for thin laptops
SATA 6Gbps
Excellent read/write performance
Firmware support appears to be very good
Excellent at multitasking
3 Years Warranty
Low price for a SATA 6Gbps
Excellent access times
The Crucial m4 solid-state drive is competitively priced and offers fast performance. The drive supports SATA 6Gbps and works in all SATA-based storage applications
$40 cheaper than similarly performance SSDs
Good price to performance ratio
3 year warranty
Up to 10% faster than Sandforce drives
Supports TRIM
Nice looking
Rugged metal case
Great randomaccess speeds
400MB/s reads
250MB/s writes.
Exceptional speed
Does not rely on real-time file compression to achieve highest levels of performance
Available in up to 512GB capacities
The editors didn't like
Weak-mixed workload performance still carries over from the 0009 firmware
Falls behind in mixed workloads
Slower performance in our HTPC and Productivity traces
Lower than Standard M4 SATA random read/write performance
Overall
I found the Crucial m4 mSATA SSD to be very impressive. You get close to the performance of the full-size m4 but in a significantly smaller package. The sequential read/write performance
Expensive. Outperformed in most tests by competing SSDs. Slow garbage collection demands TRIM support in OS.
Accessories and software cost extra
Pricey compared to several other performance-grade drives
Which were faster on some benchmark tests
Sequential write speeds could have been faster.
The Crucial m4's performance could be better comparatively
And it doesn't come with a drive-bay converter to work with desktop computers
Published: 2013-01-06, Author: Andrew , review by: tomshardware.com
Abstract: The first mSATA-based SSDs we reviewed wowed us with diminutive dimensions, but not as much with performance. Today's best efforts are a lot more like their desktop equivalents, though. We round up 10 models between 64 and 256 GB and nail down a winner. ...
Consistently fast performance on all of our benchmarks, Doesn't lag far behind pricier drives, Also available in 7mm versions for thin laptops
Accessories and software cost extra, Pricey compared to several other performance-grade drives, which were faster on some benchmark tests
On our benchmarks, Crucial's M4 drive was appreciably speedy, without ever breaking new ground. If you're looking for well-rounded performance, it's a solid choice, but a bit pricey. ...
Too much choice in the SSD segment has made selecting the perfect SSD for a gaming PC or notebook upgrade a rather daunting and at times Excel-spreadsheet-worthy task. It shouldn't have to be like this. As we've seen in PCSTATS' benchmarks today, Crucial'...
As is often the case with SSD reviews, what we have here is a mixed bag of results, so now it’s time to sift through them to try and better understand where each SSD stands in terms of performance. Breaking down the file copy tests, if we combine the ...
As is often the case with SSD reviews, what we have here is a mixed bag of results, so now it’s time to sift through them to try and better understand where each SSD stands in terms of performance. Breaking down the file copy tests, if we combine the ...
Abstract: We are usually not very thrilled about reviewing SSDs with 120 or 128 gigabytes storage capacity. This capacity is just not good for showing what a particular SSD design can do. Today’s SSDs use eight-channel controllers and 64-gigabit flash memory chi...
Great sequential read/write performance, Excellent incompressible data performance, Tiny form factor, Up to a 256GB capacity, Price
Lower than Standard M4 SATA random read/write performance, Overall, I found the Crucial m4 mSATA SSD to be very impressive. You get close to the performance of the full-size m4 but in a significantly smaller package. The sequential read/write performance
The Crucial M4 64GB is arranged with only one NAND chip connected to each of the eight channels provided by its Marvell controller, preventing each channel from reaching its full write potential. The obvious alternative to this strategy is to use only...
Abstract: Nothing gets my cooling fans going like a new hard drive! With that, I have yet to hop on the SSD wagon, until now. I have resisted as long as possible because even though the benchmarks were there, the prices just were not. Crucial thinks they can make m...
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Published: 2012-07-17, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
With many awaiting availability of the new Crucial M4 mSATA SSD this week, timing of this Micron C400 mSATA Review couldn't be better. We might amusingly take a crack at getting the new Crucial M4 sent out for review but Crucial/Micron Reps would probably...
