Power Consumption

Like the M500 and M550, the MX100 supports DevSLP and slumber power states. Unfortunately we still don't have a way to measure DevSLP power but we do have slumber power results to report. Slumber power is actually up quite significantly, although the power consumption is still relatively low. Power consumption under load is, on the other hand, slightly down for the 512GB model whereas the 256GB MX100 consumes 0.1-0.4W more than its M550 counterpart.

SSD Slumber Power (HIPM+DIPM) - 5V Rail

Drive Power Consumption - Sequential Write

Drive Power Consumption - Random Write

Performance vs. Transfer Size Final Words
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  • s44 - Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - link

    Space will be the same, they're just advertised differently. But the Crucial idles at much lower power than the Seagate, so I'd consider switching to save battery life.
  • tobho - Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - link

    Some serious question over here: is this drive a real competitor to the Sammys Evo or even Pro SSDs? I was planning on buying the 256Pro but the Crucial seems to perform better in a lot of tasks. I cannot really differentiate much but the price: 256Pro = 512MX100
  • hojnikb - Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - link

    Just get MX100. For the price, its a steal..
  • rvb3n - Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - link

    Hi, can someone give me a suggestion for a pro SSD for a laptop with about 500 GB? Is the Samsung 840 Pro still the king (price/performance)?
  • blackrain - Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - link

    Looking forward to the Bench being updated with the Crucial MX100 line:

    http://www.anandtech.com/bench/SSD/65
  • blackrain - Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - link

    I wonder how my Samsung 830 128GB compares to the MX100 128GB? Again, looking forward to the Bench being updated with the MX100 line.
  • Kristian Vättö - Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - link

    They were there, but just hidden so we wouldn't break NDA. Should be visible now :)
  • rahuldesai1987 - Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - link

    A 256Gbit die should enable a $300 1TB and $600 2TB drive, 6 months down the line. Hope we see a TLC Samsung 850EVO soon, at even cheaper prices.
  • sequoia464 - Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - link

    Killer prices on these already,, picked up a 256 GB drive this morning for ~$90 delivered.
  • Oyster - Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - link

    For those that are interested, looks like these are on a fire sale.

    512GB $200, 256GB $100, 128GB $70 AC

    http://slickdeals.net/f/6972254-crucial-mx100-soli...

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