The Crucial m4 (Micron C400) SSD Review
by Anand Lal Shimpi on March 31, 2011 3:16 AM ESTSequential Read/Write Speed
To measure sequential performance I ran a 1 minute long 128KB sequential test over the entire span of the drive at a queue depth of 1. The results reported are in average MB/s over the entire test length.
Sequential write performance at low queue depths is good, but not quite as high as the 510 or Vertex 3
Sequential read speed is definitely down from the C300, despite Crucial's claim that random read performance was sacrificed to improve sequential read performance. The m4 so far appears to have better write performance at the sacrifice of read speed. There's much more than meets the eye, let's dig deeper.
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sequoia464 - Sunday, May 8, 2011 - link
From the scarce information and benchmarks that I have seen, the 470 appears to be a very viable option as far as SSD'd go. They have been out and available since last winter, and we have seen some of the 470's benchmarks posted in comparisons here for over a month. This drive seems to have the potential to be a major player in the SSD market, I don't understand why it hasn't been reviewed yet..Be really nice to see AnandTech's take on this drive.
yayati - Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - link
I am a common user (IT professional) and do day to day tasks and planning to buy SSD. I have already tried 5 SSDS as of nowIntel 510 120GB
Crucial C300 (total crap, I shows 250GB from outside (Also ordered) but it showed me 59.0 GB when I started Win 7 install)
Samsung 256GB
Intel 510 250GB
and 310 300GB on order
I didn't notice any significant differences except Intel 510 120GB was bit good performer
I am also planning to look @ m4 but not able to decide which one I should go for finally
Can someone advise me? Intel has 5 yrs warrenty which seems more reliable but M4 is faster. Confussed!!!
wavefuture - Thursday, September 27, 2012 - link
Guys, will Crucial M4 (e.g. CT128M4SSD2) work on SATA 1.5Gbps?I'm going to replace my old HDD for SSD. Please, help. Thanks!