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Crucial M550 256GB SSD

Price and performance details for the Crucial M550 256GB SSD can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

Crucial M550 256GB SSD

Description:  CT256M550SSD1

Drive Size:  238.5 GB

Other names:  Crucial_CT256M550SSD1, Crucial_CT256M550SSD3, Crucial_CT256M550SSD4

Drive First Benchmarked: 2014-04-03

Drive Rating/$Price: 19.43

Overall Rank:  7612

Last Price Change:  $182.19 USD (2022-03-20)

Average Drive Rating
3540
Samples: 107

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Crucial M550 256GB SSD

Sequential Read428 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write347 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)227 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD133 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 HDDs Common Drives
As of 6th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Crucial M550 256GB SSD
3,540
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,475
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,313
WDC WD10EZEX
1,280
Seagate ST2000DM001
1,224
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,205
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,125
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
1,035
WDC WD10SPZX
917
HGST HTS721010A9E630
828
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Last 5 Baselines for Crucial M550 256GB SSD
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2530493 - Apr 04 2025
4503
BL2530273 - Apr 04 2025
4413
BL2480152 - Mar 14 2025
3644
BL2477580 - Mar 13 2025
3841
BL2477389 - Mar 13 2025
3705
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