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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:  2.5

Drive Size:  238.5 GB

Other names:  Crucial_CT256M550SSD1

Drive First Benchmarked: 2014-04-03

Drive Rating/$Price: 19.33

Overall Rank:  7746

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

Average Drive Rating
3522
Samples: 105

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Crucial M550 256GB SSD

Sequential Read425 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write344 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)224 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD133 MBytes/Sec
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 HDDs Common Drives
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Crucial M550 256GB SSD
3,522
Seagate ST2000DM008
2,365
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,476
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,316
WDC WD10EZEX
1,284
Seagate ST2000DM001
1,225
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,207
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,127
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
1,035
WDC WD10SPZX
921
Last 5 Baselines for Crucial M550 256GB SSD
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2480152 - Mar 14 2025
3644
BL2477580 - Mar 13 2025
3841
BL2477389 - Mar 13 2025
3705
BL2390220 - Feb 04 2025
4155
BL2326832 - Jan 07 2025
4513