Crucial's m4 SSD Tested At 64, 128, 256, And 512 GB

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SSDs are a lot faster than hard drives. But their price tags continue deterring enthusiasts. Less-expensive SSDs are available, but what do you trade off (aside from capacity) when you buy a smaller drive? We test four models from Crucial to find out.

Test Setup And Benchmarks

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Test Hardware
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2500K (Sandy Bridge), 3.3 GHz, LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3
MotherboardASRock Z68 Extreme4, BIOS v1.4
MemoryKingston Hyper-X 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333 @ DDR3-1333, 1.5 V
Hard DriveOCZ Vertex 3 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s
GraphicsPalit GeForce GTX 460 1 GB
Power SupplySeasonic 760 W, 80 PLUS
System Software and Drivers
Operating SystemWindows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
DirectXDirectX 11
DriverGraphics: Nvidia 270.61 RST: 10.5.0.1027Virtu: 1.1.101
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Benchmarks
Storage Bench v1.0Trace-Based
Iometer# Workers = # Logical CPUs4 KB Random: LBA=16 GB, varying QDs128 KB Sequential: QD=1
ATTO BenchmarkLBA=2 GB, Q=2, varying transfer sizes
PCMark 7Storage Suite