Crucial MX300: Good Linux Performance, 525GB SSD For Only $120 USD

Written by Michael Larabel in Storage on 22 October 2016 at 11:00 AM EDT. Page 3 of 3. 21 Comments.
Crucial MX300 Linux Disk Test
Crucial MX300 Linux Disk Test
Crucial MX300 Linux Disk Test

If you are interested in comparing your own system's disk performance to the SATA 3.0 / NVMe solid-state drives benchmarked in this article, simply install the Phoronix Test Suite and run phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1610219-LO-MX300CRUC59.

Crucial MX300 Linux Disk Test

If you are interested in the Crucial MX300 SSDs you can find them at Amazon.com and NewEgg.com. Overall, so far I am happy with the 525GB MX300 SSD and it's been working out fine on Linux as expected.

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