Crucial MX100 SSD

Overview

The MX100 series is Crucial's latest budget friendly SSD, it can achieve read speeds of up to 550MB/s. The MX100 offers AES 256-bit encryption on hardware and is one of the only SSDs available that meets Microsoft eDrive, IEEE-1667, and TCG Opal 2.0 standards.

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 38 expert reviews

Excellent:

28
Good:

8
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1
Bad:

1

9.2

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Last revision on July 21, 2023

Reviewers Liked

Competitive pricing
Great support and reliability
Enterprise-grade data protection
Good performance in our gaming and sequential profiles

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Sub-par performance in our write-heavy Consumer Real-World tests

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Expert reviews and ratings

By TechSpot on June 06, 2014 95

Crucial has become a trusted name when it comes to high-performance solid-state drives, but the company's entry-level efforts have been less than laudable to date. They're taking another crack at producing a cost effective SSD with the MX100, and things look more promising this time, thanks to an upgrade to the same Marvell chip used by the high-end M550 series.

By techicizec.com on December 07, 2015 95

Today we review the Crucial MX100. My first experience with an SSD, some years back was with a crucial product. Back in 2012 I purchased the 64 GB Crucial M4, I'd heard a great deal about the benefits of an SSD but had yet to experience one and was...

By APC Magazine on January 20, 2015 80

While manufacturers have announced larger capacity SSDs (2TB and more), for storing a lot of files, a mechanical HDD is still a much more affordable option. This looks set to change in the future though, as SSD production volume increases lead to lower...

By Play3r on November 19, 2014 86

So the Crucial MX100 256GB has had its chance to impress with our chosen benchmarks, but what's the final verdict? It's arguably one of the cheapest 256GB SSDs on the market but does cheap really mean bad? From personal experience, Crucial drives I...

By ThinkComputers on November 05, 2014 100

As I said in the introduction of this review the MX100 effectively replaces the M500 solid state drive and it does a good job at doing so. Obviously the main goal with this drive was to make it competitive with a lower cost than other drives, but it...

By TechRadar on October 17, 2014 90

The MX100 is excellent. It performs well, it offers plenty of storage and most important of all, it's affordable.

By TechRadar AU on October 17, 2014 90

We liked The Crucial MX100 is brilliant value for money, with a lower RRP than the majority of other SSDs. It's fast in all tests we ran on it, and it has every feature you might want. The drive endurance may not be market-leading, but it's far from...

By bjorn3d.com on October 13, 2014 88

The Crucial MX100 earned Bjorn3D's coveted Golden Bear Award for its great performance with affordable pricing. It is definitely worth your attention if you are on the market for a budget SSD. ...

By Trusted Reviews on October 06, 2014 70

Crucial's MX100 is the cheapest SSD we've ever seen, and the low price makes up for its inconsistent performance – in some tests this is one of the best drives we've reviewed, and in others it's near the bottom of the table. Still, it's faster than any...

By CyberShark on September 30, 2014 90

The Crucial MX100 is fantastic for an entry level solid state drive. It's not quite as fast as some drives, but if you're upgrading from a standard hard drive, the MX100 will provide you with a massive leap in performance at a more than reasonable...

By pcGameware UK on September 22, 2014 100

It looks like Crucial has a winner on its hands here with the Crucial MX100 256GB SDD (CT256MX100SSD1) . As we have stated in the past SSDs are not generally that exciting, but this one is a little more interesting than some of the others at least,...

By MacNN on September 11, 2014 90

While the price to gigabyte ratio for magnetic platter-based hard drives can't be beat, the speed that a SSD brings to the table for any computer is unmistakeable. The latest batch of SSDs have a variety of technological or price improvements, but rarely...

By techPowerUp! on September 04, 2014 98

Crucial, a subsidiary of Micron, a world leader in memory and flash production, brought us such wonderful SSDs as the C300 and m4. Their latest new release is the Crucial MX100 reviewed today. It aims to be cost effective yet well-performing, making it...

By Computer Shopper on August 13, 2014 90

An excellent mainstream SSD, the MX100 has a performance-for-price equation that tops today's field. For 256GB and higher capacities, this is the SSD most mainstream buyers should get. Read...

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Crucial MX100 SSD

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