Analysis and Conclusion
The occasionally lackluster write performance numbers might lead you to believe that this drive is underperforming, and in the strictest sense, that is true. In practice, however, a SSD used as a boot drive is being read from far more often than it’s being written to. Fast reads mean the system boots in 20 seconds instead of four minutes. Fast reads mean your graphics-card-whalloping game of choice is ready to go in a minute or less. Switching over to a good SSD for your OS and programs makes a huge qualitative difference in how your computer performs—and underscores just how much of a bottleneck the hard drive has become.
So, is the Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB worth your hard-earned money? At $649.99 MSRP, it’s certainly not for the faint of wallet. The SATA 6.0 capability gives this drive the headroom to post the fastest read speeds we’ve seen to date, on any drive. The write speeds are a bit less than we’d hoped, but still quite solid. Overall, Crucial has put together a very solid performer.
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