Crucial MX100 vs. Samsung 850 EVO

[Carson Dyle]

Both have been available recently at great prices. I'm considering getting a 500/512 GB drive to be used as a secondary storage drive in my desktop computer. Currently both are exactly $199.99 on Amazon.

Is there a clear choice between the two? I see that the Samsung has a 5 year warranty vs the Crucial's 3 year warranty, so there's that.

 

[Hellhammer]

The 850 EVO is faster and has a better feature set, so it would be my pick.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Thanks. Here's what I have for speed on the two. Looks very close.

                         Seq Read   Seq Write   Rand Read   Rand Write
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB    520 MB/s    520 MB/s    98k IOPS     90k IOPS
Crucial MX100 512GB      550 MB/s    500 MB/s    90k IOPS     85k IOPS

Feature set?

 

[tweakboy]

Thanks for the stats...

 

[VirtualLarry]

Well, Samsung has poor RMA (outsourced), and doesn't support their users after the sale.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2420523

Crucial is an American company.

Easy choice for me.

 

[tweakboy]

Sammy all the way!!!

 

[Elixer]

Well, Samsung has poor RMA (outsourced), and doesn't support their users after the sale.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2420523

Crucial is an American company.

Easy choice for me.

+1.
Can't stress what VirtualLarry said enough. Samsung has a HORRIBLE RMA service.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I'll second that motion . . . so "+2". . .

I've had no problems with either my Sammys or my Crucial MX100's. Honestly, the performance on these items is so neck-and-neck, price and support weigh more heavily. And after the frenzied discussion about "RAPID-mode", we've debunked the idea that this (or for that matter Intel's ISRT) is some proprietary feature that you can't get in other ways.

Go with the American company that employs American labor, and go with the company with more accessible support -- if the price is right.

 

[hojnikb]

The 850 EVO is faster and has a better feature set, so it would be my pick.

Do you have any information about MX100's bsod issue ?

Looks like this is a widespread issue (just like sandforce) because their forums are filled with them...

 

[Puffnstuff]

I think that I'd consider intel as well.

 

[hojnikb]

I think that I'd consider intel as well.

Why would you buy intel nowdays ?

 

[Essence_of_War]

Why would you buy intel nowdays ?

Performance is obviously as-good or better than most SSDs, and although their usual price points are quite high, if you're in the US, Newegg and others have them fairly price-competitive with other SSDs with some regularity.

 

[B-Riz]

FWIW, Newegg (Amazon also) has the 500GB Crucial BX100 for $179.99.

Not exactly sure how it compares to the MX100.

 

[pauldun170]

Do you have any information about MX100's bsod issue ?

Looks like this is a widespread issue (just like sandforce) because their forums are filled with them...

I have the MX100 512MB. I do not use it as my primary but I do run most of my VM's off of it. So far it has worked flawlessly.
From what I saw of all the BSOD issues, the problem occurred if you used Acronis to clone your existing drive to the MX100.

I don't recall anyone using fresh installs or other methods having issues.

 

[hojnikb]

FWIW, Newegg (Amazon also) has the 500GB Crucial BX100 for $179.99.

Not exactly sure how it compares to the MX100.

other siliconmotion drives are on par and better than mx100, so its a steal.

 

[hojnikb]

Performance is obviously as-good or better than most SSDs, and although their usual price points are quite high, if you're in the US, Newegg and others have them fairly price-competitive with other SSDs with some regularity.

The only sensible drive from intel is 730. But only if you get it cheap and dont use it in a laptop.

 

[Stuka87]

I love my 730. Its one of the only consumer drives with power failure protection. They do run warm, and do suck power, so no go in a laptop. But Intel does have the most thorough testing of just about any company out there. The 730 i an enterprise drive that is sold as a consumer drive.

New Egg does have them on sale right now, or did last week anyway.

But for the two the Op asks about, Crucial 1000%.

 

[Essence_of_War]

The only sensible drive from intel is 730. But only if you get it cheap and dont use it in a laptop.

The 530 series is perfectly reasonable also.

 

[hojnikb]

The 530 series is perfectly reasonable also.

Nothing with sandforce is reasonable. Unless you want to live on the edge.

 

[Carson Dyle]

FWIW, Newegg (Amazon also) has the 500GB Crucial BX100 for $179.99.

Not exactly sure how it compares to the MX100.

other siliconmotion drives are on par and better than mx100, so its a steal.

My understanding is that the BX100 line is a slower budget line from Crucial, utilizing TLC. Yes, they depart from the Marvell controllers used in other Crucial drives and use a Silicon Motion controller.

 

[Phynaz]

The 530 series is perfectly reasonable also.

He's a Sandforce hater.

 

[Elixer]

I have the MX100 512MB. I do not use it as my primary but I do run most of my VM's off of it. So far it has worked flawlessly.
From what I saw of all the BSOD issues, the problem occurred if you used Acronis to clone your existing drive to the MX100.

I don't recall anyone using fresh installs or other methods having issues.

Highly doubt that a simple clone would be the issue, since, I have done this on a few MX100's and no issues at all with them.
As long as the clone had the same hardware, as before, there shouldn't be a issue.

 

[VirtualLarry]

He's a Sandforce hater.

Even the Intel SandForce-based drives have reports of incompatibility, lockups, and BSODs.

IMHO, their 2nd-gen controller is just intrinsically buggy, and no amount of firmware tweaking will get around the bugs in all the cases.

 

[Essence_of_War]

Nothing with sandforce is reasonable. Unless you want to live on the edge.

He's a Sandforce hater.

Ah. Well then, I think we're done here, I'll show myself out.

 

[coercitiv]

Sandforce hater, Samsung doubter, OCZ victim, Crucial bsoder.

Flip a coin, buy either. Keep backups.