ssd test A Disk comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite. Crucial MX200: Processor: Intel Core i7-4700MQ @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1758, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CT12 + 1000GB HGST HTS721010A9 + 250GB CT250MX200SSD1, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP 2048MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-16-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Crucial MX200 SATA2: Processor: Intel Core i7-4700MQ @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1758, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Crucial_CT250MX2 + 1000GB HGST HTS721010A9, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP 2048MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-16-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Crucial MX200 SATA2 no barrier: Processor: Intel Core i7-4700MQ @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1758, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Crucial_CT250MX2 + 1000GB HGST HTS721010A9, Graphics: Intel 4th Gen Core IGP 2048MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-16-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel SSDSC2CT12 SATA2: Processor: Intel Core i7-4700MQ @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1758, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CT12 + 1000GB HGST HTS721010A9, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 2048MB (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better Crucial MX200 .................. 600.13 |====================================== Crucial MX200 SATA2 ............ 109.71 |======= Crucial MX200 SATA2 no barrier . 5.91 | Intel SSDSC2CT12 SATA2 ......... 28.69 |== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Crucial MX200 .................. 8.77 |======================================= Crucial MX200 SATA2 ............ 8.74 |======================================= Crucial MX200 SATA2 no barrier . 8.85 |======================================== Intel SSDSC2CT12 SATA2 ......... 8.90 |========================================