Crucial CT960M500SSD1

M500 960GB

M500 960GB
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Effective Speed -17%Effective Speed -17%Average Score -20%Read -13%, Write -6%, 4K Read -53%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -44%, SusWrite 7%Peak Score -24%Read -16%, Write -15%, 4K Read -63%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -51%, SusWrite 8%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price 63%, Value 136%Nice To Haves -26%DQ Read -11%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -77%, ADQ Read -10%, ADQ Write -3%, ADQ Mixed -53%, Age -31%, AS-SSD Total -12%

Average Bench: 83.8% (426^th of 1072)

Based on 4,389 user benchmarks. Models: Crucial_CT960M500SSD1, Crucial_CT960M50, Crucial_ Crucial_CT960M50, Crucial_ CT960M500SSD1

Poor: 60%Average: 83.8% Great: 101%

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Very good average bench

The Crucial M500 960GB averaged just 16.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial M500 960GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 170MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 280MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial M500 960GB is 40.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial M500 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 306MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 317MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,389 samples)

Rank 42683.8%

Min	Avg	Max
345	Read 403	435
318	Write 384	423
260	Mixed 306	329
154	SusWrite 317	419
79.2% 353 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.9	4K Read 22.4	26.3
26.9	4K Write 78.7	117
18.5	4K Mixed 31.2	38.5
116% 44.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
221	DQ Read 296	332
111	DQ Write 280	334
127	DQ Mixed 170	187
160% 249 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 17 days ago.

758GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 410 403 400 409 410 MB/s

96.2% Outstanding

Write 313

Mixed 300

SusWrite 395

79% 353 MB/s

4K Read 21.8

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 33.1

138% 57.7 MB/s

DQ Read 333

DQ Write 303

DQ Mixed 180

173% 272 MB/s

BEL-User, 5 days ago.

886GB free

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 384 385 395 390 382 MB/s

89.7% Excellent

Write 414

Mixed 322

SusWrite 377

86% 384 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 75.5

4K Mixed 31.2

116% 43.4 MB/s

DQ Read 328

DQ Write 314

DQ Mixed 181

174% 275 MB/s

USA-User, 18 days ago.

264GB free

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 369 376 374 357 269 MB/s

82.3% Excellent

Write 374

Mixed 312

SusWrite 353

82% 365 MB/s

4K Read 23.2

4K Write 68.1

4K Mixed 29.5

109% 40.3 MB/s

DQ Read 312

DQ Write 158

DQ Mixed 178

147% 216 MB/s

USA-User, 19 days ago.

264GB free

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 374 358 259 208 143 MB/s

81.7% Excellent

Write 408

Mixed 329

SusWrite 286

82% 364 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 69.2

4K Mixed 32.4

115% 42.1 MB/s

DQ Read 302

DQ Write 206

DQ Mixed 178

153% 229 MB/s

CHE-User, 15 days ago.

113GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 157 215 124 91 81 MB/s

76.6% Very good

Write 380

Mixed 307

SusWrite 174

70% 313 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 76.9

4K Mixed 32.7

117% 44.2 MB/s

DQ Read 325

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 183

174% 272 MB/s

USA-User, 11 days ago.

118GB free

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 186 104 195 72 72 MB/s

74% Very good

Write 378

Mixed 305

SusWrite 161

70% 312 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 69.3

4K Mixed 30.9

112% 41.2 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 315

DQ Mixed 186

173% 267 MB/s

GBR-User, 17 days ago.

608GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 319 305 295 308 315 MB/s

59.5% Above average

Write 314

Mixed 269

SusWrite 311

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 12.5

4K Write 21.8

4K Mixed 15.5

50% 16.6 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 240

DQ Mixed 173

156% 238 MB/s

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 2%

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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2,019x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,563x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	930x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,138x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,038x

SSD
M500 960GBCrucial $59Bench 84%, 4,389 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	297x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $356

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT960M500SSD1

M500 960GB

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