Crucial CT240M500SSD3

M500 mSATA 240GB

M500 mSATA 240GB
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Effective Speed -41%Effective Speed -41%Average Score -48%Read -16%, Write -59%, 4K Read -69%, 4K Write -34%, Mixed -31%, 4K Mixed -66%, SusWrite -61%Peak Score -47%Read -17%, Write -78%, 4K Read -66%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -43%, 4K Mixed -59%, SusWrite -46%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -28%, Value -147%Nice To Haves -35%DQ Read -14%, DQ Write -38%, DQ Mixed -81%, ADQ Read -13%, ADQ Write -21%, ADQ Mixed -57%, Age -30%, AS-SSD Total -26%

Average Bench: 69.6% (676^th of 1072)

Based on 1,180 user benchmarks. Models: Crucial_ CT240M500SSD3, Crucial_CT240M500SSD3

Poor: 51%Average: 69.6% Great: 86%

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Above average average bench

The Crucial M500 mSATA 240GB averaged 30.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 166MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 290MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial M500 mSATA 240GB is 34.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Crucial M500 mSATA 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 184MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 255MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,180 samples)

Rank 67669.6%

Min	Avg	Max
334	Read 395	434
191	Write 255	272
240	Mixed 274	296
72.9	SusWrite 184	266
61.8% 277 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.5	4K Read 20.3	25.9
23.7	4K Write 65.5	104
15.7	4K Mixed 27.2	36.7
100% 37.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
202	DQ Read 290	321
148	DQ Write 239	260
118	DQ Mixed 166	183
151% 232 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

114GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 192 160 164 129 129 MB/s

78.8% Very good

Write 264

Mixed 281

SusWrite 170

63% 282 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 90.4

4K Mixed 34.6

128% 49.6 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 254

DQ Mixed 180

162% 245 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

23GB free

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 114 77 60 50 53 MB/s

76.7% Very good

Write 266

Mixed 293

SusWrite 94.6

60% 272 MB/s

4K Read 24.7

4K Write 94.8

4K Mixed 35.8

134% 51.8 MB/s

DQ Read 305

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 184

165% 250 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

54GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 96 94 99 89 95 MB/s

74.2% Very good

Write 272

Mixed 298

SusWrite 114

62% 277 MB/s

4K Read 23.8

4K Write 78.5

4K Mixed 33.8

121% 45.4 MB/s

DQ Read 318

DQ Write 262

DQ Mixed 125

139% 235 MB/s

IND-User, 1 month ago.

17GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 72 29 26 23 26 MB/s

61.7% Good

Write 264

Mixed 283

SusWrite 50.4

56% 253 MB/s

4K Read 21.9

4K Write 59.2

4K Mixed 28.4

101% 36.5 MB/s

DQ Read 268

DQ Write 217

DQ Mixed 159

142% 215 MB/s

USA-User, 29 days ago.

31GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 78 55 61 54 56 MB/s

53.2% Above average

Write 260

Mixed 266

SusWrite 80.7

54% 242 MB/s

4K Read 15.2

4K Write 50.5

4K Mixed 20.8

76% 28.8 MB/s

DQ Read 246

DQ Write 215

DQ Mixed 156

137% 206 MB/s

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Workstation 2%

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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2,022x
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,567x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	932x

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HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,040x

SSD
M500 mSATA 240GBCrucial $120Bench 70%, 1,180 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: 50% - Above average

Total price: $417

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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 CT240M500SSD3

M500 mSATA 240GB

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