Crucial CT120M500SSD3

M500 mSATA 120GB

M500 mSATA 120GB
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Effective Speed -68%Effective Speed -68%Average Score -102%Read -18%, Write -209%, 4K Read -75%, 4K Write -42%, Mixed -88%, 4K Mixed -78%, SusWrite -206%Peak Score -101%Read -18%, Write -246%, 4K Read -65%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -108%, 4K Mixed -67%, SusWrite -189%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -315%, Value -1,105%Nice To Haves -84%DQ Read -42%, DQ Write -156%, DQ Mixed -110%, ADQ Read -37%, ADQ Write -129%, ADQ Mixed -102%, Age -29%, AS-SSD Total -65%

Average Bench: 58.7% (816^th of 1072)

Based on 916 user benchmarks. Models: Crucial_CT120M500SSD3, Crucial_ CT120M500SSD3

Poor: 42%Average: 58.7% Great: 73%

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Average average bench

The Crucial M500 mSATA 120GB averaged 41.3% 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 129MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 61.8MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial M500 mSATA 120GB is 31.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Crucial M500 mSATA 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 96.9MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 131MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 916 samples)

Rank 81658.7%

Min	Avg	Max
324	Read 388	429
119	Write 131	140
170	Mixed 191	203
44.9	SusWrite 96.9	134
44.4% 202 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11	4K Read 19.6	26
22	4K Write 61.8	106
13.9	4K Mixed 25.3	35
94.8% 35.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
168	DQ Read 239	259
81.4	DQ Write 126	140
52.5	DQ Mixed 129	158
110% 165 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FRA-User, 4 months ago.

74GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 126 127 131 129 130 MB/s

70.6% Very good

Write 131

Mixed 198

SusWrite 124

49% 221 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 78.5

4K Mixed 32.6

121% 45.2 MB/s

DQ Read 256

DQ Write 132

DQ Mixed 151

124% 180 MB/s

BEL-User, 4 months ago.

79GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 120 126 128 132 132 MB/s

59.9% Above average

Write 134

Mixed 186

SusWrite 128

46% 208 MB/s

4K Read 20.3

4K Write 49

4K Mixed 26

90% 31.8 MB/s

DQ Read 254

DQ Write 138

DQ Mixed 152

125% 182 MB/s

IND-User, 3 months ago.

112GB free

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 121 115 125 126 125 MB/s

53.9% Above average

Write 132

Mixed 180

SusWrite 124

43% 195 MB/s

4K Read 17.8

4K Write 44.9

4K Mixed 23.2

80% 28.6 MB/s

DQ Read 208

DQ Write 135

DQ Mixed 153

119% 165 MB/s

NOR-User, 2 months ago.

70GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 116 113 111 113 113 MB/s

51.7% Above average

Write 137

Mixed 197

SusWrite 115

47% 211 MB/s

4K Read 16.2

4K Write 29.5

4K Mixed 19.3

65% 21.7 MB/s

DQ Read 253

DQ Write 136

DQ Mixed 142

120% 177 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	1,564x
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	1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,039x

SSD
M500 mSATA 120GBCrucial $398Bench 59%, 916 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: 30% - Poor

Total price: $695

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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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

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M500 mSATA 120GB

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