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CrucialCT240M500SSD1
▲ 521,043 ▼
 $76 

Controller: Marvell 88SS9187. Memory: SanDisk 19nm TLC. Release date: Q3 2014.

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▲ 547,995 ▼

Controller: Marvell 88SS9187. Flash Memory: Micron Synchronous 20nm MLC. Release date: Q1 2013.

Effective Speed 
+1%
Real World Speed
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Best Bench: 93% 65GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 51% 40GB free (System drive)
Poor: 51% Great: 93%
SPEED RANK: 556th / 1072
31,779 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 91% 121GB free
Worst Bench: 57% 90GB free (System drive)
Poor: 57% Great: 91%
SPEED RANK: 543rd / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		76 % 76.6 % +1%
Average Score 
+4%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		441 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+7% 		413 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		313 MB/s Faster write speed.
+22% 		256 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		28.4 MB/s Faster random read.
+24% 		22.9 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		77.1 MB/s 81.1 MB/s Slightly faster random write.
+5%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		226 MB/s 291 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+29%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		34.6 MB/s Slightly faster random mixed IO.
+8% 		31.9 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		123 MB/s 194 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+58%
Peak Score 
+10%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		500 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+13% 		442 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		461 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+67% 		276 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		35.1 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+32% 		26.5 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		117 MB/s +1% 116 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		307 MB/s 310 MB/s +1%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		45 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+17% 		38.4 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		168 MB/s 272 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+62%
Value & Sentiment 
+88%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % 0.03 % Hugely higher market share.
+200%
Value
Value For Money 		6.96 % 15.2 % Hugely better value.
+119%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % 54 % +4%
Price
Price (score) 		$76 $54 Cheaper.
+29%
Nice To Haves 
+11%
Age
Newest 		115 Months More recent.
+14% 		133 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		314 MB/s 328 MB/s +4%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		312 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+18% 		264 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,089 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+8% 		1,011 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		254 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+35% 		188 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		282 MB/s 296 MB/s +5%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		240 MB/s +1% 238 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		207 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+25% 		166 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		120GB 240GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 76%
Average Bench 76.6%
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We had high expectations for the Crucial M500. Crucial have a long history of producing outstanding Solid State drives. Both the RealSSD 300 and the M4, three and two years old, were almost legendary in terms of reliability and performance. The M500 falls far short of our expectations. The drive is relatively cheap and as such we were expecting to compromise on performance but the M500 just falls too far short. With a Real World Performance of 377.5 MBps which is in the bottom 40% and an AS-SSD score of 901 points (50th percentile) the M500 demonstrates relatively weak real world and average server performance. The M500 is competing with the Sandisk Ultra which manages to squeeze out significantly more performance despite sitting in the same price bracket. [Jun '13 SSDrivePro]

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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