Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

▲ BX100 500GB
BENCHMARKS (4,757)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $240

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Controller: Silicon Motion SM2246EN. Flash Memory: Micron 16nm MLC. Release date: Q1 2015.

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Effective Speed -3%Effective Speed -3%Average User Bench -3%Read 6%, Write -2%, 4K Read -11%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -4%, SusWrite 2%Peak Lab Bench -5%Read 6%, Write -9%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -8%, 4K Mixed -4%, SusWrite -1%Value & Sentiment -153%User Rating -5%, Market Share -517%, Price -44%, Value -45%Nice To Haves -12%DQ Read -22%, DQ Write -13%, DQ Mixed -20%, ADQ Read -12%, ADQ Write -6%, ADQ Mixed -11%, Age 1%, AS-SSD Total -15%

Market Leaders

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 90.6% (222^nd of 980)

Based on 4,757 user benchmarks. Models: CT500BX100SSD1, CT500BX1 00SSD1

Poor: 60%Average: 90.6% Great: 109%

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Excellent average bench

The Crucial BX100 500GB averaged just 9.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial BX100 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 183MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX100 500GB is 48.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial BX100 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 304MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 335MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,757 samples)

Rank 22290.6%

Min	Avg	Max
361	Read 471	515
312	Write 402	439
21.9	Mixed 304	348
176	SusWrite 335	434
84.8% 378 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.3	4K Read 26	30.9
26.7	4K Write 81.7	119
17.9	4K Mixed 36.9	46.4
130% 48.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
53.3	DQ Read 245	275
79.2	DQ Write 261	300
22.4	DQ Mixed 183	210
157% 230 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

DEU-User, 2 hrs ago.

253GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 428 427 426 432 430 MB/s

99.4% Outstanding

Write 419

Mixed 336

SusWrite 428

94% 420 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 89.6

4K Mixed 35.5

132% 50.3 MB/s

DQ Read 275

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 209

179% 262 MB/s

DEU-User, 5 hrs ago.

157GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 355 430 420 422 423 MB/s

99% Outstanding

Write 385

Mixed 327

SusWrite 378

87% 388 MB/s

4K Read 28

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 37.5

147% 57.6 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 292

DQ Mixed 208

177% 257 MB/s

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Typical BX100 500GB Builds (Compare 15,464 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 92%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $154

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $280Bench 89%, 263,728 samples	6,637x
Core i5-6600KIntel $234Bench 85%, 164,970 samples	5,171x
Core i7-7700KIntel $387Bench 96%, 252,500 samples	829x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $320Bench 97%, 468,301 samples	3,308x
GTX 1080Nvidia $498Bench 124%, 395,889 samples	1,954x
GTX 970Nvidia $374Bench 63%, 369,420 samples	1,687x

SSD
BX100 500GBCrucial $240Bench 91%, 4,757 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $115Bench 86%, 143,437 samples	1,318x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $100Bench 72%, 36,515 samples	785x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $186Bench 73%, 25,457 samples	745x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,109

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Good

19 months ago.

Seems like any Dutch user (NLD-User) can edit eachothers comments. Odd.. These are very good drives, btw. Better than Samsungs TLC drives that get slower on older data.

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Outstanding

23 months ago.

I'm using this drive for more than 6 months now. Speed is as described and very reliable.

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Intel Core i7-8700K $360	Nvidia GTX 1070 $320	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $70
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $240	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $110
Intel Core i5-8600K $260	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $115	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $780	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $125	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $22

Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 90.6% (222^nd of 980)

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $154

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Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 90.6% (222nd of 980)

Popular builds with this SSD

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Average consistency

Weaknesses

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Average Bench: 90.6% (222^nd of 980)