Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

▲ BX100 500GB
BENCHMARKS (10,643)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $65

Effective Speed -4%Effective Speed -4%Average Score -4%Read 6%, Write -2%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -7%, SusWrite 3%Peak Score -7%Read 5%, Write -9%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite -0%Value & Sentiment -161%User Rating 1%, Market Share -811%, Price 116%, Value 49%Nice To Haves -17%DQ Read -26%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -28%, ADQ Read -20%, ADQ Write -7%, ADQ Mixed -19%, Age -2%, AS-SSD Total -17%

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 91.2% (298^th of 1053)

Based on 10,643 user benchmarks. Models: CT500BX100SSD1, CT500BX1 00SSD1

Poor: 63%Average: 91.2% Great: 108%

Popular builds with this SSD

Excellent average bench

The Crucial BX100 500GB averaged just 8.8% 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 185MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX100 500GB is 44.7%. 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 308MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 350MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,643 samples)

Rank 29891.2%

Min	Avg	Max
371	Read 475	515
315	Write 401	438
23.4	Mixed 308	348
193	SusWrite 350	438
86% 383 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.6	4K Read 25.9	30.3
37.3	4K Write 78.5	109
19.8	4K Mixed 37	44.7
128% 47.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
124	DQ Read 248	275
92.6	DQ Write 256	301
39.6	DQ Mixed 185	210
158% 230 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 8 hrs ago.

250GB free

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 406 419 413 416 427 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 415

Mixed 340

SusWrite 410

93% 416 MB/s

4K Read 29

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 43.7

154% 58.5 MB/s

DQ Read 271

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 204

174% 255 MB/s

SVN-User, 13 hrs ago.

322GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 392 413 426 423 427 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 417

Mixed 326

SusWrite 397

92% 409 MB/s

4K Read 29.4

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 42.9

152% 57.4 MB/s

DQ Read 274

DQ Write 284

DQ Mixed 208

176% 255 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

104GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 430 232 428 437 437 MB/s

99.9% Outstanding

Write 428

Mixed 347

SusWrite 398

94% 420 MB/s

4K Read 28.2

4K Write 87.6

4K Mixed 40.9

142% 52.2 MB/s

DQ Read 242

DQ Write 268

DQ Mixed 207

169% 239 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

188GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 424 422 422 422 424 MB/s

96.9% Outstanding

Write 422

Mixed 338

SusWrite 422

94% 420 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 69.8

4K Mixed 36.7

124% 44.2 MB/s

DQ Read 275

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 208

178% 261 MB/s

ARE-User, 8 hrs ago.

107GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 259 250 172 180 175 MB/s

50.9% Above average

Write 398

Mixed 318

SusWrite 217

75% 334 MB/s

4K Read 23

4K Write 6.8

4K Mixed 23.1

68% 17.6 MB/s

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Typical BX100 500GB Builds (Compare 14,419 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7010

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $77Bench 71%, 142,259 samples	4,817x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 74%, 235,946 samples	3,859x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 73%, 73,357 samples	2,469x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 110,300 samples	3,242x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 727,464 samples	1,152x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 40,357 samples	1,118x

SSD
BX100 500GBCrucial $65Bench 91%, 10,643 samples	1x

RAM
HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 52%, 11,421 samples	287x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 54%, 11,954 samples	257x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 51%, 14,033 samples	236x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $142

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NLD-User

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Good

3 years 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

4 years 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 i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-10400F $148	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $326	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 91.2% (298^th of 1053)

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Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 91.2% (298th of 1053)

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