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Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

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

Average Bench: 89.8% (281st of 1021)

Based on 7,544 user benchmarks.  Models: CT500BX100SSD1, CT500BX1 00SSD1
Poor: 62%Average: 89.8% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Crucial BX100 500GB averaged just 10.2% 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 181MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.9MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX100 500GB is 46.2%. 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 305MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 336MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7,544 samples)
Rank 28189.8%
Min Avg Max
365 Read 472 515
320 Write 401 439
22 Mixed 305 347
178 SusWrite 336 435
84.9% 379 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.1 4K Read 26.1 30.6
12.2 4K Write 77.6 112
21.7 4K Mixed 36.9 45.7
128% 46.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.6 DQ Read 243 275
85.6 DQ Write 249 301
38.3 DQ Mixed 181 210
154% 224 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
412GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 392 401 379 353 369 MB/s
75.3% Very good
Read 420
Write 377
Mixed 302
SusWrite 379
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 12.4
4K Write 64.5
4K Mixed 18.5
77% 31.8 MB/s
DQ Read 263
DQ Write 281
DQ Mixed 203
172% 249 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 26,444,441 SSDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $180 @ launch in Jan '15
AmazonUS $895 months
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Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $386

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $270Bench 85%, 422,694 samples11,735x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $205Bench 81%, 252,620 samples9,262x
Core i7-6700Intel  $299Bench 77%, 160,807 samples1,477x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $415Bench 78%, 846,070 samples5,607x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 102%, 678,876 samples3,238x
GTX 970Nvidia  $395Bench 52%, 558,247 samples2,782x
SSD
BX100 500GBCrucial  $89Bench 90%, 7,544 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 82%, 345,080 samples2,294x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $70Bench 70%, 65,408 samples1,387x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 72%, 42,755 samples1,293x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $1,235

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Official site uk.crucial.com/...

Controller: Silicon Motion SM2246EN. Flash Memory: Micron 16nm MLC

Get more done in less time, or just have more fun...

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Liked (edit your comment) Add link

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NLD-User
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Good

2 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

3 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 i5-9400F $165Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $199Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
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