Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

▲ BX100 500GB
BENCHMARKS (5,246)
MKT (0%)
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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 -6%Effective Speed -6%Average User Bench -6%Read 4%, Write -3%, 4K Read -13%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -8%, SusWrite 2%Peak Lab Bench -5%Read 6%, Write -9%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -5%, SusWrite -0%Value & Sentiment -270%User Rating -6%, Market Share -975%, Price -46%, Value -55%Nice To Haves -15%DQ Read -22%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -21%, ADQ Read -20%, ADQ Write -11%, ADQ Mixed -20%, Age 1%, AS-SSD Total -15%

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BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 88.1% (278^th of 1003)

Based on 5,246 user benchmarks. Models: CT500BX100SSD1, CT500BX1 00SSD1

Poor: 60%Average: 88.1% Great: 110%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Crucial BX100 500GB averaged just 11.9% 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 173MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 35.5MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX100 500GB is 49.4%. 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 292MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 336MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,246 samples)

Rank 27888.1%

Min	Avg	Max
333	Read 463	514
297	Write 396	439
17.5	Mixed 292	348
186	SusWrite 336	435
83.4% 372 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.8	4K Read 25.5	30.8
10.3	4K Write 76.8	117
13.9	4K Mixed 35.5	46.2
125% 45.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.3	DQ Read 231	275
82.2	DQ Write 251	300
15.7	DQ Mixed 173	210
149% 218 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

44GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 359 384 388 388 390 MB/s

86.8% Excellent

Write 405

Mixed 321

SusWrite 362

88% 392 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 61.5

4K Mixed 34.4

114% 40.2 MB/s

DQ Read 235

DQ Write 215

DQ Mixed 195

155% 215 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

44GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 391 398 396 395 268 MB/s

86.7% Excellent

Write 399

Mixed 311

SusWrite 369

87% 388 MB/s

4K Read 24.3

4K Write 61

4K Mixed 34

113% 39.8 MB/s

DQ Read 233

DQ Write 215

DQ Mixed 194

154% 214 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

44GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 390 390 353 377 389 MB/s

77.2% Very good

Write 375

Mixed 280

SusWrite 379

82% 366 MB/s

4K Read 12.7

4K Write 54.3

4K Mixed 28.6

85% 31.9 MB/s

DQ Read 232

DQ Write 215

DQ Mixed 195

154% 214 MB/s

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Typical BX100 500GB Builds (Compare 19,494 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 91%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 63%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $581

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $270Bench 89%, 320,704 samples	8,356x
Core i5-6600KIntel $227Bench 83%, 186,065 samples	6,545x
Core i7-7700KIntel $354Bench 96%, 294,222 samples	1,012x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 97%, 631,382 samples	4,102x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 120%, 529,146 samples	2,432x
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 63%, 447,964 samples	2,033x

SSD
BX100 500GBCrucial $240Bench 88%, 5,246 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 86%, 215,650 samples	1,649x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $62Bench 73%, 43,678 samples	989x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $122Bench 73%, 32,373 samples	910x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,558

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Good

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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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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 $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $120	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $222	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $70	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $607	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $77	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 88.1% (278^th of 1003)

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Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 88.1% (278th of 1003)

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