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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.

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Average Bench: 89.9% (271st of 1011)

Based on 5,628 user benchmarks.  Models: CT500BX100SSD1, CT500BX1 00SSD1
Poor: 59%Average: 89.9% Great: 108%

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Very good average bench

The Crucial BX100 500GB averaged just 10.1% 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 186MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.3MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX100 500GB is 49%. 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 307MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 346MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,628 samples)
Rank 27189.9%
Min Avg Max
348 Read 470 515
305 Write 399 438
22.2 Mixed 307 348
170 SusWrite 346 434
85.4% 381 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.8 4K Read 25.6 30.7
10.9 4K Write 77.4 113
17.6 4K Mixed 36.3 45.9
126% 46.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
119 DQ Read 244 275
87.3 DQ Write 257 300
41 DQ Mixed 186 210
158% 229 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
177GB free
Firmware: MU01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 435 437 438 438 437 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 435
Mixed 337
SusWrite 437
96% 430 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 86.1
4K Mixed 41.4
143% 52.2 MB/s
DQ Read 270
DQ Write 284
DQ Mixed 208
175% 254 MB/s
456GB free
Firmware: MU02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 373 375 376 371 384 MB/s
88.8% Excellent
Read 481
Write 388
Mixed 314
SusWrite 364
87% 387 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 65.3
4K Mixed 33.8
113% 40.7 MB/s
DQ Read 264
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 209
176% 253 MB/s
381GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 392 399 407 405 404 MB/s
87.1% Excellent
Read 481
Write 397
Mixed 327
SusWrite 396
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 58.2
4K Mixed 33.5
109% 38.3 MB/s
DQ Read 223
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 190
149% 206 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 17,587,769 SSDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $180 @ launch in Jan '15
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AmazonUS $29519 days
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Typical BX100 500GB Builds (Compare 20,955 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 73%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 55%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $285Bench 76%, 326,590 samples9,010x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $210Bench 69%, 204,615 samples7,023x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $345Bench 82%, 317,388 samples1,090x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $405Bench 79%, 656,806 samples4,399x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $528Bench 100%, 491,016 samples2,590x
GTX 970Nvidia  $399Bench 50%, 447,803 samples2,170x
SSD
BX100 500GBCrucial  $230Bench 90%, 5,628 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples1,764x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $75Bench 73%, 52,452 samples1,060x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 72%, 28,514 samples977x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 50% - Above average Total price: $1,149

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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

2 years ago.

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

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