Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

▲ BX100 500GB
BENCHMARKS (9,021)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $65

Effective Speed -4%Effective Speed -4%Average Score -3%Read 6%, Write -2%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -6%, SusWrite 2%Peak Score -6%Read 5%, Write -9%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -8%, SusWrite -0%Value & Sentiment -139%User Rating 2%, Market Share -719%, Price 117%, Value 45%Nice To Haves -16%DQ Read -26%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -28%, ADQ Read -19%, ADQ Write -7%, ADQ Mixed -17%, Age -2%, AS-SSD Total -17%

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 92.1% (274^th of 1040)

Based on 9,021 user benchmarks. Models: CT500BX100SSD1, CT500BX1 00SSD1

Poor: 66%Average: 92.1% Great: 108%

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Excellent average bench

The Crucial BX100 500GB averaged just 7.9% 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 191MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.7MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX100 500GB is 41.2%. 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 309MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 346MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9,021 samples)

Rank 27492.1%

Min	Avg	Max
366	Read 475	514
326	Write 404	439
23.4	Mixed 309	348
179	SusWrite 346	438
86% 384 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.5	4K Read 26.2	30.6
36.8	4K Write 81	114
23.4	4K Mixed 37.7	45.9
131% 48.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
189	DQ Read 253	275
145	DQ Write 263	301
46.2	DQ Mixed 191	210
162% 235 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 14 hrs ago.

386GB free

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 407 408 407 407 406 MB/s

96.3% Outstanding

Write 396

Mixed 344

SusWrite 406

92% 412 MB/s

4K Read 28.6

4K Write 80.3

4K Mixed 40.8

138% 49.9 MB/s

DQ Read 203

DQ Write 171

DQ Mixed 164

129% 179 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 hrs ago.

217GB free

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 375 401 405 413 412 MB/s

92.3% Outstanding

Write 410

Mixed 322

SusWrite 401

91% 405 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 60.8

4K Mixed 34.3

114% 40.1 MB/s

DQ Read 275

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 208

178% 260 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

132GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 384 404 267 416 283 MB/s

83.7% Excellent

Write 398

Mixed 317

SusWrite 344

85% 379 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 54.7

4K Mixed 31

102% 35.9 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 294

DQ Mixed 208

177% 258 MB/s

JPN-User, 12 hrs ago.

394GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 347 371 368 364 350 MB/s

72.4% Very good

Write 363

Mixed 291

SusWrite 355

79% 349 MB/s

4K Read 16

4K Write 41.1

4K Mixed 24.7

78% 27.3 MB/s

DQ Read 222

DQ Write 268

DQ Mixed 192

160% 228 MB/s

NLD-User, 18 hrs ago.

237GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 120 123 121 122 122 MB/s

53.7% Above average

Write 217

Mixed 233

SusWrite 116

51% 231 MB/s

4K Read 21.4

4K Write 41

4K Mixed 27.7

90% 30 MB/s

DQ Read 158

DQ Write 35.4

DQ Mixed 118

81% 104 MB/s

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Typical BX100 500GB Builds (Compare 2,976 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER - $258

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 83%, 343,250 samples	1,405x
Core i5-4690KIntel $189Bench 80%, 182,116 samples	740x
Core i7-4790Intel $207Bench 77%, 181,964 samples	228x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 52%, 625,424 samples	582x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 886,769 samples	253x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $267Bench 57%, 900,230 samples	184x

SSD
BX100 500GBCrucial $65Bench 92%, 9,021 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 86,846 samples	151x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 57,906 samples	151x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 33,552 samples	103x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $1,011

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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

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 i5-9600K $190	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i5-9400F $153	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $64	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	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: 92.1% (274^th of 1040)

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Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 92.1% (274th of 1040)

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