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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: 91.6% (309th of 1071)

Based on 13,478 user benchmarks.  Models: CT500BX100SSD1, CT500BX1 00SSD1
Poor: 67%Average: 91.6% Great: 108%

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Excellent average bench

The Crucial BX100 500GB averaged just 8.4% 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 189MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.2MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX100 500GB is 40.9%. 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 314MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 349MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13,478 samples)
Rank 30991.6%
Min Avg Max
384 Read 472 511
331 Write 403 438
234 Mixed 314 349
174 SusWrite 349 438
86.3% 385 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.9 4K Read 26.4 30.3
35.4 4K Write 80.3 110
20.7 4K Mixed 37.2 45.2
130% 47.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
181 DQ Read 251 275
99 DQ Write 254 302
97.3 DQ Mixed 189 210
159% 231 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
419GB free
Firmware: MU02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 376 394 418 422 422 MB/s
88.2% Excellent
Read 444
Write 409
Mixed 325
SusWrite 393
88% 393 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 58.2
4K Mixed 33.6
110% 38.5 MB/s
DQ Read 271
DQ Write 273
DQ Mixed 203
172% 249 MB/s
151GB free
Firmware: MU01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 361 361 379 363 360 MB/s
78.4% Very good
Read 489
Write 385
Mixed 326
SusWrite 362
88% 391 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 32.2
4K Mixed 28.7
93% 29 MB/s
DQ Read 269
DQ Write 72.7
DQ Mixed 129
106% 157 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 63,629,349 SSDs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $180 @ launch in Jan '15
EbayUS $4913 mins
AmazonUS $893 years
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Typical BX100 500GB Builds (Compare 9,206 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples4,356x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $150Bench 72%, 342,244 samples2,460x
Core i7-6700Intel  $250Bench 72%, 282,363 samples689x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples1,446x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples935x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples825x
SSD
BX100 500GBCrucial  $49Bench 92%, 13,478 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $49Bench 82%, 606,405 samples570x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $47Bench 85%, 653,654 samples382x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX  $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples381x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $756

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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

5 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

5 years ago.

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

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