Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

▲ BX100 500GB
BENCHMARKS (3,804)
MKT (0.1%)
BUILDS
(3)
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 -2%Effective Speed -2%Average User Bench -2%Read 6%, Write -2%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite 3%Peak Lab Bench -4%Read 6%, Write -9%, 4K Read -13%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed -8%, 4K Mixed -4%, SusWrite -0%Value & Sentiment -213%User Rating -5%, Market Share -757%, Price -44%, Value -46%Nice To Haves -12%DQ Read -21%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -20%, ADQ Read -9%, ADQ Write -7%, ADQ Mixed -12%, Age 1%, AS-SSD Total -14%

Market Leaders

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 90.8% (201^st of 964)

Based on 3,804 user benchmarks. Models: CT500BX100SSD1, CT500BX1 00SSD1

Poor: 62%Average: 90.8% Great: 109%

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Excellent average bench

The Crucial BX100 500GB averaged just 9.2% 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 179MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.7MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX100 500GB is 47.2%. 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

Average Bench

(Based on 3,804 samples)

Rank 20190.8%

Min	Avg	Max
368	Read 471	515
305	Write 400	439
23.5	Mixed 305	347
168	SusWrite 336	434
84.8% 378 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.1	4K Read 26	31.2
38.9	4K Write 83.1	121
15.4	4K Mixed 36.7	46.6
130% 48.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
73.5	DQ Read 246	276
81.5	DQ Write 257	297
22.7	DQ Mixed 179	210
155% 227 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

55GB free

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 222 414 196 202 107 MB/s

90.8% Outstanding

Write 426

Mixed 324

SusWrite 236

84% 374 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 86.5

4K Mixed 40.1

141% 51.8 MB/s

DQ Read 268

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 208

176% 255 MB/s

USA-User, 12 hrs ago.

295GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 383 388 379 380 373 MB/s

88.7% Excellent

Write 346

Mixed 313

SusWrite 371

83% 370 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 67.3

4K Mixed 36.4

122% 43.3 MB/s

DQ Read 234

DQ Write 215

DQ Mixed 195

154% 214 MB/s

USA-User, 12 hrs ago.

389GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 395 370 381 396 388 MB/s

84.7% Excellent

Write 417

Mixed 313

SusWrite 387

88% 393 MB/s

4K Read 20.5

4K Write 55.2

4K Mixed 29.4

98% 35 MB/s

DQ Read 268

DQ Write 287

DQ Mixed 208

176% 254 MB/s

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Typical BX100 500GB Builds (Compare 13,430 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 64%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $154

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $276Bench 88%, 226,051 samples	5,751x
Core i5-6600KIntel $238Bench 84%, 140,380 samples	4,510x
Core i7-7700KIntel $350Bench 96%, 231,023 samples	735x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $340Bench 99%, 416,626 samples	2,911x
GTX 1080Nvidia $460Bench 123%, 352,399 samples	1,735x
GTX 970Nvidia $300Bench 64%, 333,471 samples	1,479x

SSD
BX100 500GBCrucial $240Bench 91%, 3,804 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $130Bench 87%, 112,576 samples	1,168x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $105Bench 72%, 29,400 samples	681x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $186Bench 72%, 21,977 samples	650x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,140

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Good

17 months 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

20 months 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 i7-8700K $359	Nvidia GTX 1070 $340	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $77
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $130	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $234	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $100
Intel Core i5-8600K $237	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $130	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $130	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 90.8% (201^st of 964)

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Average consistency

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $154

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Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 90.8% (201st of 964)

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