Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

▲ BX100 500GB
BENCHMARKS (11,713)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $59

Effective Speed -4%Effective Speed -4%Average Score -4%Read 6%, Write -3%, 4K Read -13%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -3%, 4K Mixed -8%, SusWrite 2%Peak Score -6%Read 5%, Write -9%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -10%, SusWrite -1%Value & Sentiment -108%User Rating 1%, Market Share -656%, Price 162%, Value 60%Nice To Haves -17%DQ Read -25%, DQ Write -13%, DQ Mixed -28%, ADQ Read -21%, ADQ Write -10%, ADQ Mixed -18%, Age -2%, AS-SSD Total -17%

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 90.7% (308^th of 1058)

Based on 11,713 user benchmarks. Models: CT500BX100SSD1, CT500BX1 00SSD1

Poor: 62%Average: 90.7% Great: 108%

Popular builds with this SSD

Excellent average bench

The Crucial BX100 500GB averaged just 9.3% 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 36.7MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX100 500GB is 45.5%. 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

Average Bench

(Based on 11,713 samples)

Rank 30890.7%

Min	Avg	Max
368	Read 478	516
293	Write 398	438
189	Mixed 314	349
186	SusWrite 349	438
86.3% 385 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.5	4K Read 26.3	30.5
23.9	4K Write 76.3	110
19.3	4K Mixed 36.7	45.1
127% 46.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
152	DQ Read 247	275
92.8	DQ Write 249	302
65.8	DQ Mixed 186	210
157% 227 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 1 hr ago.

300GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 429 434 438 438 435 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 429

Mixed 330

SusWrite 428

95% 423 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 99.8

4K Mixed 43.4

153% 57.6 MB/s

DQ Read 266

DQ Write 276

DQ Mixed 207

173% 250 MB/s

CAN-User, 14 hrs ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 263 425 435 287 206 MB/s

95.8% Outstanding

Write 436

Mixed 343

SusWrite 312

90% 400 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 88.5

4K Mixed 40.8

142% 52.5 MB/s

DQ Read 268

DQ Write 286

DQ Mixed 209

176% 254 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

466GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 364 361 364 360 361 MB/s

84.4% Excellent

Write 359

Mixed 300

SusWrite 361

81% 362 MB/s

4K Read 21.7

4K Write 60.3

4K Mixed 31.2

105% 37.7 MB/s

DQ Read 274

DQ Write 295

DQ Mixed 208

178% 259 MB/s

USA-User, 13 hrs ago.

156GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 176 304 258 217 242 MB/s

80.9% Excellent

Write 384

Mixed 306

SusWrite 254

78% 349 MB/s

4K Read 22.2

4K Write 72.7

4K Mixed 32.1

113% 42.3 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 280

DQ Mixed 209

176% 254 MB/s

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Typical BX100 500GB Builds (Compare 19,182 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7010

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $200Bench 71%, 195,454 samples	6,382x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 74%, 262,549 samples	5,235x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 73%, 92,360 samples	3,145x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 125,705 samples	4,018x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 842,027 samples	1,519x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 45,258 samples	1,486x

SSD
BX100 500GBCrucial $59Bench 91%, 11,713 samples	1x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 54%, 16,316 samples	361x
HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 13,352 samples	357x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 51%, 14,360 samples	294x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $259

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NLD-User

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Good

4 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

4 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 i5-11600K $260	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $240	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 90.7% (308^th of 1058)

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Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 90.7% (308th of 1058)

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