Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

▲ BX100 500GB
BENCHMARKS (12,678)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $69

Effective Speed -4%Effective Speed -4%Average Score -3%Read 7%, Write -2%, 4K Read -13%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -8%, SusWrite 3%Peak Score -7%Read 4%, Write -9%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite -1%Value & Sentiment -101%User Rating 0%, Market Share -528%, Price 91%, Value 32%Nice To Haves -17%DQ Read -26%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -28%, ADQ Read -21%, ADQ Write -10%, ADQ Mixed -20%, Age -2%, AS-SSD Total -17%

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 90.8% (304^th of 1058)

Based on 12,678 user benchmarks. Models: CT500BX100SSD1, CT500BX1 00SSD1

Poor: 64%Average: 90.8% Great: 108%

Popular builds with this SSD

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 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 44.1%. 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 316MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 348MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12,678 samples)

Rank 30490.8%

Min	Avg	Max
374	Read 475	513
318	Write 402	438
240	Mixed 316	349
178	SusWrite 348	436
86.4% 385 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.9	4K Read 26.2	30.2
21.4	4K Write 77.8	110
19.5	4K Mixed 36.7	45
128% 46.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
157	DQ Read 248	275
97.7	DQ Write 252	302
100	DQ Mixed 186	210
157% 229 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

393GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 435 436 439 435 439 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 437

Mixed 348

SusWrite 430

96% 428 MB/s

4K Read 29.1

4K Write 99.1

4K Mixed 43.5

152% 57.2 MB/s

DQ Read 274

DQ Write 297

DQ Mixed 209

178% 260 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

466GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 435 432 429 433 431 MB/s

104% Outstanding

Write 429

Mixed 352

SusWrite 432

96% 427 MB/s

4K Read 28.8

4K Write 92.1

4K Mixed 40.4

144% 53.8 MB/s

DQ Read 275

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 208

179% 261 MB/s

CAN-User, 13 hrs ago.

42GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 431 434 437 436 435 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 435

Mixed 347

SusWrite 434

96% 428 MB/s

4K Read 28.8

4K Write 82.6

4K Mixed 40.3

139% 50.6 MB/s

DQ Read 271

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 209

177% 256 MB/s

GBR-User, 17 hrs ago.

47GB free

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 436 216 205 182 174 MB/s

96.5% Outstanding

Write 434

Mixed 349

SusWrite 275

87% 388 MB/s

4K Read 29.3

4K Write 98.9

4K Mixed 43.2

152% 57.1 MB/s

DQ Read 274

DQ Write 300

DQ Mixed 209

179% 261 MB/s

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

343GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 410 393 431 436 437 MB/s

96% Outstanding

Write 432

Mixed 324

SusWrite 404

93% 413 MB/s

4K Read 25.6

4K Write 76.1

4K Mixed 37.2

127% 46.3 MB/s

DQ Read 261

DQ Write 287

DQ Mixed 208

175% 252 MB/s

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Typical BX100 500GB Builds (Compare 22,768 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 $106Bench 71%, 200,890 samples	7,611x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 74%, 268,307 samples	6,273x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 73%, 99,195 samples	3,688x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 139,179 samples	4,692x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 870,997 samples	1,813x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,267 samples	1,723x

SSD
BX100 500GBCrucial $69Bench 91%, 12,678 samples	1x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 54%, 15,964 samples	413x
HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 52%, 14,387 samples	406x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,566 samples	340x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $175

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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

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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Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
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Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 90.8% (304^th of 1058)

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7010

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Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 90.8% (304th of 1058)

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