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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: 91.2% (265th of 1016)

Based on 6,416 user benchmarks.  Models: CT500BX100SSD1, CT500BX1 00SSD1
Poor: 64%Average: 91.2% Great: 109%

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Excellent average bench

The Crucial BX100 500GB averaged just 8.8% 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 184MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX100 500GB is 45.1%. 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 304MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 346MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6,416 samples)
Rank 26591.2%
Min Avg Max
354 Read 475 516
305 Write 401 438
19.6 Mixed 304 347
185 SusWrite 346 436
85.5% 381 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.5 4K Read 26.1 31
32.2 4K Write 80.2 116
15.9 4K Mixed 36.8 46.2
129% 47.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
133 DQ Read 247 275
100 DQ Write 254 300
40.2 DQ Mixed 184 210
157% 228 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
134GB free
Firmware: MU02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 151 154 168 173 170 MB/s
55.2% Above average
Read 346
Write 318
Mixed 282
SusWrite 161
62% 277 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 47.9
4K Mixed 27.4
94% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 26.9
DQ Write 78.8
DQ Mixed 37.8
33% 47.8 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 21,624,497 SSDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $180 @ launch in Jan '15
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Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $270Bench 81%, 330,548 samples10,317x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $175Bench 78%, 226,329 samples8,102x
Core i7-6700Intel  $299Bench 69%, 137,535 samples1,265x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $346Bench 79%, 759,017 samples4,988x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 104%, 564,777 samples2,900x
GTX 970Nvidia  $428Bench 52%, 527,770 samples2,468x
SSD
BX100 500GBCrucial  $89Bench 91%, 6,416 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 83%, 266,645 samples2,036x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $64Bench 73%, 54,398 samples1,217x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 72%, 36,060 samples1,118x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $1,119

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SSDrivePro
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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

2 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

2 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 i5-9400F $155Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240Crucial MX500 250GB $43
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