Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

▲ BX100 500GB
BENCHMARKS (8,312)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $79

Effective Speed -4%Effective Speed -4%Average Score -4%Read 6%, Write -3%, 4K Read -13%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed -5%, 4K Mixed -7%, SusWrite 3%Peak Score -6%Read 5%, Write -9%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -9%, SusWrite -0%Value & Sentiment -148%User Rating 2%, Market Share -719%, Price 96%, Value 30%Nice To Haves -17%DQ Read -26%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -28%, ADQ Read -20%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed -20%, Age -2%, AS-SSD Total -17%

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 91.4% (281^st of 1037)

Based on 8,312 user benchmarks. Models: CT500BX100SSD1, CT500BX1 00SSD1

Poor: 65%Average: 91.4% Great: 108%

Popular builds with this SSD

Excellent average bench

The Crucial BX100 500GB averaged just 8.5% 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 188MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 37.3MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX100 500GB is 42.5%. 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 307MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 348MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,312 samples)

Rank 28191.4%

Min	Avg	Max
374	Read 477	515
328	Write 404	439
20.4	Mixed 307	349
193	SusWrite 348	437
86.1% 384 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.7	4K Read 26.3	30.5
10.9	4K Write 77.9	111
22.5	4K Mixed 37.3	45.4
129% 47.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
168	DQ Read 252	276
87.8	DQ Write 258	301
40.1	DQ Mixed 188	210
160% 233 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 6 hrs ago.

140GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 432 431 427 433 435 MB/s

97.5% Outstanding

Write 433

Mixed 336

SusWrite 425

95% 423 MB/s

4K Read 27.1

4K Write 68

4K Mixed 37

124% 44 MB/s

DQ Read 275

DQ Write 300

DQ Mixed 209

179% 262 MB/s

NLD-User, 11 hrs ago.

125GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 402 287 210 395 399 MB/s

96.4% Outstanding

Write 404

Mixed 320

SusWrite 346

84% 373 MB/s

4K Read 27.1

4K Write 103

4K Mixed 41.1

148% 57 MB/s

DQ Read 273

DQ Write 289

DQ Mixed 209

177% 257 MB/s

USA-User, 9 hrs ago.

122GB free

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 428 430 432 433 430 MB/s

96.2% Outstanding

Write 437

Mixed 341

SusWrite 430

96% 426 MB/s

4K Read 25.4

4K Write 68.7

4K Mixed 35.7

121% 43.3 MB/s

DQ Read 271

DQ Write 295

DQ Mixed 209

178% 258 MB/s

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Typical BX100 500GB Builds (Compare 2,356 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER - $258

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 84%, 343,766 samples	1,112x
Core i5-4690KIntel $189Bench 79%, 176,679 samples	591x
Core i7-4790Intel $291Bench 78%, 161,690 samples	175x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $400Bench 51%, 633,465 samples	449x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 913,064 samples	213x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $267Bench 57%, 1,036,779 samples	143x

SSD
BX100 500GBCrucial $79Bench 91%, 8,312 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 80,243 samples	126x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 59,628 samples	120x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 17,642 samples	79x

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Value: 50% - Above average

Total price: $1,085

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NLD-User

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Good

3 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

3 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 i5-9600K $195	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $289	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $505	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $43

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28

Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 91.4% (281^st of 1037)

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Crucial CT500BX100SSD1

BX100 500GB

Average Bench: 91.4% (281st of 1037)

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