Crucial CT480M500SSD4

M500 SATA M.2 480GB

M500 SATA M.2 480GB
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Effective Speed -21%Effective Speed -21%Average Score -22%Read -5%, Write -5%, 4K Read -60%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -76%, SusWrite -3%Peak Score -19%Read -3%, Write -15%, 4K Read -62%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed -55%, SusWrite 2%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -307%, Value -198%Nice To Haves -46%DQ Read -12%, DQ Write -11%, DQ Mixed -78%, ADQ Read -55%, ADQ Write -17%, ADQ Mixed -155%, Age -24%, AS-SSD Total -13%

Average Bench: 81.4% (468^th of 1072)

Based on 177 user benchmarks. Model: Crucial_CT480M500SSD4

Poor: 61%Average: 81.4% Great: 97%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The Crucial M500 SATA M.2 480GB averaged just 18.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial M500 SATA M.2 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 102MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 80.2MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial M500 SATA M.2 480GB is 36.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial M500 SATA M.2 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 289MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 210MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 177 samples)

Rank 46881.4%

Min	Avg	Max
341	Read 436	492
315	Write 387	420
274	Mixed 370	445
111	SusWrite 289	394
83.2% 370 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.5	4K Read 21.5	26.6
28.1	4K Write 80.2	116
10.8	4K Mixed 25.6	37.7
108% 42.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.5	DQ Read 210	327
60.3	DQ Write 247	322
10.2	DQ Mixed 102	186
112% 186 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

GBR-User, 7 months ago.

404GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 402 403 400 399 402 MB/s

95.5% Outstanding

Write 409

Mixed 327

SusWrite 401

88% 390 MB/s

4K Read 25

4K Write 91

4K Mixed 35.2

131% 50.4 MB/s

DQ Read 306

DQ Write 314

DQ Mixed 180

171% 267 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

318GB free

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 410 411 412 411 412 MB/s

93.5% Outstanding

Write 408

Mixed 329

SusWrite 411

89% 394 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 79.8

4K Mixed 33.3

122% 45.9 MB/s

DQ Read 324

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 178

169% 264 MB/s

USA-User, 10 months ago.

381GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 285 348 371 377 375 MB/s

88.5% Excellent

Write 399

Mixed 320

SusWrite 331

83% 367 MB/s

4K Read 24.3

4K Write 78.3

4K Mixed 33.7

122% 45.4 MB/s

DQ Read 310

DQ Write 320

DQ Mixed 186

175% 272 MB/s

USA-User, 8 months ago.

23GB free

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 214 36 39 32 38 MB/s

68.2% Good

Write 392

Mixed 315

SusWrite 92.1

68% 306 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 74.5

4K Mixed 33.2

118% 43.9 MB/s

DQ Read 226

DQ Write 181

DQ Mixed 137

120% 181 MB/s

FRA-User, 10 months ago.

305GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 282 254 252 265 275 MB/s

65.6% Good

Write 322

Mixed 273

SusWrite 272

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 13.3

4K Write 49

4K Mixed 18.4

70% 26.9 MB/s

DQ Read 325

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 176

170% 267 MB/s

GBR-User, 10 months ago.

447GB free

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 335 338 348 362 363 MB/s

62.4% Good

Write 348

Mixed 305

SusWrite 341

77% 341 MB/s

4K Read 14

4K Write 23.7

4K Mixed 16.8

55% 18.2 MB/s

DQ Read 212

DQ Write 215

DQ Mixed 139

125% 188 MB/s

USA-User, 24 days ago.

302GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 255 233 212 233 212 MB/s

60.7% Good

Write 350

Mixed 301

SusWrite 239

71% 315 MB/s

4K Read 17.7

4K Write 42.5

4K Mixed 22.9

79% 27.7 MB/s

DQ Read 176

DQ Write 132

DQ Mixed 133

105% 147 MB/s

FRA-User, 10 months ago.

447GB free

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 331 343 323 303 351 MB/s

59.2% Above average

Write 341

Mixed 294

SusWrite 327

75% 331 MB/s

4K Read 13.5

4K Write 22.7

4K Mixed 16.2

53% 17.5 MB/s

DQ Read 178

DQ Write 187

DQ Mixed 130

112% 165 MB/s

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Workstation 80%

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Motherboard: Asrock X470 Master SLI/ac - $150

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Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	158x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	55x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	48x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	43x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	34x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x

SSD
M500 SATA M.2 480GBCrucial $381Bench 81%, 177 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	17x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	17x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $981

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT480M500SSD4

M500 SATA M.2 480GB

Average Bench: 81.4% (468^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asrock X470 Master SLI/ac - $150

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M500 SATA M.2 480GB

Average Bench: 81.4% (468th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 81.4% (468^th of 1072)