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Effective Speed -455%Effective Speed -455%Average Score -512%Read -725%, Write -976%, 4K Read -156%, 4K Write -128%, Mixed -677%, 4K Mixed -272%, SusWrite -648%Peak Score -815%Read -1,054%, Write -1,389%, 4K Read -428%, 4K Write -248%, Mixed -1,012%, 4K Mixed -620%, SusWrite -956%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1,396%DQ Read -1,219%, DQ Write -490%, DQ Mixed -4,366%, ADQ Read -889%, ADQ Write -305%, ADQ Mixed -3,162%, Age 32%, AS-SSD Total -771%

Average Bench: 98.3% (270^th of 1080)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Model: Crucial SSD 500GB

Poor: 93%Average: 98.3% Great: 103%

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Excellent average bench

The Crucial 500GB 500GB averaged just 1.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial 500GB 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 34.8MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 90.6MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 173MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 45.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 27098.3%

Min	Avg	Max
501	Read 508	514
431	Write 432	432
412	Mixed 416	420
411	SusWrite 422	433
99.9% 444 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
33.2	4K Read 34.8	36.4
72.5	4K Write 90.6	109
29	4K Mixed 29.7	30.4
139% 51.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
170	DQ Read 173	176
299	DQ Write 310	322
44.1	DQ Mixed 45.5	47
90% 176 MB/s

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

BRA-User, 12 months ago.

466GB free

Firmware: V0823A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 431 435 435 433 428 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 431

Mixed 412

SusWrite 433

101% 448 MB/s

4K Read 36.4

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 30.4

152% 58.5 MB/s

DQ Read 176

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 44.1

91% 180 MB/s

BRA-User, 12 months ago.

414GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V1213B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 371 417 430 432 434 MB/s

93.5% Outstanding

Write 432

Mixed 420

SusWrite 411

99% 441 MB/s

4K Read 33.2

4K Write 72.5

4K Mixed 29

126% 44.9 MB/s

DQ Read 170

DQ Write 299

DQ Mixed 47

88% 172 MB/s

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Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	24x
Core i3-3220Intel $92Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	18x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples	14x

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HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	24x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	7x
GTX 750Nvidia $120Bench 15%, 66,662 samples	6x

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500GB 500GBCrucialBench 98%, 2 samples	1x

RAM
U3A4G93-13G9BE3B00 2x4GBUnknownBench 40%, 140 samples	8x
TMT351U6EFR8C-PBHJ 2x4GBTeikonBench 54%, 169 samples	6x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	3x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

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Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $291	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
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