Crucial CT480M500SSD1

M500 480GB

M500 480GB
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Effective Speed -19%Effective Speed -19%Average Score -21%Read -15%, Write -12%, 4K Read -50%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed -12%, 4K Mixed -43%, SusWrite 0%Peak Score -22%Read -16%, Write -16%, 4K Read -56%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed -48%, SusWrite 5%Value & Sentiment -555%User Rating -13%, Market Share -1,961%, Price -145%, Value -103%Nice To Haves -23%DQ Read -7%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -67%, ADQ Read -6%, ADQ Write -4%, ADQ Mixed -51%, Age -34%, AS-SSD Total -10%

Average Bench: 82.5% (409^th of 1040)

Based on 5,627 user benchmarks. Models: Crucial_CT480M500SSD1, Crucial_ Crucial_CT480M50, Crucial_CT480M50, Crucial_ CT480M500SSD1

Poor: 56%Average: 82.5% Great: 100%

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Very good average bench

The Crucial M500 480GB averaged just 17.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial M500 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 168MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 276MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial M500 480GB is 43.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial M500 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 299MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 321MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,627 samples)

Rank 40982.5%

Min	Avg	Max
316	Read 399	434
213	Write 367	418
254	Mixed 321	349
114	SusWrite 299	412
77.9% 347 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.7	4K Read 22.4	26.3
28.4	4K Write 78.1	114
17.6	4K Mixed 31.4	38
116% 44 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
176	DQ Read 300	341
111	DQ Write 276	334
97.8	DQ Mixed 168	190
159% 248 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

NLD-User, 1 day ago.

408GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 407 417 419 419 418 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 423

Mixed 350

SusWrite 396

90% 401 MB/s

4K Read 27.3

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 39.8

155% 61.5 MB/s

DQ Read 338

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 184

176% 277 MB/s

ROU-User, 23 mins ago.

444GB free

Firmware: MU05

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

95.8% Outstanding

Write 398

Mixed 339

SusWrite 402

88% 392 MB/s

4K Read 24.6

4K Write 88.1

4K Mixed 34.9

129% 49.2 MB/s

DQ Read 341

DQ Write 310

DQ Mixed 182

176% 278 MB/s

ARE-User, 17 hrs ago.

43GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 342 397 399 380 364 MB/s

92.3% Outstanding

Write 415

Mixed 344

SusWrite 362

87% 388 MB/s

4K Read 24.9

4K Write 84.8

4K Mixed 35.6

128% 48.4 MB/s

DQ Read 331

DQ Write 270

DQ Mixed 187

171% 263 MB/s

AUS-User, 1 hr ago.

101GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 262 233 224 217 215 MB/s

82.4% Excellent

Write 406

Mixed 344

SusWrite 239

80% 354 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 68.7

4K Mixed 33.9

120% 43 MB/s

DQ Read 334

DQ Write 284

DQ Mixed 129

146% 249 MB/s

USA-User, 21 hrs ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 214 81 81 80 80 MB/s

72.3% Very good

Write 406

Mixed 339

SusWrite 125

72% 321 MB/s

4K Read 22.5

4K Write 63.7

4K Mixed 31.1

108% 39.1 MB/s

DQ Read 335

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 186

180% 283 MB/s

GBR-User, 15 hrs ago.

446GB free

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 366 368 371 369 368 MB/s

71.8% Very good

Write 365

Mixed 322

SusWrite 366

81% 360 MB/s

4K Read 18.3

4K Write 39.1

4K Mixed 24.6

80% 27.3 MB/s

DQ Read 220

DQ Write 179

DQ Mixed 138

120% 179 MB/s

CAN-User, 20 hrs ago.

121GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 253 124 146 119 145 MB/s

61.9% Good

Write 330

Mixed 282

SusWrite 159

60% 268 MB/s

4K Read 20.9

4K Write 75.4

4K Mixed 22.5

100% 39.6 MB/s

DQ Read 242

DQ Write 209

DQ Mixed 152

134% 201 MB/s

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Typical M500 480GB Builds (Compare 2,386 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS (MS-7A15)

CPU
Core i5-6400Intel $179Bench 68%, 135,317 samples	470x
Core i5-7400Intel $185Bench 71%, 174,675 samples	381x
Core i3-7100Intel $100Bench 66%, 60,614 samples	206x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 724,497 samples	375x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,047,709 samples	301x
RX 480AMD $188Bench 48%, 173,514 samples	200x

SSD
M500 480GBCrucial $300Bench 83%, 5,627 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 15,980 samples	264x
1x8GBUnknownBench 31%, 116,330 samples	65x
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 36%, 24,868 samples	44x

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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $634

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $47	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT480M500SSD1

M500 480GB

Average Bench: 82.5% (409^th of 1040)

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Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS (MS-7A15)

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M500 480GB

Average Bench: 82.5% (409th of 1040)

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