Crucial CT480M500SSD1

M500 480GB

M500 480GB
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Effective Speed -20%Effective Speed -20%Average Score -22%Read -16%, Write -9%, 4K Read -56%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -13%, 4K Mixed -47%, SusWrite 0%Peak Score -24%Read -16%, Write -16%, 4K Read -63%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -22%, 4K Mixed -52%, SusWrite 8%Value & Sentiment -830%User Rating -13%, Market Share -3,044%, Price -159%, Value -105%Nice To Haves -26%DQ Read -8%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -75%, ADQ Read -5%, ADQ Write -3%, ADQ Mixed -51%, Age -48%, AS-SSD Total -11%

Average Bench: 82.1% (439^th of 1058)

Based on 7,140 user benchmarks. Models: Crucial_CT480M500SSD1, Crucial_ Crucial_CT480M50, Crucial_CT480M50, Crucial_ CT480M500SSD1

Poor: 54%Average: 82.1% Great: 100%

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Very good average bench

The Crucial M500 480GB averaged just 17.9% 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 172MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 279MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial M500 480GB is 45.9%. 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 297MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 320MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7,140 samples)

Rank 43982.1%

Min	Avg	Max
328	Read 400	435
296	Write 375	418
257	Mixed 320	347
118	SusWrite 297	415
78.2% 348 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.9	4K Read 22.2	26.3
26.3	4K Write 76.7	114
17.2	4K Mixed 30.8	38.2
114% 43.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
216	DQ Read 308	340
123	DQ Write 279	334
131	DQ Mixed 172	189
162% 253 MB/s

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

47GB free

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 410 394 396 326 289 MB/s

92.7% Outstanding

Write 402

Mixed 351

SusWrite 349

86% 380 MB/s

4K Read 24.7

4K Write 92.4

4K Mixed 35.2

132% 50.8 MB/s

DQ Read 325

DQ Write 314

DQ Mixed 187

177% 275 MB/s

IDN-User, 1 day ago.

182GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 329 200 187 201 180 MB/s

89.7% Excellent

Write 372

Mixed 316

SusWrite 245

74% 330 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 37.8

146% 58.1 MB/s

DQ Read 335

DQ Write 312

DQ Mixed 179

174% 275 MB/s

USA-User, 21 hrs ago.

408GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 289 235 331 350 339 MB/s

74.5% Very good

Write 337

Mixed 273

SusWrite 303

72% 323 MB/s

4K Read 18.5

4K Write 53.8

4K Mixed 26.1

90% 32.8 MB/s

DQ Read 296

DQ Write 290

DQ Mixed 176

165% 254 MB/s

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Typical M500 480GB Builds (Compare 3,153 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 28%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 23%

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

CPU
Core i5-6400Intel $180Bench 69%, 141,256 samples	586x
Core i5-7400Intel $196Bench 72%, 225,231 samples	516x
Core i3-7100Intel $190Bench 65%, 71,317 samples	266x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 820,471 samples	495x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,217,004 samples	375x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $230Bench 53%, 528,967 samples	262x

SSD
M500 480GBCrucial $300Bench 82%, 7,140 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 17,494 samples	316x
1x8GBUnknownBench 34%, 142,432 samples	92x
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 29,055 samples	58x

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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $635

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $239	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $85	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT480M500SSD1

M500 480GB

Average Bench: 82.1% (439^th of 1058)

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M500 480GB

Average Bench: 82.1% (439th of 1058)

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