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Crucial CT480M500SSD1

M500 480GB

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Controller: Marvell 88SS9187. Flash Memory: Micron Synchronous 20nm MLC. Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 83% (439th of 1072)

Based on 9,168 user benchmarks.  Models: Crucial_CT480M500SSD1, Crucial_ Crucial_CT480M50, Crucial_CT480M50, Crucial_ CT480M500SSD1
Poor: 59%Average: 83% Great: 100%

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Very good average bench

The Crucial M500 480GB averaged just 16.9% 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 283MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial M500 480GB is 41.3%. 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 306MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 321MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9,168 samples)
Rank 43983%
Min Avg Max
326 Read 396 432
295 Write 376 417
266 Mixed 321 347
117 SusWrite 306 415
78.7% 350 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.7 4K Read 22.3 26.3
37.3 4K Write 78.5 115
19 4K Mixed 31.1 38.2
115% 44 MB/s
Min Avg Max
218 DQ Read 305 340
171 DQ Write 283 336
133 DQ Mixed 172 189
162% 253 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
263GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 386 392 399 393 399 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 432
Write 414
Mixed 349
SusWrite 393
90% 397 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 39.8
158% 64.1 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 182
173% 271 MB/s
39GB free
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 368 268 182 155 140 MB/s
85.6% Excellent
Read 427
Write 407
Mixed 346
SusWrite 252
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 85.7
4K Mixed 34.6
126% 48.1 MB/s
DQ Read 330
DQ Write 311
DQ Mixed 183
175% 275 MB/s
446GB free
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 392 390 382 387 386 MB/s
84.3% Excellent
Read 425
Write 391
Mixed 334
SusWrite 389
87% 385 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 66
4K Mixed 32.2
112% 40.6 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 175
DQ Mixed 138
120% 178 MB/s
287GB free
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 193 198 187 191 206 MB/s
55.1% Above average
Read 393
Write 344
Mixed 319
SusWrite 196
70% 313 MB/s
4K Read 14.1
4K Write 25.6
4K Mixed 18.5
59% 19.4 MB/s
DQ Read 225
DQ Write 181
DQ Mixed 136
120% 181 MB/s
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Typical M500 480GB Builds (Compare 2,291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 21%
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Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS (MS-7A15)

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel  $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples393x
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples332x
Core i3-7100Intel  $70Bench 57%, 79,299 samples217x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples374x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples210x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples186x
SSD
M500 480GBCrucial  $84Bench 83%, 9,168 samples1x
RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples140x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples62x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples35x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $253

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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