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Crucial_CT500MX2 500GB

Crucial_CT500MX2 500GB
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Effective Speed -15%Effective Speed -15%Average Score -16%Read -3%, Write -6%, 4K Read -38%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed 0%, 4K Mixed -53%, SusWrite -11%Peak Score -0%Read 4%, Write -2%, 4K Read -35%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed 16%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite 9%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -46%DQ Read -2%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -31%, ADQ Read -88%, ADQ Write -33%, ADQ Mixed -191%, Age -14%, AS-SSD Total -2%

Average Bench: 85.6% (396^th of 1072)

Based on 38 user benchmarks. Model: Crucial_ Crucial_CT500MX2

Poor: 57%Average: 85.6% Great: 105%

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Very good average bench

The Crucial_ Crucial_CT500MX2 500GB averaged just 14.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial_ Crucial_CT500MX2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 88.3MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 89.5MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial_ Crucial_CT500MX2 500GB is 48.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial_ Crucial_CT500MX2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 266MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 174MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 38 samples)

Rank 39685.6%

Min	Avg	Max
304	Read 444	525
117	Write 381	475
129	Mixed 359	493
63.1	SusWrite 266	422
81.3% 362 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.46	4K Read 24.9	31.9
18.5	4K Write 88.3	149
11.4	4K Mixed 29.4	50.9
122% 47.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.1	DQ Read 174	360
32.6	DQ Write 217	344
14.1	DQ Mixed 89.5	252
97% 160 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

AUT-User, 3 years ago.

298GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 436 437 417 381 413 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 441

Mixed 335

SusWrite 409

92% 411 MB/s

4K Read 24.2

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 44.2

152% 60.1 MB/s

DQ Read 356

DQ Write 337

DQ Mixed 249

214% 314 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

198GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 412 395 416 416 415 MB/s

96.4% Outstanding

Write 419

Mixed 291

SusWrite 410

86% 382 MB/s

4K Read 24.4

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 28.4

133% 55.4 MB/s

DQ Read 345

DQ Write 337

DQ Mixed 250

213% 311 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 years ago.

154GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 240 245 223 226 222 MB/s

73.8% Very good

Write 360

Mixed 233

SusWrite 234

66% 296 MB/s

4K Read 21.1

4K Write 85.9

4K Mixed 33.2

120% 46.7 MB/s

DQ Read 112

DQ Write 253

DQ Mixed 122

110% 162 MB/s

BEL-User, 21 months ago.

116GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 205 155 144 154 132 MB/s

72.7% Very good

Write 246

Mixed 295

SusWrite 159

61% 273 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 68.1

4K Mixed 29.6

116% 41.8 MB/s

DQ Read 283

DQ Write 258

DQ Mixed 106

125% 216 MB/s

AUT-User, 3 years ago.

142GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 237 132 177 128 179 MB/s

68.8% Good

Write 205

Mixed 210

SusWrite 164

54% 244 MB/s

4K Read 27.1

4K Write 64.6

4K Mixed 34.6

120% 42.1 MB/s

DQ Read 135

DQ Write 129

DQ Mixed 105

86% 123 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

103GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU03

SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 124 135 117 123 MB/s

57.2% Above average

Write 136

Mixed 221

SusWrite 119

48% 217 MB/s

4K Read 17.2

4K Write 52.6

4K Mixed 28.8

91% 32.9 MB/s

DQ Read 152

DQ Write 104

DQ Mixed 127

95% 128 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Asus H87M-PLUS - $128

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	132x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	96x
Core i5-4440Intel $128Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	58x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	57x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	46x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	35x

SSD
Crucial_CT500MX2 500GBCrucial_Bench 86%, 38 samples	1x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	21x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	14x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $218

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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

HDD	RAM	USB
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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Average Bench: 85.6% (396^th of 1072)

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