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Crucial CT500MX500SSD1

MX500 500GB

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Controller: Silicon Motion SM2258. Flash Memory: Micron 3D TLC. Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 106% (229th of 1071)

Based on 237,241 user benchmarks.  Model: CT500MX500SSD1
Poor: 78%Average: 106% Great: 125%

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Outstanding average bench

The Crucial MX500 500GB averaged 6.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial MX500 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 240MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 47.2MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial MX500 500GB is 46.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial MX500 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 400MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 401MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 237,241 samples)
Rank 229106%
Min Avg Max
339 Read 451 514
335 Write 425 474
328 Mixed 401 449
310 SusWrite 400 467
94.4% 419 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.1 4K Read 34.4 43.6
45.7 4K Write 85.2 116
28.5 4K Mixed 47.2 59.3
158% 55.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
219 DQ Read 350 390
120 DQ Write 308 364
129 DQ Mixed 240 298
204% 299 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
148GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 428 431 390 432 432 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 473
Mixed 451
SusWrite 423
105% 465 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 58.8
194% 70.1 MB/s
DQ Read 389
DQ Write 363
DQ Mixed 297
245% 350 MB/s
247GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 462 462 441 398 404 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 511
Write 468
Mixed 444
SusWrite 438
105% 465 MB/s
4K Read 36.1
4K Write 91.8
4K Mixed 51.7
170% 59.9 MB/s
DQ Read 389
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 294
243% 349 MB/s
386GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 468 469 429 398 397 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 468
Mixed 449
SusWrite 438
105% 465 MB/s
4K Read 34.4
4K Write 83.6
4K Mixed 48.6
159% 55.5 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 363
DQ Mixed 295
244% 349 MB/s
187GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 435 441 447 398 395 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 456
Mixed 439
SusWrite 424
102% 455 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 75.9
4K Mixed 46.1
150% 51.8 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 290
237% 337 MB/s
398GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR046
SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 449 442 422 377 377 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 375
Write 438
Mixed 390
SusWrite 420
92% 406 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 81.4
4K Mixed 50.5
160% 55.5 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 153
167% 282 MB/s
215GB free
Firmware: M3CR046
SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 423 437 447 369 374 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 350
Write 406
Mixed 363
SusWrite 406
86% 381 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 83.1
4K Mixed 50.8
167% 57.5 MB/s
DQ Read 297
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 128
150% 256 MB/s
144GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 457 457 443 390 396 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 408
Write 475
Mixed 446
SusWrite 433
100% 440 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 46.3
162% 60.2 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 365
DQ Mixed 151
145% 219 MB/s
239GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR046
SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 413 400 399 316 356 MB/s
82.6% Excellent
Read 352
Write 396
Mixed 347
SusWrite 383
84% 370 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 52.9
4K Mixed 33.2
108% 36.9 MB/s
DQ Read 260
DQ Write 251
DQ Mixed 157
145% 222 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 113%
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Desktop
Desktop 96%
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Workstation
Workstation 104%
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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $259Bench 97%, 550,833 samples8,175x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $137Bench 93%, 321,194 samples7,908x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples3,833x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples2,435x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples2,354x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples2,164x
SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial  $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,993x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples1,462x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples972x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $807

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 Comments

Controller: Silicon Motion SM2258. Flash Memory: Micron 3D TLC

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USA-User
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9,848

Good (edit your comment) Add link

3 months ago.

A reliable and quality SSD for an affordable price. I have much confidence about my data being secure in this drive.

GBR-User
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5,788

Terrible

7 months ago.

Good reliable drive for a reasonable cost.

IND-User
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4,786

Good

4 months ago.

Great SSD , got significant performance boost over my old HDD , really good replacement if your laptop have HDD and it runs slow.

BGR-User
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2,890

Excellent

3 years ago.

The fastest and most reliable SSD for it's price range. Flawless!!!

CHL-User
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2,594

Excellent

3 years ago.

Lo compré para un MacBook Pro 2012 y anda perfecto ! velocidades de 467/501. Recomendado si lo compran en oferta

EST-User
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1,622

Excellent

3 years ago.

Excellent - really good balance between price and speed! :)

ColdSpy
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330

Excellent

4 years ago.

Probably the best SATA III SSD you can buy for 60 US Dollar. Offered excellent performance (albeit it won't match any NVMe ones!) and suitable amount of capacity for that price. Overall a reliable all around SSD for nearly every computers unless if the computer has no support for SATA which means your computer is too old!

KLS-uk
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20

Good

5 years ago.

Fast.

Camieabz
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18

Excellent

4 years ago.

It pretty much ticks all the boxes. It's almost as fast as as the competition, and for less money. Bang for buck, it's the winner.

aadumaadu
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12

Excellent

2 years ago.

The perfect SSD to replace mechanical hard drive in a laptop

Aghyad_Sher
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10

Good

18 months ago.

Great quality for its value. Many years of use without any problem.

iceman2894
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6

Excellent

4 years ago.

love it

Giggles
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4

Excellent

5 years ago.

Fantastic and needed upgrade (for me at least) from using the A400 120GB version, the faster speeds and higher capacity make it very useful.

mediocre
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2

Excellent

5 years ago.

Excellent SSD

fxjerzy
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2

Excellent

4 years ago.

5/5

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $280Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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