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MX500 500GB

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

Average Bench: 106% (228th 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 228106%
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 Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
426GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 466 469 470 394 395 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 511
Write 473
Mixed 445
SusWrite 443
105% 468 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 55.3
190% 68.5 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 219
200% 307 MB/s
40GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 454 463 469 471 285 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 471
Mixed 446
SusWrite 430
104% 463 MB/s
4K Read 36.9
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 54.3
181% 65.2 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 297
244% 349 MB/s
386GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR045
SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 424 424 455 201 370 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 381
Write 451
Mixed 398
SusWrite 376
91% 402 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 82.5
4K Mixed 51.5
169% 57.7 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 158
175% 295 MB/s
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 432 445 453 446 451 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 487
Write 454
Mixed 433
SusWrite 436
102% 453 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 71.7
4K Mixed 42.5
141% 48.8 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 298
244% 346 MB/s
397GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 399 405 448 443 398 MB/s
105% Outstanding
Read 444
Write 425
Mixed 414
SusWrite 414
96% 424 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 75.1
4K Mixed 44.1
147% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 292
239% 341 MB/s
399GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR046
SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 329 340 337 408 367 MB/s
66.7% Good
Read 319
Write 368
Mixed 246
SusWrite 339
72% 318 MB/s
4K Read 13.2
4K Write 36.2
4K Mixed 21.7
67% 23.7 MB/s
DQ Read 347
DQ Write 199
DQ Mixed 139
140% 229 MB/s
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Typical MX500 500GB Builds (Compare 22,999 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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) - $140

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $427Bench 97%, 550,833 samples5,778x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $242Bench 93%, 321,194 samples5,623x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $350Bench 98%, 354,223 samples2,767x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,742x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $225Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,668x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $450Bench 104%, 478,117 samples1,523x
SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial  $40Bench 106%, 237,241 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,487x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples1,083x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples705x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $1,159

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 Comments

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

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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

5 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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5,470

Excellent

2 days ago.

Good reliable drive for a reasonable cost.

IND-User
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4,376

Excellent

5 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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2,742

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

CHL-User
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2,472

Excellent

2 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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1,516

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

ColdSpy
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330

Excellent

3 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

4 years ago.

Fast.

Camieabz
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18

Excellent

3 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

18 months ago.

The perfect SSD to replace mechanical hard drive in a laptop

Aghyad_Sher
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10

Good

4 months ago.

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

iceman2894
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6

Excellent

3 years ago.

love it

Giggles
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4

Excellent

4 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

4 years ago.

Excellent SSD

fxjerzy
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2

Excellent

3 years ago.

5/5

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Intel Core i5-13600K $315Nvidia RTX 3060 $365Crucial MX500 250GB $31
Intel Core i5-12600K $194Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
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