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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% (236th of 1080)

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

Average Bench

(Based on 237,241 samples)
Rank 236106%
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%
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 427 442 462 431 405 MB/s
118% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 458
Mixed 446
SusWrite 436
104% 461 MB/s
4K Read 37.4
4K Write 93.6
4K Mixed 53.3
174% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 293
239% 340 MB/s
171GB free
Firmware: M3CR032
SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 468 467 461 411 407 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 468
Mixed 446
SusWrite 447
105% 467 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 86.4
4K Mixed 50.3
163% 57.2 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 363
DQ Mixed 293
243% 348 MB/s
420GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 441 447 449 447 445 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 462
Mixed 439
SusWrite 447
104% 463 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 88.5
4K Mixed 50.7
163% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 295
243% 348 MB/s
285GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 420 418 426 428 444 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 450
Mixed 435
SusWrite 425
102% 452 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 80.8
4K Mixed 46.1
154% 53.8 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 291
238% 339 MB/s
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR046
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 450 454 456 456 376 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 392
Write 458
Mixed 395
SusWrite 440
95% 422 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 80.3
4K Mixed 50.5
165% 56.3 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 154
170% 288 MB/s
276GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR033
SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 426 444 454 413 371 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 460
Mixed 408
SusWrite 421
101% 448 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 78.1
4K Mixed 46.4
154% 53.2 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 279
230% 330 MB/s
279GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR020
SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 444 451 428 404 400 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 448
Mixed 424
SusWrite 428
102% 451 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 81.5
4K Mixed 44.3
153% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 283
228% 323 MB/s
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 376 393 329 330 332 MB/s
93.5% Outstanding
Read 443
Write 380
Mixed 368
SusWrite 353
87% 386 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 75.1
4K Mixed 45.1
142% 49.9 MB/s
DQ Read 231
DQ Write 195
DQ Mixed 195
151% 207 MB/s
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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) - $244

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $223Bench 97%, 550,833 samples8,501x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $134Bench 93%, 321,194 samples8,235x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $385Bench 98%, 354,223 samples4,002x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples2,565x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples2,433x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples2,246x
SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial  $47Bench 106%, 237,241 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples2,064x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples1,516x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $57Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,006x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $830

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 Comments

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

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USA-User
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

8 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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5,858

Terrible

11 months ago.

Good reliable drive for a reasonable cost.

IND-User
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4,884

Good

20 days 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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2,928

Excellent

3 years ago.

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

CHL-User
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2,628

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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1,640

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

3 years ago.

The perfect SSD to replace mechanical hard drive in a laptop

Aghyad_Sher
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10

Good

22 months ago.

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

iceman2894
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6

Excellent

5 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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Excellent

5 years ago.

Excellent SSD

fxjerzy
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2

Excellent

5 years ago.

5/5

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