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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% (237th 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
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Average Bench

(Based on 237,241 samples)
Rank 237106%
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%
138GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 456 415 426 420 380 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 466
Mixed 444
SusWrite 406
103% 456 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 53.6
183% 65.9 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 361
DQ Mixed 295
243% 348 MB/s
375GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 459 457 447 398 401 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 466
Mixed 446
SusWrite 437
105% 465 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 92.7
4K Mixed 51.1
167% 59.5 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 294
238% 338 MB/s
378GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 436 436 434 390 386 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 436
Mixed 427
SusWrite 419
100% 445 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 89.6
4K Mixed 53.3
171% 59.8 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 196
DQ Mixed 197
152% 209 MB/s
36GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR022
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 394 393 395 409 434 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 437
Mixed 423
SusWrite 409
100% 444 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 90.3
4K Mixed 52.6
170% 59.6 MB/s
DQ Read 235
DQ Write 195
DQ Mixed 199
153% 210 MB/s
61GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 424 432 436 441 438 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 494
Write 438
Mixed 420
SusWrite 432
100% 446 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 72.3
4K Mixed 44.5
144% 49.6 MB/s
DQ Read 257
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 230
179% 244 MB/s
74GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 425 427 431 433 433 MB/s
99% Outstanding
Read 495
Write 431
Mixed 422
SusWrite 425
100% 443 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 64.2
4K Mixed 44
138% 46.6 MB/s
DQ Read 239
DQ Write 196
DQ Mixed 199
154% 212 MB/s
252GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 372 374 385 386 384 MB/s
90.9% Outstanding
Read 370
Write 384
Mixed 351
SusWrite 377
84% 371 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 69.5
4K Mixed 42.1
140% 48 MB/s
DQ Read 228
DQ Write 196
DQ Mixed 206
156% 210 MB/s
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR022
SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 349 383 360 359 368 MB/s
77.8% Very good
Read 360
Write 295
Mixed 258
SusWrite 357
71% 317 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 42.6
4K Mixed 27.7
92% 31 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 238
193% 272 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  $230Bench 97%, 550,833 samples8,373x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $135Bench 93%, 321,194 samples8,094x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $387Bench 98%, 354,223 samples3,922x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples2,507x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $234Bench 90%, 645,160 samples2,405x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples2,219x
SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial  $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples2,037x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples1,491x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples992x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $838

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 Comments

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

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USA-User
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9,918

Good (edit your comment) Add link

6 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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5,828

Terrible

10 months ago.

Good reliable drive for a reasonable cost.

IND-User
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4,830

Good

6 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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2,916

Excellent

3 years ago.

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

CHL-User
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2,612

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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1,632

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

21 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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Excellent

5 years ago.

5/5

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