Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1

MX500 2TB

MX500 2TB
BENCHMARKS (8,687)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $230

Effective Speed +9% Effective Speed 9%Average Score +8% Read 5%, Write 2%, 4K Read -1%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed 8%, 4K Mixed 4%, SusWrite 42%Peak Score +1% Read 2%, Write -3%, 4K Read -7%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite 20%Value & Sentiment -158%User Rating 0%, Market Share -703%, Price -77%, Value 149%Nice To Haves +13% DQ Read 6%, DQ Write 1%, DQ Mixed -6%, ADQ Read 5%, ADQ Write 1%, ADQ Mixed 1%, Age 96%, AS-SSD Total 2%

Average Bench: 106% (186^th of 1021)

Based on 8,687 user benchmarks. Model: CT2000MX500SSD1

Poor: 85%Average: 106% Great: 123%

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Outstanding average bench

The Crucial MX500 2TB averaged 6.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial MX500 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 256MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 45.9MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial MX500 2TB is 38.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial MX500 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 383MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 417MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,687 samples)

Rank 186106%

Min	Avg	Max
378	Read 479	513
325	Write 417	469
321	Mixed 383	417
332	SusWrite 419	466
95.5% 424 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24	4K Read 32.9	38.5
41.7	4K Write 84.8	114
30.9	4K Mixed 45.9	55.3
153% 54.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
214	DQ Read 336	387
112	DQ Write 290	360
150	DQ Mixed 256	298
207% 294 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 8 hrs ago.

630GB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 468 465 443 466 469 MB/s

120% Outstanding

Write 469

Mixed 424

SusWrite 463

105% 466 MB/s

4K Read 35.6

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 53.4

178% 64.7 MB/s

DQ Read 379

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 295

238% 337 MB/s

CHL-User, 6 hrs ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 404 420 429 441 441 MB/s

112% Outstanding

Write 424

Mixed 397

SusWrite 422

98% 434 MB/s

4K Read 35.4

4K Write 84.9

4K Mixed 50.1

163% 56.8 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 285

232% 330 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 hrs ago.

273GB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 449 454 453 451 453 MB/s

110% Outstanding

Write 442

Mixed 411

SusWrite 451

101% 449 MB/s

4K Read 31.9

4K Write 82.7

4K Mixed 45.1

150% 53.2 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 356

DQ Mixed 290

240% 344 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 408 411 415 418 421 MB/s

109% Outstanding

Write 461

Mixed 393

SusWrite 405

98% 435 MB/s

4K Read 33.5

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 46.1

165% 61.2 MB/s

DQ Read 284

DQ Write 336

DQ Mixed 218

190% 279 MB/s

ROU-User, 5 hrs ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: M3CR032

SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 414 420 418 416 417 MB/s

99.1% Outstanding

Write 381

Mixed 369

SusWrite 412

91% 405 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 68.3

4K Mixed 39.9

132% 46 MB/s

DQ Read 359

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 267

215% 305 MB/s

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

768GB free

Firmware: M3CR020

SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 371 410 278 421 371 MB/s

92.6% Outstanding

Write 299

Mixed 336

SusWrite 357

75% 332 MB/s

4K Read 18.2

4K Write 111

4K Mixed 38.2

135% 55.9 MB/s

DQ Read 338

DQ Write 350

DQ Mixed 275

226% 321 MB/s

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Gaming 75%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 77%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus PRIME X470-PRO - $132

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $285Bench 83%, 316,138 samples	15,860x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $193Bench 82%, 171,252 samples	4,641x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $146Bench 79%, 406,479 samples	3,695x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 846,070 samples	2,670x
RX 580AMD $159Bench 57%, 438,547 samples	2,508x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $252Bench 57%, 877,208 samples	2,268x

SSD
MX500 2TBCrucial $230Bench 106%, 8,687 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 82%, 345,080 samples	2,723x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $90Bench 86%, 133,367 samples	2,563x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $98Bench 84%, 83,956 samples	1,677x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,137

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $165	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-9600K $199	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $365	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $55

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $681	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1

MX500 2TB

Average Bench: 106% (186^th of 1021)

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Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1

MX500 2TB

Average Bench: 106% (186th of 1021)

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