Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1

MX500 2TB

MX500 2TB
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Controller: Silicon Motion SM2258. Flash Memory: Micron 3D TLC. Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

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Effective Speed +3% Effective Speed 3%Average User Bench +3% Read 3%, Write 1%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 6%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite 31%Peak Lab Bench -3%Read 0%, Write -4%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -8%, SusWrite 12%Value & Sentiment -285%User Rating -22%, Market Share -1,210%, Price -50%, Value 141%Nice To Haves +15% DQ Read 1%, DQ Write -0%, DQ Mixed -12%, ADQ Read -3%, ADQ Write -3%, ADQ Mixed -9%, Age 147%, AS-SSD Total -1%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 107% (179^th of 1011)

Based on 3,536 user benchmarks. Model: CT2000MX500SSD1

Poor: 83%Average: 107% Great: 123%

Popular builds with this SSD

Outstanding average bench

The Crucial MX500 2TB averaged 6.9% 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 251MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 46.7MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial MX500 2TB is 39.9%. 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 386MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 417MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,536 samples)

Rank 179107%

Min	Avg	Max
378	Read 481	513
344	Write 422	468
325	Mixed 386	420
326	SusWrite 417	466
95.9% 426 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.4	4K Read 32.7	38.7
47.8	4K Write 87.5	119
31.3	4K Mixed 46.7	56.2
156% 55.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
182	DQ Read 326	388
144	DQ Write 290	360
132	DQ Mixed 251	300
204% 289 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

2TB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 446 446 447 446 446 MB/s

129% Outstanding

Write 458

Mixed 428

SusWrite 445

104% 462 MB/s

4K Read 38

4K Write 136

4K Mixed 62.7

210% 78.8 MB/s

DQ Read 380

DQ Write 338

DQ Mixed 292

237% 337 MB/s

CAN-User, 25 mins ago.

2TB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 391 443 456 456 456 MB/s

125% Outstanding

Write 472

Mixed 424

SusWrite 419

103% 457 MB/s

4K Read 43.6

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 56.6

203% 74.1 MB/s

DQ Read 384

DQ Write 348

DQ Mixed 295

241% 342 MB/s

SWE-User, 8 hrs ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 453 451 459 460 465 MB/s

119% Outstanding

Write 470

Mixed 418

SusWrite 456

104% 464 MB/s

4K Read 35.8

4K Write 101

4K Mixed 52.6

175% 63.2 MB/s

DQ Read 385

DQ Write 325

DQ Mixed 290

235% 333 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 395 455 453 464 463 MB/s

116% Outstanding

Write 464

Mixed 411

SusWrite 439

102% 452 MB/s

4K Read 35.4

4K Write 97.9

4K Mixed 49

168% 60.8 MB/s

DQ Read 388

DQ Write 361

DQ Mixed 302

246% 350 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

1TB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 407 400 417 418 424 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 449

Mixed 401

SusWrite 414

98% 437 MB/s

4K Read 27.8

4K Write 73.5

4K Mixed 42.1

135% 47.8 MB/s

DQ Read 381

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 293

238% 339 MB/s

DEU-User, 7 hrs ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 405 410 410 413 409 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 414

Mixed 392

SusWrite 409

96% 429 MB/s

4K Read 34.3

4K Write 87.2

4K Mixed 49.5

162% 57 MB/s

DQ Read 160

DQ Write 140

DQ Mixed 136

106% 145 MB/s

ITA-User, 2 hrs ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 361 362 378 375 377 MB/s

94.7% Outstanding

Write 391

Mixed 365

SusWrite 358

88% 390 MB/s

4K Read 31.7

4K Write 72.1

4K Mixed 43

141% 48.9 MB/s

DQ Read 247

DQ Write 237

DQ Mixed 227

175% 237 MB/s

USA-User, 7 mins ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 167 429 423 420 419 MB/s

89.3% Excellent

Write 17.2

Mixed 44.5

SusWrite 370

48% 221 MB/s

4K Read 28.4

4K Write 48

4K Mixed 30

107% 35.5 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 285

233% 332 MB/s

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Gaming 75%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 77%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus PRIME X470-PRO - $144

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 82%, 170,133 samples	10,247x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $148Bench 78%, 108,859 samples	3,211x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $129Bench 75%, 202,837 samples	2,457x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $405Bench 79%, 656,806 samples	1,760x
RX 580AMD $177Bench 55%, 250,836 samples	1,621x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 56%, 646,599 samples	1,570x

SSD
MX500 2TBCrucial $215Bench 107%, 3,536 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples	1,863x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $105Bench 87%, 81,399 samples	1,758x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 88%, 75,687 samples	965x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,033

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $278	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $195	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $215

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $630	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $66	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1

MX500 2TB

Average Bench: 107% (179^th of 1011)

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X470-PRO - $144

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Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1

MX500 2TB

Average Bench: 107% (179th of 1011)

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME X470-PRO - $144

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