Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1

MX500 2TB

MX500 2TB
BENCHMARKS (7,373)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $200

Effective Speed +8% Effective Speed 8%Average User Bench +7% Read 4%, Write 1%, 4K Read -4%, 4K Write -2%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed 2%, SusWrite 38%Peak Lab Bench +0%Read 2%, Write -3%, 4K Read -9%, 4K Write -6%, Mixed 2%, 4K Mixed -2%, SusWrite 19%Value & Sentiment -234%User Rating -2%, Market Share -1,042%, Price -60%, Value 167%Nice To Haves +15% DQ Read 6%, DQ Write 1%, DQ Mixed -6%, ADQ Read 4%, ADQ Write 1%, ADQ Mixed 1%, Age 112%, AS-SSD Total 2%

Average Bench: 107% (186^th of 1016)

Based on 7,373 user benchmarks. Model: CT2000MX500SSD1

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

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Outstanding average bench

The Crucial MX500 2TB averaged 6.6% 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 253MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 46.1MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial MX500 2TB is 40.5%. 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 385MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 415MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7,373 samples)

Rank 186107%

Min	Avg	Max
374	Read 479	513
330	Write 416	468
321	Mixed 385	421
318	SusWrite 415	465
95.3% 424 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.5	4K Read 32.6	38.3
50.6	4K Write 87.9	117
29.3	4K Mixed 46.1	55.8
155% 55.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
176	DQ Read 326	388
152	DQ Write 292	360
149	DQ Mixed 253	298
205% 290 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 15 hrs ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 472 469 472 468 471 MB/s

123% Outstanding

Write 460

Mixed 418

SusWrite 471

105% 465 MB/s

4K Read 36.2

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 54.6

183% 67.1 MB/s

DQ Read 389

DQ Write 358

DQ Mixed 299

245% 349 MB/s

KOR-User, 12 hrs ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 445 449 449 447 449 MB/s

115% Outstanding

Write 443

Mixed 406

SusWrite 447

101% 449 MB/s

4K Read 34.2

4K Write 96

4K Mixed 48.9

165% 59.7 MB/s

DQ Read 387

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 296

240% 342 MB/s

USA-User, 11 hrs ago.

2TB free (System drive)

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 439 448 447 410 417 MB/s

114% Outstanding

Write 466

Mixed 416

SusWrite 429

102% 453 MB/s

4K Read 33.9

4K Write 93.2

4K Mixed 49.9

165% 59 MB/s

DQ Read 386

DQ Write 360

DQ Mixed 300

245% 349 MB/s

DEU-User, 6 hrs ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 402 421 424 414 424 MB/s

111% Outstanding

Write 413

Mixed 391

SusWrite 412

95% 422 MB/s

4K Read 34.7

4K Write 94.2

4K Mixed 49.5

166% 59.5 MB/s

DQ Read 376

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 282

230% 328 MB/s

USA-User, 13 hrs ago.

2TB free

Firmware: M3CR023

SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 429 409 417 413 417 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 410

Mixed 382

SusWrite 417

96% 426 MB/s

4K Read 31.3

4K Write 77.6

4K Mixed 43.5

144% 50.8 MB/s

DQ Read 364

DQ Write 283

DQ Mixed 273

218% 307 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

1TB free (System drive)

Firmware: M3CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 414 408 410 411 411 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 434

Mixed 383

SusWrite 395

95% 424 MB/s

4K Read 30.3

4K Write 70.5

4K Mixed 40.3

135% 47 MB/s

DQ Read 383

DQ Write 335

DQ Mixed 294

238% 337 MB/s

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Gaming 75%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 77%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus PRIME X470-PRO - $133

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $164Bench 82%, 234,291 samples	13,136x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $137Bench 80%, 148,578 samples	3,903x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $120Bench 75%, 308,675 samples	3,125x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $346Bench 79%, 759,017 samples	2,252x
RX 580AMD $159Bench 57%, 341,223 samples	2,102x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $277Bench 57%, 752,023 samples	1,940x

SSD
MX500 2TBCrucial $200Bench 107%, 7,373 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 83%, 266,645 samples	2,304x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $95Bench 88%, 111,841 samples	2,204x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 86%, 54,725 samples	1,257x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $907

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $155	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9600K $218	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $370	Nvidia RTX 2060 $340	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $204

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $643	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1

MX500 2TB

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Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1

MX500 2TB

Average Bench: 107% (186th of 1016)

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