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Crucial CT480M500SSD3

M500 mSATA 480GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 76.8% (546th of 1080)

Based on 390 user benchmarks.  Model: Crucial_CT480M500SSD3
Poor: 56%Average: 76.8% Great: 95%

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Good average bench

The Crucial M500 mSATA 480GB averaged 23.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial M500 mSATA 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 109MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 245MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial M500 mSATA 480GB is 38.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial M500 mSATA 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 281MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 350MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 390 samples)
Rank 54676.8%
Min Avg Max
329 Read 423 489
274 Write 372 417
255 Mixed 350 442
98.4 SusWrite 281 401
80.1% 356 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.6 4K Read 20.3 25.9
22.1 4K Write 64.6 108
10.5 4K Mixed 24.1 36.1
95.8% 36.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.3 DQ Read 236 327
76.4 DQ Write 245 324
12.7 DQ Mixed 109 185
118% 197 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
324GB free
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 410 412 417 417 417 MB/s
96% Outstanding
Read 429
Write 416
Mixed 327
SusWrite 414
89% 396 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 86.5
4K Mixed 34.9
128% 48.7 MB/s
DQ Read 306
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 184
176% 274 MB/s
241GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 302 306 306 305 299 MB/s
85.3% Excellent
Read 407
Write 405
Mixed 318
SusWrite 289
80% 355 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 83.4
4K Mixed 33.2
122% 46.6 MB/s
DQ Read 308
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 184
174% 269 MB/s
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 229 156 155 156 155 MB/s
79.5% Very good
Read 428
Write 411
Mixed 325
SusWrite 198
76% 341 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 77.2
4K Mixed 33.1
119% 44.6 MB/s
DQ Read 311
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 178
168% 262 MB/s
216GB free
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 376 377 374 378 379 MB/s
77.5% Very good
Read 405
Write 381
Mixed 313
SusWrite 374
83% 368 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 46.7
4K Mixed 25.7
87% 30.6 MB/s
DQ Read 264
DQ Write 252
DQ Mixed 160
147% 226 MB/s
318GB free
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 380 381 381 381 381 MB/s
75.3% Very good
Read 413
Write 384
Mixed 310
SusWrite 380
84% 372 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 42.5
4K Mixed 24.8
83% 28.8 MB/s
DQ Read 241
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 144
128% 193 MB/s
374GB free
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 305 351 341 342 347 MB/s
75.1% Very good
Read 355
Write 320
Mixed 297
SusWrite 330
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 18.6
4K Write 51.8
4K Mixed 25.2
88% 31.9 MB/s
DQ Read 310
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 186
172% 265 MB/s
249GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 243 217 188 183 187 MB/s
54.7% Above average
Read 315
Write 294
Mixed 266
SusWrite 216
61% 273 MB/s
4K Read 9
4K Write 46.6
4K Mixed 11.4
53% 22.3 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 173
164% 255 MB/s
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 223 122 124 138 121 MB/s
46.3% Average
Read 334
Write 310
Mixed 270
SusWrite 175
61% 272 MB/s
4K Read 12.2
4K Write 18.4
4K Mixed 13.1
45% 14.6 MB/s
DQ Read 193
DQ Write 181
DQ Mixed 166
130% 180 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 51%
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Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MMLP7AP-00

CPU
Core i7-4500UIntel  $393Bench 50%, 39,249 samples7x
GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples7x
SSD
M500 mSATA 480GBCrucial  $488Bench 77%, 390 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1866 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 250 samples2x
CT102464BF160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 51%, 9,208 samples2x
SODIM DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 973 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 23% - Poor Total price: $881

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