Crucial CT120BX500SSD1

BX500 120GB

BX500 120GB
BENCHMARKS (28,321)
MKT (0.1%)
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BUY • $49

Effective Speed -83%Effective Speed -83%Average Score -100%Read 1%, Write -13%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write -182%, Mixed -80%, 4K Mixed -232%, SusWrite -158%Peak Score -26%Read 1%, Write -10%, 4K Read -21%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -0%, 4K Mixed -89%, SusWrite -46%Value & Sentiment -37%User Rating -9%, Market Share -172%, Price 156%, Value -123%Nice To Haves -272%DQ Read -83%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed -613%, ADQ Read -107%, ADQ Write -38%, ADQ Mixed -1,371%, Age 73%, AS-SSD Total -32%

Average Bench: 54.5% (844^th of 1058)

Based on 28,321 user benchmarks. Model: CT120BX500SSD1

Poor: 33%Average: 54.5% Great: 85%

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Average average bench

The Crucial BX500 120GB averaged 45.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.3MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 467MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 120GB is 51.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial BX500 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 17.9MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 115MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 28,321 samples)

Rank 84454.5%

Min	Avg	Max
358	Read 467	513
191	Write 362	441
10.6	Mixed 201	422
73.2	SusWrite 115	264
63.5% 286 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.7	4K Read 26.3	35.6
4.49	4K Write 31.5	104
0.4	4K Mixed 13.8	30.8
74.3% 23.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
56	DQ Read 158	201
8.98	DQ Write 211	341
0.4	DQ Mixed 17.9	46.4
60% 129 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

DEU-User, 3 hrs ago.

53GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 73 41 31 25 53 MB/s

72.5% Very good

Write 412

Mixed 398

SusWrite 72.4

77% 346 MB/s

4K Read 31.5

4K Write 88.7

4K Mixed 27.2

130% 49.1 MB/s

DQ Read 128

DQ Write 293

DQ Mixed 43.6

81% 155 MB/s

DEU-User, 5 hrs ago.

26GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 27 59 26 33 54 MB/s

49.9% Average

Write 306

Mixed 8.7

SusWrite 82.5

48% 219 MB/s

4K Read 14.8

4K Write 8.1

4K Mixed 28.7

64% 17.2 MB/s

DQ Read 184

DQ Write 17

DQ Mixed 1

26% 67.4 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 60 46 29 21 36 MB/s

47.9% Average

Write 373

Mixed 24.7

SusWrite 80.3

50% 230 MB/s

4K Read 18.4

4K Write 11.6

4K Mixed 13

51% 14.3 MB/s

DQ Read 133

DQ Write 317

DQ Mixed 0.5

65% 150 MB/s

POL-User, 4 hrs ago.

31GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 229 38 33 64 29 MB/s

44.9% Average

Write 427

Mixed 10.2

SusWrite 86.7

56% 255 MB/s

4K Read 27.5

4K Write 5.9

4K Mixed 16.1

65% 16.5 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 49,497,146 SSDs tested.

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Typical BX500 120GB Builds (Compare 71,299 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $70

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $235Bench 76%, 701,280 samples	17,496x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $251Bench 82%, 1,019,302 samples	12,870x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $298Bench 79%, 297,005 samples	5,607x

GPU
RX 580AMD $260Bench 54%, 776,865 samples	7,737x
RX 570AMD $150Bench 46%, 434,363 samples	5,869x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 321,694 samples	4,872x

SSD
BX500 120GBCrucial $49Bench 54%, 28,321 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $67Bench 85%, 566,994 samples	4,521x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 83%, 538,368 samples	3,251x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 85%, 273,381 samples	2,257x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $681

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

11 months ago.

This is fastest/cheapest way to take an old sluggish comp that has not had any upgrades in years, & spending like 35$ to make it run like 10 times as fast just by adding this (depending on old comp stuff, but really just adding to put OS on it and a couple programs always used on it) Idt there is a cheaper faster way to get more performance increase overall than by getting one of these lil cheap things.

FRA-User

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4,023

Excellent

2 years ago.

best cheapest, highest value for money

JPN-User

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3,094

Excellent

3 years ago.

This is one best buy for a laptop.

NLD-User

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2,986

Average

11 months ago.

Gives new life to a imedia sa 3600 from packard bell

kuroiikaze

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42

Good

2 years ago.

Just for boost it feel best and cheap. slap on a old hardware it better than price one

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Intel Core i5-12600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $67	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT120BX500SSD1

BX500 120GB

Average Bench: 54.5% (844^th of 1058)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $70

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BX500 120GB

Average Bench: 54.5% (844th of 1058)

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