Crucial CT120BX500SSD1

BX500 120GB

BX500 120GB
BENCHMARKS (26,088)
MKT (0.2%)
BUILDS
(5)
BUY • $33

Effective Speed -79%Effective Speed -79%Average Score -89%Read -1%, Write -11%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -134%, Mixed -75%, 4K Mixed -230%, SusWrite -138%Peak Score -20%Read 1%, Write -10%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed -93%, SusWrite -15%Value & Sentiment +23% User Rating -9%, Market Share -62%, Price 235%, Value -74%Nice To Haves -245%DQ Read -89%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed -615%, ADQ Read -111%, ADQ Write -40%, ADQ Mixed -1,152%, Age 86%, AS-SSD Total -32%

Average Bench: 55.6% (831^st of 1058)

Based on 26,088 user benchmarks. Model: CT120BX500SSD1

Poor: 35%Average: 55.6% Great: 92%

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Average average bench

The Crucial BX500 120GB averaged 44.3% 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 25.9MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 458MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 120GB is 57.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial BX500 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 128MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 21MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 26,088 samples)

Rank 83155.6%

Min	Avg	Max
357	Read 458	513
217	Write 369	443
10.8	Mixed 207	421
76.2	SusWrite 128	338
64.5% 290 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12	4K Read 25.9	36.7
5.6	4K Write 37.3	112
0.51	4K Mixed 13.8	30.3
76.7% 25.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31	DQ Read 153	194
14.5	DQ Write 207	342
0.4	DQ Mixed 21	46.3
60.3% 127 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

109GB free

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 51 60 81 42 60 MB/s

86.2% Excellent

Write 443

Mixed 422

SusWrite 122

84% 374 MB/s

4K Read 36.7

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 33

158% 61 MB/s

DQ Read 176

DQ Write 331

DQ Mixed 1

72% 169 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 137 79 64 60 63 MB/s

63.4% Good

Write 424

Mixed 25.1

SusWrite 110

59% 266 MB/s

4K Read 31.3

4K Write 15.9

4K Mixed 21.5

83% 22.9 MB/s

DQ Read 167

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 1.1

71% 167 MB/s

USA-User, 27 mins ago.

57GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 106 78 60 60 81 MB/s

39.3% Below average

Write 242

Mixed 301

SusWrite 112

64% 292 MB/s

4K Read 14.9

4K Write 9.5

4K Mixed 1.1

29% 8.5 MB/s

DQ Read 171

DQ Write 18.2

DQ Mixed 36.8

42% 75.2 MB/s

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Typical BX500 120GB Builds (Compare 57,522 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 48%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $185Bench 76%, 620,722 samples	14,291x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $234Bench 84%, 753,232 samples	10,300x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $193Bench 79%, 282,656 samples	4,606x

GPU
RX 580AMD $220Bench 55%, 635,960 samples	6,520x
RX 570AMD $150Bench 47%, 306,061 samples	4,851x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 224,893 samples	4,054x

SSD
BX500 120GBCrucial $33Bench 56%, 26,088 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 429,937 samples	3,685x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples	2,710x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 85%, 217,586 samples	1,924x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $589

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

3 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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3,841

Excellent

21 months ago.

best cheapest, highest value for money

JPN-User

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2,960

Excellent

2 years ago.

This is one best buy for a laptop.

NLD-User

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2,802

Average

3 months ago.

Gives new life to a imedia sa 3600 from packard bell

kuroiikaze

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42

Good

18 months 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 i5-11400F $180	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT120BX500SSD1

BX500 120GB

Average Bench: 55.6% (831^st of 1058)

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BX500 120GB

Average Bench: 55.6% (831st of 1058)

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