Crucial CT240BX500SSD1

BX500 240GB

BX500 240GB
BENCHMARKS (18,504)
MKT (0.8%)
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BUY • $32

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

120GB 240GB 480GB 960GB

Effective Speed -61%Effective Speed -61%Average User Bench -56%Read -0%, Write -4%, 4K Read -28%, 4K Write -82%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -194%, SusWrite -51%Peak Lab Bench -17%Read 0%, Write -7%, 4K Read -21%, 4K Write -11%, Mixed 4%, 4K Mixed -87%, SusWrite 6%Value & Sentiment +69% User Rating -43%, Market Share -20%, Price 321%, Value 19%Nice To Haves -131%DQ Read -42%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -571%, ADQ Read -58%, ADQ Write -15%, ADQ Mixed -630%, Age 288%, AS-SSD Total -20%

Average Bench: 64.6% (670^th of 1011)

Based on 18,504 user benchmarks. Model: CT240BX500SSD1

Poor: 35%Average: 64.6% Great: 103%

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Above average average bench

The Crucial BX500 240GB averaged 35.3% 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 28.4MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 259MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 240GB is 68.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Crucial BX500 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 210MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 37.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 18,504 samples)

Rank 67064.6%

Min	Avg	Max
364	Read 469	513
322	Write 403	455
10.8	Mixed 282	430
90.2	SusWrite 210	442
76.2% 341 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.3	4K Read 28.4	37
5.1	4K Write 51.4	114
0.3	4K Mixed 16.5	32.5
91.3% 32.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.3	DQ Read 211	271
7.51	DQ Write 259	348
0.4	DQ Mixed 37.2	49.9
83.1% 169 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.

193GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 452 453 278 263 123 MB/s

97.2% Outstanding

Write 459

Mixed 428

SusWrite 337

97% 433 MB/s

4K Read 32.2

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 31.9

145% 56.2 MB/s

DQ Read 227

DQ Write 350

DQ Mixed 48

104% 208 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

46GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 39 93 40 40 27 MB/s

66.2% Good

Write 108

Mixed 9.8

SusWrite 51.8

28% 131 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 89.6

4K Mixed 30.4

132% 50.1 MB/s

DQ Read 315

DQ Write 87.9

DQ Mixed 0.4

53% 134 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

96GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 139 20 70 62 91 MB/s

43.6% Average

Write 403

Mixed 404

SusWrite 122

80% 360 MB/s

4K Read 36.4

4K Write 6.5

4K Mixed 0.5

59% 14.5 MB/s

USA-User, 3 hrs ago.

131GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 58 21 54 6.4 78 MB/s

39.7% Below average

Write 322

Mixed 12.5

SusWrite 90.9

51% 235 MB/s

4K Read 31.1

4K Write 7.4

4K Mixed 0.3

51% 12.9 MB/s

PRT-User, 17 mins ago.

165GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 43 79 90 76 57 MB/s

39.4% Below average

Write 405

Mixed 12.2

SusWrite 115

57% 258 MB/s

4K Read 25.8

4K Write 6.4

4K Mixed 2.5

46% 11.6 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

117GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 4.9 75 6.4 86 10 MB/s

38.2% Below average

Write 422

Mixed 12.3

SusWrite 88.8

56% 255 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 6.7

4K Mixed 0.4

49% 12.3 MB/s

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Typical BX500 240GB Builds (Compare 13,105 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 56%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4 - $75

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $110Bench 75%, 226,420 samples	5,430x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $79Bench 63%, 68,268 samples	1,247x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $150Bench 79%, 123,459 samples	1,205x

GPU
RX 580AMD $170Bench 54%, 278,999 samples	2,323x
RX 570AMD $135Bench 47%, 96,009 samples	1,289x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $230Bench 56%, 706,813 samples	827x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $32Bench 65%, 18,504 samples	1x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 86%, 46,231 samples	1,025x
3000 C16 Series 2x4GBUnknownBench 86%, 6,847 samples	519x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 85%, 245,677 samples	473x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $452

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Excellent

2 months ago.

GOOD

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Excellent

19 days ago.

funciona bastante bien

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $73
Intel Core i5-9600K $240	Nvidia RTX 2060 $349	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $107
Intel Core i7-9700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $270	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $200

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $78	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14

Crucial CT240BX500SSD1

BX500 240GB

Average Bench: 64.6% (670^th of 1011)

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4 - $75

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Crucial CT240BX500SSD1

BX500 240GB

Average Bench: 64.6% (670th of 1011)

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Above average average bench

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Poor consistency

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4 - $75

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Average Bench: 64.6% (670^th of 1011)