Crucial CT240BX500SSD1

BX500 240GB

BX500 240GB
BENCHMARKS (22,814)
MKT (0.7%)
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Effective Speed -54%Effective Speed -54%Average User Bench -49%Read 3%, Write -2%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -77%, Mixed -34%, 4K Mixed -169%, SusWrite -43%Peak Lab Bench -11%Read 2%, Write -6%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed 4%, 4K Mixed -74%, SusWrite 14%Value & Sentiment +85% User Rating -26%, Market Share 5%, Price 330%, Value 29%Nice To Haves -124%DQ Read -46%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -536%, ADQ Read -49%, ADQ Write -12%, ADQ Mixed -583%, Age 255%, AS-SSD Total -19%

Average Bench: 64.4% (673^rd of 1011)

Based on 22,814 user benchmarks. Model: CT240BX500SSD1

Poor: 32%Average: 64.4% Great: 104%

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Above average average bench

The Crucial BX500 240GB averaged 35.5% 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 27.8MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 261MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 240GB is 71.9%. 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 208MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 37.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 22,814 samples)

Rank 67364.4%

Min	Avg	Max
372	Read 472	513
323	Write 407	456
10.7	Mixed 269	430
89.5	SusWrite 208	445
75.7% 339 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.1	4K Read 27.8	37.2
4.8	4K Write 51.7	119
0.3	4K Mixed 16.9	32.8
91.1% 32.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
68.4	DQ Read 211	250
7.5	DQ Write 261	348
0.5	DQ Mixed 37.3	49.9
83.4% 170 MB/s

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

AUS-User, 43 mins ago.

137GB free

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 413 419 428 427 426 MB/s

97.3% Outstanding

Write 429

Mixed 411

SusWrite 410

99% 440 MB/s

4K Read 34.5

4K Write 94.6

4K Mixed 32.6

144% 53.9 MB/s

DQ Read 201

DQ Write 180

DQ Mixed 48.8

75% 143 MB/s

DEU-User, 49 mins ago.

82GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 256 109 85 4.8 70 MB/s

41.5% Average

Write 419

Mixed 424

SusWrite 116

82% 367 MB/s

4K Read 32.5

4K Write 6.5

4K Mixed 0.2

53% 13.1 MB/s

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Gaming 55%

Gunboat

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 56%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4 - $75

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $115Bench 75%, 276,040 samples	6,155x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $78Bench 68%, 79,926 samples	1,386x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 80%, 132,723 samples	1,367x

GPU
RX 580AMD $159Bench 57%, 303,807 samples	2,625x
RX 570AMD $120Bench 49%, 109,555 samples	1,491x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 768,624 samples	896x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $32Bench 64%, 22,814 samples	1x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $53Bench 85%, 53,362 samples	1,219x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 285,104 samples	603x
3000 C16 Series 2x4GBUnknownBench 89%, 6,605 samples	571x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $434

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Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $54

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Crucial CT240BX500SSD1

BX500 240GB

Average Bench: 64.4% (673^rd of 1011)

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Crucial CT240BX500SSD1

BX500 240GB

Average Bench: 64.4% (673rd of 1011)

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