Crucial CT240BX500SSD1

BX500 240GB

BX500 240GB
BENCHMARKS (13,224)
MKT (0.7%)
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BUY • $31

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

120GB 240GB 480GB 960GB

Effective Speed -62%Effective Speed -62%Average User Bench -56%Read 0%, Write -4%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write -79%, Mixed -29%, 4K Mixed -192%, SusWrite -56%Peak Lab Bench -16%Read 0%, Write -7%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -86%, SusWrite 5%Value & Sentiment +79% User Rating -42%, Market Share -31%, Price 363%, Value 26%Nice To Haves -129%DQ Read -55%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -574%, ADQ Read -58%, ADQ Write -20%, ADQ Mixed -640%, Age 339%, AS-SSD Total -24%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 64.5% (669^th of 1011)

Based on 13,224 user benchmarks. Model: CT240BX500SSD1

Poor: 33%Average: 64.5% Great: 103%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Crucial BX500 240GB averaged 35.4% 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 27.7MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 250MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 240GB is 70%. 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 207MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 36.8MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13,224 samples)

Rank 66964.5%

Min	Avg	Max
370	Read 471	513
313	Write 407	455
10.4	Mixed 283	430
88.6	SusWrite 207	441
76.4% 342 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.5	4K Read 27.7	36.5
5	4K Write 52.7	117
0.3	4K Mixed 16.6	32.7
91.1% 32.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
31.4	DQ Read 212	248
7.3	DQ Write 250	348
0.49	DQ Mixed 36.8	49.8
81.6% 166 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.

202GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 396 168 121 148 134 MB/s

76.8% Very good

Write 392

Mixed 378

SusWrite 227

81% 362 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 70.5

4K Mixed 25.5

111% 41.1 MB/s

DQ Read 228

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 49.3

96% 189 MB/s

AUS-User, 3 hrs ago.

93GB free

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 352 350 344 91 76 MB/s

62.8% Good

Write 342

Mixed 320

SusWrite 260

73% 326 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 58

4K Mixed 21

96% 34.7 MB/s

DQ Read 31.9

DQ Write 104

DQ Mixed 24.7

32% 53.7 MB/s

MEX-User, 14 secs ago.

169GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 168 135 150 125 149 MB/s

55.5% Above average

Write 355

Mixed 314

SusWrite 178

69% 309 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 50.4

4K Mixed 19.1

89% 31.4 MB/s

DQ Read 27.1

DQ Write 88.3

DQ Mixed 22.5

27% 46 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 103 122 128 134 134 MB/s

52.6% Above average

Write 400

Mixed 388

SusWrite 168

79% 352 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 67.5

4K Mixed 0.5

71% 30.3 MB/s

DQ Read 228

DQ Write 7

DQ Mixed 16.8

37% 83.8 MB/s

ESP-User, 2 hrs ago.

173GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 244 147 145 172 206 MB/s

40.7% Average

Write 392

Mixed 373

SusWrite 184

78% 348 MB/s

4K Read 26.7

4K Write 6.5

4K Mixed 0.5

44% 11.2 MB/s

AUS-User, 2 hrs ago.

65GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 72 79 60 43 96 MB/s

40% Average

Write 376

Mixed 12.2

SusWrite 114

52% 235 MB/s

4K Read 19.6

4K Write 6.5

4K Mixed 13.6

51% 13.2 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 hr ago.

100GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 100 58 76 60 72 MB/s

32.5% Below average

Write 335

Mixed 320

SusWrite 111

66% 294 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 6.2

4K Mixed 0.4

35% 9.13 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

60GB free

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 179 59 75 54 80 MB/s

30.6% Below average

Write 198

Mixed 245

SusWrite 106

50% 224 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 6.5

4K Mixed 0.5

39% 9.97 MB/s

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Typical BX500 240GB Builds (Compare 10,135 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 65%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4 - $75

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $133Bench 74%, 184,895 samples	4,446x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $79Bench 63%, 58,128 samples	1,000x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $148Bench 79%, 103,325 samples	973x

GPU
RX 580AMD $176Bench 70%, 240,041 samples	1,924x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 61%, 78,474 samples	957x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $270Bench 70%, 667,469 samples	681x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $31Bench 65%, 13,224 samples	1x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $75Bench 86%, 34,214 samples	830x
3000 C16 Series 2x4GBUnknownBench 88%, 5,537 samples	446x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $489

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CPU	GPU	SSD
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $198	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
Intel Core i5-9600K $230	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $233	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $750	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $195

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $695	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $82	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Crucial CT240BX500SSD1

BX500 240GB

Average Bench: 64.5% (669^th of 1011)

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Very poor consistency

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4 - $75

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Crucial CT240BX500SSD1

BX500 240GB

Average Bench: 64.5% (669th of 1011)

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

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Very poor consistency

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4 - $75

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Average Bench: 64.5% (669^th of 1011)