Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

BX500 480GB
BENCHMARKS (38,633)
MKT (0.4%)
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BUY • $47

Effective Speed -42%Effective Speed -42%Average Score -37%Read 3%, Write -7%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -24%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -143%, SusWrite -56%Peak Score -14%Read 3%, Write -4%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed 1%, 4K Mixed -93%, SusWrite 13%Value & Sentiment +54% User Rating -11%, Market Share 4%, Price 158%, Value 65%Nice To Haves -180%DQ Read -37%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -613%, ADQ Read -83%, ADQ Write -10%, ADQ Mixed -801%, Age 124%, AS-SSD Total -17%

Average Bench: 68.8% (653^rd of 1040)

Based on 38,633 user benchmarks. Model: CT480BX500SSD1

Poor: 35%Average: 68.8% Great: 101%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Crucial BX500 480GB averaged 31.2% 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 27MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 260MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 480GB is 66.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Crucial BX500 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 28MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 191MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 38,633 samples)

Rank 65368.8%

Min	Avg	Max
367	Read 475	516
230	Write 382	463
10.7	Mixed 321	417
50.9	SusWrite 191	444
76.5% 342 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.7	4K Read 27	35.4
5.5	4K Write 71.1	116
0.3	4K Mixed 18.3	29.1
102% 38.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
109	DQ Read 173	268
7	DQ Write 260	347
0.4	DQ Mixed 28	44.6
74.1% 154 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

FRA-User, 35 mins ago.

232GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR041

SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 154 219 241 74 140 MB/s

79.1% Very good

Write 434

Mixed 402

SusWrite 209

86% 385 MB/s

4K Read 29.8

4K Write 86.1

4K Mixed 23.8

121% 46.6 MB/s

DQ Read 162

DQ Write 318

DQ Mixed 32

83% 170 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 hr ago.

57GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 6.4 201 7.3 7.4 76 MB/s

69.4% Good

Write 259

Mixed 323

SusWrite 50.7

63% 286 MB/s

4K Read 29.7

4K Write 87.5

4K Mixed 26.8

126% 48 MB/s

DQ Read 145

DQ Write 227

DQ Mixed 0.5

53% 124 MB/s

GBR-User, 39 secs ago.

369GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 175 6.9 7.5 7 7.4 MB/s

62.1% Good

Write 235

Mixed 282

SusWrite 70.2

53% 237 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 83.6

4K Mixed 26

118% 45.5 MB/s

DQ Read 180

DQ Write 174

DQ Mixed 35.1

65% 130 MB/s

MEX-User, 1 hr ago.

204GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 215 6.7 7.5 7.2 7.4 MB/s

55.4% Above average

Write 250

Mixed 313

SusWrite 85.1

62% 279 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 44.3

4K Mixed 18.1

75% 27.1 MB/s

DQ Read 173

DQ Write 216

DQ Mixed 33.7

70% 141 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 hr ago.

357GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR041

SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 380 130 122 109 83 MB/s

49.7% Average

Write 378

Mixed 50.1

SusWrite 201

60% 271 MB/s

4K Read 19.9

4K Write 22.9

4K Mixed 0.6

43% 14.5 MB/s

DQ Read 153

DQ Write 197

DQ Mixed 28.8

62% 126 MB/s

DEU-User, 49 mins ago.

186GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.9 113 252 3 3 2.8 MB/s

30.5% Below average

Write 410

Mixed 6.7

SusWrite 62.6

53% 241 MB/s

4K Read 17.4

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.2

28% 6.5 MB/s

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Typical BX500 480GB Builds (Compare 13,519 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asrock B450 Pro4

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $200Bench 84%, 701,542 samples	3,321x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $182Bench 77%, 541,476 samples	3,177x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $170Bench 80%, 251,971 samples	1,157x

GPU
RX 580AMD $218Bench 55%, 623,105 samples	1,302x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 108%, 292,752 samples	1,002x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 399,694 samples	862x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $47Bench 69%, 38,633 samples	612x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 84%, 119,991 samples	1,520x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 85%, 193,844 samples	858x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	835x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $534

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USA-User

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BRA-User

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3,655

Excellent

5 months ago.

faster than kingston A400, i love it

ITA-User

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3,309

Good

5 months ago.

I used this 250GB SSD to speed up my old laptop (installing Windows 10 on it) and it works great. I have 180GB of free space, so I don't know if performance stay consistent filling it up (since it lacks a dram-cache). If you need an SSD for a primary machine, get an MX500.

ARG-User

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2,684

Good

9 months ago.

It's a great SSD for the value and performance.

Viper207

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362

Terrible

6 months ago.

when filling more than 70% of the game starts to freeze.

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

Average Bench: 68.8% (653^rd of 1040)

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Pro4

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BX500 480GB

Average Bench: 68.8% (653rd of 1040)

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