Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

BX500 480GB
BENCHMARKS (46,082)
MKT (0.4%)
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BUY • $55

Effective Speed -52%Effective Speed -52%Average Score -48%Read 2%, Write -9%, 4K Read -29%, 4K Write -31%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed -174%, SusWrite -77%Peak Score -18%Read 1%, Write -5%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -104%, SusWrite 7%Value & Sentiment +36% User Rating -9%, Market Share 25%, Price 98%, Value 29%Nice To Haves -209%DQ Read -48%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -713%, ADQ Read -90%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -864%, Age 86%, AS-SSD Total -21%

Average Bench: 65.5% (716^th of 1058)

Based on 46,082 user benchmarks. Model: CT480BX500SSD1

Poor: 32%Average: 65.5% Great: 94%

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Above average average bench

The Crucial BX500 480GB averaged 34.4% 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 26.8MB/s

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

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 480GB is 62.3%. 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 27.3MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 172MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 46,082 samples)

Rank 71665.5%

Min	Avg	Max
372	Read 473	514
233	Write 377	461
10.9	Mixed 306	416
49.5	SusWrite 172	416
74.1% 332 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.8	4K Read 26.8	35.2
4.4	4K Write 66.6	115
0.3	4K Mixed 16.6	28.6
97% 36.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
107	DQ Read 170	248
23.8	DQ Write 250	346
0.4	DQ Mixed 27.3	40.7
71.9% 149 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

337GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR041

SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 444 181 279 363 238 MB/s

87.1% Excellent

Write 454

Mixed 414

SusWrite 323

95% 424 MB/s

4K Read 31

4K Write 80.4

4K Mixed 23.7

120% 45 MB/s

DQ Read 174

DQ Write 346

DQ Mixed 34.1

90% 185 MB/s

CHE-User, 1 hr ago.

395GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 420 414 418 421 411 MB/s

85.6% Excellent

Write 414

Mixed 396

SusWrite 416

96% 426 MB/s

4K Read 27.1

4K Write 55.2

4K Mixed 22.7

99% 35 MB/s

DQ Read 173

DQ Write 336

DQ Mixed 33.7

88% 181 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

404GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 5 6.6 206 366 6.3 MB/s

80.7% Excellent

Write 431

Mixed 404

SusWrite 144

83% 373 MB/s

4K Read 32.8

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 24.9

140% 56 MB/s

DQ Read 139

DQ Write 328

DQ Mixed 37.4

84% 168 MB/s

FRA-User, 34 mins ago.

158GB free

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 26 7.5 192 216 7.4 MB/s

68.6% Good

Write 450

Mixed 406

SusWrite 144

84% 375 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 69.6

4K Mixed 19.8

100% 38.1 MB/s

DQ Read 143

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 33.8

83% 167 MB/s

FRA-User, 39 mins ago.

132GB free

Firmware: M6CR041

SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 452 129 94 93 107 MB/s

58.7% Above average

Write 460

Mixed 29.8

SusWrite 202

66% 300 MB/s

4K Read 27

4K Write 24.6

4K Mixed 0.5

54% 17.4 MB/s

DQ Read 177

DQ Write 345

DQ Mixed 0.9

75% 174 MB/s

PER-User, 1 hr ago.

308GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 98 131 6.2 4.9 153 MB/s

32.3% Below average

Write 243

Mixed 291

SusWrite 66.3

59% 268 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 5.8

4K Mixed 0.4

35% 9 MB/s

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Typical BX500 480GB Builds (Compare 15,807 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asrock B450 Pro4

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $219Bench 84%, 804,714 samples	3,924x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $185Bench 76%, 620,722 samples	3,699x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $193Bench 79%, 282,656 samples	1,309x

GPU
RX 580AMD $220Bench 55%, 679,891 samples	1,492x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 105%, 322,159 samples	1,127x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 442,583 samples	934x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $55Bench 66%, 46,082 samples	690x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $83Bench 83%, 127,877 samples	1,741x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $77Bench 85%, 217,586 samples	984x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 429,937 samples	960x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $577

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BRA-User

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Excellent

8 months ago.

faster than kingston A400, i love it

ITA-User

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3,429

Good

8 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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Good

12 months ago.

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

Viper207

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424

Terrible

8 months ago.

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $173	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $316	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	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 CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

Average Bench: 65.5% (716^th of 1058)

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Pro4

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Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

Average Bench: 65.5% (716th of 1058)

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