Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

BX500 480GB
BENCHMARKS (54,257)
MKT (0.5%)
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BUY • $60

Effective Speed -54%Effective Speed -54%Average Score -51%Read 2%, Write -9%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write -40%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -193%, SusWrite -73%Peak Score -18%Read 1%, Write -6%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed -106%, SusWrite 11%Value & Sentiment +37% User Rating -9%, Market Share 43%, Price 90%, Value 22%Nice To Haves -213%DQ Read -58%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -660%, ADQ Read -93%, ADQ Write -21%, ADQ Mixed -929%, Age 81%, AS-SSD Total -24%

Average Bench: 63.9% (742^nd of 1058)

Based on 54,257 user benchmarks. Model: CT480BX500SSD1

Poor: 34%Average: 63.9% Great: 96%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Crucial BX500 480GB averaged 36.0% 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 26.2MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 237MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 480GB is 61.5%. 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 25.3MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 173MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 54,257 samples)

Rank 74263.9%

Min	Avg	Max
370	Read 473	513
231	Write 373	459
11	Mixed 311	417
53.5	SusWrite 173	429
74.2% 333 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.4	4K Read 26.2	35
5.19	4K Write 61.8	114
0.3	4K Mixed 15.4	28.1
92.1% 34.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
86.3	DQ Read 167	232
24.4	DQ Write 237	347
0.4	DQ Mixed 25.3	43.5
68.5% 143 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

AUS-User, 2 hrs ago.

162GB free

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 362 364 410 412 81 MB/s

79.4% Very good

Write 398

Mixed 384

SusWrite 328

88% 389 MB/s

4K Read 24.7

4K Write 55.1

4K Mixed 24.2

98% 34.7 MB/s

DQ Read 220

DQ Write 317

DQ Mixed 49.6

99% 196 MB/s

BRA-User, 2 hrs ago.

372GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR041

SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 390 162 125 108 89 MB/s

54.4% Above average

Write 432

Mixed 45.3

SusWrite 188

64% 292 MB/s

4K Read 22.5

4K Write 27.1

4K Mixed 0.7

49% 16.8 MB/s

DQ Read 161

DQ Write 278

DQ Mixed 33.3

78% 157 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 hrs ago.

381GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR041

SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 376 198 91 130 106 MB/s

51.8% Above average

Write 336

Mixed 47.6

SusWrite 215

60% 272 MB/s

4K Read 18.5

4K Write 27.6

4K Mixed 0.7

44% 15.6 MB/s

DQ Read 149

DQ Write 185

DQ Mixed 29.5

60% 121 MB/s

UZB-User, 1 hr ago.

143GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR041

SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 403 85 89 96 108 MB/s

45.4% Average

Write 419

Mixed 49

SusWrite 193

64% 292 MB/s

4K Read 11.6

4K Write 14.1

4K Mixed 0.7

26% 8.8 MB/s

DQ Read 167

DQ Write 122

DQ Mixed 29.9

53% 106 MB/s

PRT-User, 2 hrs ago.

368GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 4.6 326 147 5.5 5.4 MB/s

30.2% Below average

Write 338

Mixed 10.7

SusWrite 82.2

47% 215 MB/s

4K Read 17.7

4K Write 5

4K Mixed 0.4

30% 7.7 MB/s

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Typical BX500 480GB Builds (Compare 17,251 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asrock B450 Pro4

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $199Bench 83%, 842,939 samples	4,236x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $183Bench 76%, 698,013 samples	4,014x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $199Bench 79%, 307,294 samples	1,396x

GPU
RX 580AMD $220Bench 54%, 692,956 samples	1,601x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 104%, 345,322 samples	1,181x
RTX 2060Nvidia $390Bench 88%, 456,761 samples	991x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $60Bench 64%, 54,257 samples	716x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $83Bench 84%, 127,663 samples	1,837x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $89Bench 84%, 212,382 samples	1,063x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 449,640 samples	1,024x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $562

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BRA-User

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Excellent

10 months ago.

faster than kingston A400, i love it

ITA-User

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Good

10 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

14 months ago.

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

Viper207

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Terrible

11 months ago.

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $220	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11600K $259	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $277	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $94	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

Average Bench: 63.9% (742^nd of 1058)

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Pro4

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Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

Average Bench: 63.9% (742nd of 1058)

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