Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

BX500 480GB
BENCHMARKS (3,773)
MKT (0.2%)
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BUY • $55

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

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Effective Speed -51%Effective Speed -51%Average User Bench -45%Read 0%, Write -4%, 4K Read -34%, 4K Write -49%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -174%, SusWrite -40%Peak Lab Bench -16%Read 0%, Write -6%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -86%, SusWrite 6%Value & Sentiment -64%User Rating -62%, Market Share -372%, Price 138%, Value 39%Nice To Haves -139%DQ Read -39%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -559%, ADQ Read -85%, ADQ Write -8%, ADQ Mixed -767%, Age 373%, AS-SSD Total -19%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 69.1% (587^th of 1003)

Based on 3,773 user benchmarks. Model: CT480BX500SSD1

Poor: 34%Average: 69.1% Great: 102%

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Above average average bench

The Crucial BX500 480GB averaged 30.8% 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-64Thread Write Speed 281MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.3MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 480GB is 68%. 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 31.8MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 227MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3,773 samples)

Rank 58769.1%

Min	Avg	Max
377	Read 471	513
302	Write 406	460
7.7	Mixed 321	430
70.4	SusWrite 227	446
79.7% 356 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.2	4K Read 27.3	36.3
3.72	4K Write 63.4	118
0.3	4K Mixed 17.8	32.9
97.7% 36.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.2	DQ Read 182	276
6.1	DQ Write 281	348
0.3	DQ Mixed 31.8	51
80.1% 165 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

MYS-User, 1 hr ago.

396GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 456 456 456 457 457 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 452

Mixed 413

SusWrite 455

103% 459 MB/s

4K Read 34.2

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 27.7

149% 59.3 MB/s

DQ Read 177

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 35

88% 181 MB/s

MEX-User, 1 hr ago.

384GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 446 445 437 445 446 MB/s

98.2% Outstanding

Write 440

Mixed 393

SusWrite 443

99% 441 MB/s

4K Read 34.7

4K Write 108

4K Mixed 24.4

141% 55.8 MB/s

DQ Read 143

DQ Write 319

DQ Mixed 30.6

80% 164 MB/s

CHL-User, 1 hr ago.

137GB free

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 386 390 389 372 389 MB/s

86.8% Excellent

Write 352

Mixed 350

SusWrite 386

87% 388 MB/s

4K Read 26.6

4K Write 62.2

4K Mixed 26.4

107% 38.4 MB/s

DQ Read 242

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 49.4

100% 200 MB/s

ITA-User, 22 mins ago.

208GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR013

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 1.9 24 424 3.6 2.1 MB/s

42.7% Average

Write 446

Mixed 7.8

SusWrite 76.4

57% 261 MB/s

4K Read 41.9

4K Write 4.5

4K Mixed 0.3

66% 15.6 MB/s

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Typical BX500 480GB Builds (Compare 10,812 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 67%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 68%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $127Bench 87%, 173,176 samples	4,094x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $80Bench 75%, 52,253 samples	1,848x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $100Bench 72%, 43,213 samples	1,002x

GPU
RX 580AMD $180Bench 69%, 208,835 samples	1,735x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 61%, 75,253 samples	987x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 70%, 635,304 samples	850x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $55Bench 69%, 3,773 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 208,591 samples	566x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $69Bench 87%, 35,828 samples	480x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair $34Bench 42%, 24,777 samples	345x

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Value: 134% - Outstanding

Total price: $503

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $127	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $248	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

Average Bench: 69.1% (587^th of 1003)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

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Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

Average Bench: 69.1% (587th of 1003)

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Poor consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

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