Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

BX500 480GB
BENCHMARKS (64,260)
MKT (0.4%)
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BUY • $48

Effective Speed -55%Effective Speed -55%Average Score -52%Read 1%, Write -9%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -41%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -209%, SusWrite -62%Peak Score -20%Read 1%, Write -6%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed -111%, SusWrite 6%Value & Sentiment +63% User Rating -9%, Market Share 32%, Price 173%, Value 56%Nice To Haves -232%DQ Read -61%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -728%, ADQ Read -98%, ADQ Write -29%, ADQ Mixed -974%, Age 66%, AS-SSD Total -25%

Average Bench: 63.7% (743^rd of 1058)

Based on 64,260 user benchmarks. Model: CT480BX500SSD1

Poor: 33%Average: 63.7% Great: 92%

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Above average average bench

The Crucial BX500 480GB averaged 36.2% 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 26MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 226MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 480GB is 58.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial BX500 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 24.2MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 184MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 64,260 samples)

Rank 74363.7%

Min	Avg	Max
356	Read 466	513
219	Write 372	458
11.6	Mixed 313	418
50.2	SusWrite 184	411
74.6% 334 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.9	4K Read 26	35.2
4.53	4K Write 62.1	112
0.3	4K Mixed 14.7	27.7
91.2% 34.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
93.3	DQ Read 164	228
15.7	DQ Write 226	347
0.4	DQ Mixed 24.2	39.9
66% 138 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

447GB free

Firmware: M6CR054

SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 460 461 461 461 425 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 468

Mixed 419

SusWrite 456

104% 464 MB/s

4K Read 35.8

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 23.3

148% 59.7 MB/s

DQ Read 157

DQ Write 339

DQ Mixed 29.4

85% 175 MB/s

KWT-User, 5 mins ago.

378GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR054

SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 393 401 401 112 96 MB/s

76.7% Very good

Write 387

Mixed 380

SusWrite 298

85% 378 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 71.7

4K Mixed 18.5

102% 38.8 MB/s

DQ Read 149

DQ Write 337

DQ Mixed 28.4

83% 171 MB/s

FRA-User, 53 mins ago.

70GB free

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 79 7.4 7.3 7.5 7.5 MB/s

69.8% Good

Write 457

Mixed 413

SusWrite 93.4

82% 369 MB/s

4K Read 34.7

4K Write 71.5

4K Mixed 18.3

114% 41.5 MB/s

DQ Read 145

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 33.6

83% 168 MB/s

FRA-User, 34 mins ago.

320GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR052

SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 408 415 420 164 198 MB/s

55.5% Above average

Write 420

Mixed 397

SusWrite 331

91% 407 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 16.9

4K Mixed 0.5

48% 14.2 MB/s

DQ Read 145

DQ Write 16.6

DQ Mixed 0.4

21% 54 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 hr ago.

317GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR052

SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 328 377 309 76 368 MB/s

54.9% Above average

Write 389

Mixed 370

SusWrite 287

85% 380 MB/s

4K Read 28.9

4K Write 20

4K Mixed 0.4

55% 16.4 MB/s

DQ Read 147

DQ Write 25.8

DQ Mixed 0.5

22% 57.7 MB/s

PER-User, 54 mins ago.

387GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 178 5.7 5 4.2 4.6 MB/s

53.2% Above average

Write 376

Mixed 360

SusWrite 91.6

70% 314 MB/s

4K Read 14.4

4K Write 47.7

4K Mixed 15.3

67% 25.8 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 33.3

83% 167 MB/s

TUR-User, 18 mins ago.

421GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR041

SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 356 100 8.5 195 59 MB/s

51.5% Above average

Write 391

Mixed 46.7

SusWrite 126

58% 264 MB/s

4K Read 26.6

4K Write 31.4

4K Mixed 0.7

58% 19.6 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 0.3

57% 133 MB/s

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Typical BX500 480GB Builds (Compare 40,876 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4 - $75

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $246Bench 77%, 720,163 samples	9,813x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $280Bench 82%, 1,038,752 samples	8,901x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $206Bench 79%, 319,365 samples	3,415x

GPU
RX 580AMD $260Bench 54%, 809,717 samples	4,402x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 70%, 316,750 samples	3,070x
RX 570AMD $150Bench 47%, 435,326 samples	2,939x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $48Bench 64%, 64,260 samples	1x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 83%, 153,364 samples	3,847x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 553,560 samples	2,940x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 84%, 247,343 samples	2,350x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $689

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USA-User

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3 months ago.

BRA-User

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4,025

Excellent

17 months ago.

faster than kingston A400, i love it

ITA-User

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3,611

Good

17 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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2,912

Good

21 months ago.

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

Viper207

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462

Terrible

18 months ago.

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $295	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $50
Intel Core i5-12400F $184	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i5-11600K $245	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

Average Bench: 63.7% (743^rd of 1058)

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BX500 480GB

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