Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

BX500 480GB
BENCHMARKS (63,413)
MKT (0.4%)
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BUY • $47

Effective Speed -58%Effective Speed -58%Average Score -56%Read 2%, Write -10%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write -46%, Mixed -20%, 4K Mixed -205%, SusWrite -78%Peak Score -20%Read 1%, Write -6%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -8%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -104%, SusWrite 3%Value & Sentiment +51% User Rating -9%, Market Share 31%, Price 143%, Value 38%Nice To Haves -225%DQ Read -53%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -707%, ADQ Read -95%, ADQ Write -25%, ADQ Mixed -967%, Age 74%, AS-SSD Total -23%

Average Bench: 62.8% (755^th of 1058)

Based on 63,413 user benchmarks. Model: CT480BX500SSD1

Poor: 33%Average: 62.8% Great: 90%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Crucial BX500 480GB averaged 37.2% 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 26.1MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 230MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 480GB is 56.3%. 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 24.4MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 169MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 63,413 samples)

Rank 75562.8%

Min	Avg	Max
366	Read 472	513
235	Write 368	460
10.8	Mixed 302	416
49.2	SusWrite 169	397
73.1% 328 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.3	4K Read 26.1	34.8
4.5	4K Write 60	111
0.3	4K Mixed 14.9	28.5
90.5% 33.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
82.7	DQ Read 166	240
7.55	DQ Write 230	346
0.4	DQ Mixed 24.4	41
67% 140 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

POL-User, 29 mins ago.

441GB free

Firmware: M6CR041

SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 447 450 461 460 461 MB/s

102% Outstanding

Write 460

Mixed 416

SusWrite 457

104% 460 MB/s

4K Read 35.2

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 25.8

140% 54.3 MB/s

DQ Read 232

DQ Write 347

DQ Mixed 34.2

98% 204 MB/s

GBR-User, 38 mins ago.

72GB free

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 456 457 179 7.4 7.3 MB/s

86% Excellent

Write 470

Mixed 407

SusWrite 262

93% 413 MB/s

4K Read 32.7

4K Write 95.4

4K Mixed 24.7

132% 50.9 MB/s

DQ Read 147

DQ Write 333

DQ Mixed 33.2

84% 171 MB/s

IND-User, 53 mins ago.

443GB free

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 7.1 7.5 293 114 7.4 MB/s

75.9% Very good

Write 406

Mixed 375

SusWrite 133

77% 343 MB/s

4K Read 25.8

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 23.8

129% 54.1 MB/s

DQ Read 186

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 35.2

90% 183 MB/s

NLD-User, 1 hr ago.

140GB free

Firmware: M6CR041

SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 425 92 84 100 119 MB/s

61% Good

Write 458

Mixed 417

SusWrite 215

90% 400 MB/s

4K Read 34.2

4K Write 39

4K Mixed 0.8

74% 24.7 MB/s

DQ Read 45.5

DQ Write 309

DQ Mixed 0.9

53% 119 MB/s

UKR-User, 1 hr ago.

357GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 5.1 299 353 5.6 5 MB/s

41.6% Average

Write 451

Mixed 414

SusWrite 112

83% 372 MB/s

4K Read 32.9

4K Write 6.7

4K Mixed 0.4

54% 13.3 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 hr ago.

47GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 5 50 263 232 102 MB/s

36.7% Below average

Write 439

Mixed 12.2

SusWrite 110

58% 266 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 6.6

4K Mixed 0.4

38% 9.7 MB/s

BRA-User, 28 mins ago.

343GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 4.9 93 313 192 5.4 MB/s

31.5% Below average

Write 363

Mixed 10.5

SusWrite 102

51% 233 MB/s

4K Read 15.4

4K Write 5.1

4K Mixed 0.4

26% 6.97 MB/s

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Typical BX500 480GB Builds (Compare 18,893 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asrock B450 Pro4

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $270Bench 84%, 980,212 samples	4,575x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $187Bench 76%, 682,921 samples	4,393x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $200Bench 79%, 318,546 samples	1,535x

GPU
RX 580AMD $220Bench 54%, 782,613 samples	1,745x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 105%, 363,665 samples	1,243x
RTX 2060Nvidia $390Bench 88%, 510,381 samples	1,112x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $47Bench 63%, 63,413 samples	730x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $68Bench 83%, 145,355 samples	1,963x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 85%, 253,738 samples	1,162x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $74Bench 85%, 517,339 samples	1,107x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $605

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BRA-User

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3,927

Excellent

13 months ago.

faster than kingston A400, i love it

ITA-User

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3,529

Good

13 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

17 months ago.

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

Viper207

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452

Terrible

14 months ago.

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $74	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $77	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: 62.8% (755^th of 1058)

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BX500 480GB

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