Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

BX500 480GB
BENCHMARKS (8,985)
MKT (0.3%)
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BUY • $55

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

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Effective Speed -49%Effective Speed -49%Average User Bench -43%Read 3%, Write -3%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -42%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -160%, SusWrite -58%Peak Lab Bench -12%Read 3%, Write -4%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed 4%, 4K Mixed -76%, SusWrite 15%Value & Sentiment +8% User Rating -33%, Market Share -142%, Price 154%, Value 52%Nice To Haves -144%DQ Read -40%, DQ Write -2%, DQ Mixed -521%, ADQ Read -82%, ADQ Write -8%, ADQ Mixed -725%, Age 248%, AS-SSD Total -18%

Average Bench: 66.6% (647^th of 1011)

Based on 8,985 user benchmarks. Model: CT480BX500SSD1

Poor: 32%Average: 66.6% Great: 101%

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Above average average bench

The Crucial BX500 480GB averaged 33.4% 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 27.3MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 274MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 480GB is 68.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Crucial BX500 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 190MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 31MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,985 samples)

Rank 64766.6%

Min	Avg	Max
368	Read 473	515
253	Write 401	463
7.3	Mixed 315	429
57.3	SusWrite 190	449
77.1% 345 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.1	4K Read 27.3	35.8
3.7	4K Write 64.4	116
0.3	4K Mixed 17.4	32.4
97.9% 36.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
67.5	DQ Read 174	261
7.15	DQ Write 274	348
0.36	DQ Mixed 31	51
77.7% 159 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

HRV-User, 1 hr ago.

446GB free

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 440 428 415 316 79 MB/s

97.7% Outstanding

Write 411

Mixed 384

SusWrite 354

93% 416 MB/s

4K Read 32.6

4K Write 127

4K Mixed 27

151% 62.2 MB/s

DQ Read 181

DQ Write 317

DQ Mixed 34

86% 177 MB/s

CAN-User, 1 hr ago.

447GB free

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 389 444 447 450 449 MB/s

97.1% Outstanding

Write 456

Mixed 411

SusWrite 429

102% 452 MB/s

4K Read 32.7

4K Write 94.4

4K Mixed 26.1

133% 51.1 MB/s

DQ Read 149

DQ Write 346

DQ Mixed 34.9

87% 177 MB/s

AUS-User, 4 hrs ago.

229GB free

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 68 7.4 7.2 7.4 332 MB/s

86.2% Excellent

Write 461

Mixed 418

SusWrite 148

86% 386 MB/s

4K Read 33.6

4K Write 113

4K Mixed 28.6

147% 58.4 MB/s

DQ Read 231

DQ Write 349

DQ Mixed 34.4

98% 205 MB/s

USA-User, 59 mins ago.

395GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 354 353 355 356 357 MB/s

80.9% Excellent

Write 360

Mixed 324

SusWrite 355

80% 353 MB/s

4K Read 26.6

4K Write 84.2

4K Mixed 25.9

118% 45.6 MB/s

DQ Read 213

DQ Write 191

DQ Mixed 33.7

71% 146 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 hrs ago.

286GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 163 289 5.7 7 6.5 MB/s

72.1% Very good

Write 424

Mixed 400

SusWrite 79.3

78% 348 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 90.3

4K Mixed 25.8

121% 47.6 MB/s

DQ Read 170

DQ Write 339

DQ Mixed 0.4

72% 170 MB/s

USA-User, 38 mins ago.

270GB free

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 280 7.2 7.6 7.2 7.5 MB/s

32.7% Below average

Write 386

Mixed 362

SusWrite 85.7

72% 321 MB/s

4K Read 21.3

4K Write 5.9

4K Mixed 0.4

36% 9.2 MB/s

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Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 56%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $71

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $110Bench 75%, 257,090 samples	6,741x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $78Bench 68%, 75,345 samples	2,714x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $147Bench 79%, 126,662 samples	1,550x

GPU
RX 580AMD $180Bench 54%, 292,718 samples	2,900x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 47%, 108,180 samples	1,800x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $285Bench 56%, 700,687 samples	1,235x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $55Bench 67%, 8,985 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 84%, 269,052 samples	1,172x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 86%, 51,140 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 83%, 21,913 samples	519x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $481

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Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $210	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $234	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $349	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14

Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

Average Bench: 66.6% (647^th of 1011)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $71

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Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

Average Bench: 66.6% (647th of 1011)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $71

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Average Bench: 66.6% (647^th of 1011)