Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

BX500 480GB
BENCHMARKS (6,440)
MKT (0.3%)
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BUY • $55

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

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Effective Speed -50%Effective Speed -50%Average User Bench -44%Read 1%, Write -4%, 4K Read -36%, 4K Write -43%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -167%, SusWrite -45%Peak Lab Bench -16%Read 1%, Write -6%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -89%, SusWrite 9%Value & Sentiment -27%User Rating -62%, Market Share -251%, Price 159%, Value 47%Nice To Haves -148%DQ Read -49%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -557%, ADQ Read -91%, ADQ Write -6%, ADQ Mixed -769%, Age 312%, AS-SSD Total -22%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 68.9% (604^th of 1011)

Based on 6,440 user benchmarks. Model: CT480BX500SSD1

Poor: 32%Average: 68.9% Great: 102%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Crucial BX500 480GB averaged 31.1% 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 282MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.7MB/s

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Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 480GB is 70.4%. 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 31.4MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 219MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6,440 samples)

Rank 60468.9%

Min	Avg	Max
372	Read 475	514
264	Write 402	462
7.7	Mixed 320	428
66	SusWrite 219	453
79.2% 354 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.6	4K Read 26.7	35.8
3.5	4K Write 64.9	118
0.3	4K Mixed 18	32.1
97.9% 36.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
63	DQ Read 176	258
25.8	DQ Write 282	348
0.3	DQ Mixed 31.4	51
79.4% 163 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

TUR-User, 5 hrs ago.

414GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 398 407 410 411 411 MB/s

97.2% Outstanding

Write 410

Mixed 390

SusWrite 409

96% 429 MB/s

4K Read 35.1

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 25.5

145% 57.5 MB/s

DQ Read 139

DQ Write 288

DQ Mixed 33

76% 153 MB/s

USA-User, 47 mins ago.

370GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 438 435 442 441 443 MB/s

95% Outstanding

Write 444

Mixed 409

SusWrite 437

100% 446 MB/s

4K Read 27

4K Write 91.3

4K Mixed 26.9

124% 48.4 MB/s

DQ Read 180

DQ Write 337

DQ Mixed 34.4

90% 184 MB/s

GTM-User, 5 hrs ago.

394GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 427 426 421 387 410 MB/s

79.9% Very good

Write 402

Mixed 396

SusWrite 418

97% 432 MB/s

4K Read 11.9

4K Write 71.4

4K Mixed 17.7

78% 33.7 MB/s

DQ Read 140

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 34

82% 165 MB/s

USA-User, 2 hrs ago.

319GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 158 6.3 4.9 4.7 6.4 MB/s

77.8% Very good

Write 452

Mixed 396

SusWrite 100

81% 362 MB/s

4K Read 29

4K Write 112

4K Mixed 25.1

135% 55.3 MB/s

DQ Read 179

DQ Write 347

DQ Mixed 33.8

91% 186 MB/s

CHL-User, 3 hrs ago.

337GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 0 11 439 191 6 MB/s

76.2% Very good

Write 449

Mixed 404

SusWrite 112

81% 364 MB/s

4K Read 30.2

4K Write 96.1

4K Mixed 26.6

131% 51 MB/s

DQ Read 143

DQ Write 344

DQ Mixed 34.4

86% 174 MB/s

USA-User, 5 hrs ago.

76GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 93 6.4 5.6 4.4 5.9 MB/s

52.7% Above average

Write 300

Mixed 301

SusWrite 53.5

55% 247 MB/s

4K Read 22.1

4K Write 53.9

4K Mixed 22.6

91% 32.9 MB/s

DQ Read 188

DQ Write 188

DQ Mixed 33.7

68% 137 MB/s

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Typical BX500 480GB Builds (Compare 15,164 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 54%

Yacht

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 56%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $65

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $129Bench 75%, 203,048 samples	5,579x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $75Bench 62%, 67,567 samples	2,357x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $118Bench 62%, 52,233 samples	1,332x

GPU
RX 580AMD $166Bench 55%, 251,854 samples	2,396x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 47%, 87,722 samples	1,455x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $240Bench 56%, 642,931 samples	1,089x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $55Bench 69%, 6,440 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples	909x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 86%, 39,761 samples	647x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 84%, 18,407 samples	430x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $485

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1660 $220	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $70
Intel Core i5-9600K $225	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $278	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $195	Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super) $429	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $203

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $606	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $64	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24

Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

Average Bench: 68.9% (604^th of 1011)

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Above average average bench

Strengths

Very poor consistency

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Average Bench

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $65

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Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

Average Bench: 68.9% (604th of 1011)

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

Strengths

Very poor consistency

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Average Bench

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $65

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Average Bench: 68.9% (604^th of 1011)