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Crucial CT480BX500SSD1

BX500 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 63.5% (761st of 1072)

Based on 83,298 user benchmarks.  Model: CT480BX500SSD1
Poor: 35%Average: 63.5% Great: 92%

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Above average average bench

The Crucial BX500 480GB averaged 36.5% 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 25.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 464MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 480GB is 57.2%. 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 22.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 198MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 83,298 samples)
Rank 76163.5%
Min Avg Max
366 Read 464 512
223 Write 380 457
11 Mixed 294 416
50.9 SusWrite 198 413
74.6% 334 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10 4K Read 25.9 35.2
4.7 4K Write 60 113
0.3 4K Mixed 13.5 28.3
88.3% 33.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
95.1 DQ Read 162 237
8 DQ Write 209 346
0.4 DQ Mixed 22.3 40.6
62.3% 131 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
394GB free
Firmware: M6CR013
SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 443 443 449 449 452 MB/s
99.9% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 456
Mixed 423
SusWrite 447
103% 458 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 81.4
4K Mixed 31
129% 47.7 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 51.3
108% 216 MB/s
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M6CR022
SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 99 4.7 6.1 5.4 7 MB/s
67.7% Good
Read 491
Write 268
Mixed 336
SusWrite 62.9
64% 290 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 78.5
4K Mixed 26.4
120% 44.7 MB/s
DQ Read 147
DQ Write 229
DQ Mixed 35.1
69% 137 MB/s
97GB free
Firmware: M6CR022
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 302 61 7.4 113 128 MB/s
33.8% Below average
Read 372
Write 333
Mixed 12
SusWrite 137
47% 213 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 6.7
4K Mixed 0.5
40% 10.3 MB/s
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Typical BX500 480GB Builds (Compare 8,924 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 40%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4 - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,915x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,677x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples605x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples719x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples498x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples472x
SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial  $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples592x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples490x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples356x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $423

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19 months ago.

RUS-User
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Poor

21 months ago.

I have a Crucial MX drive as my system drive for years. Got BX used one for external storage. It gets EXTREMELY HOT! 50c just doing nothing! 80c+ under load. And yeah, after the cache is used up, the write speed drops to and a pathetic 50-60Mb/sec. Huge disappointment from Crucial. Not worth the money.

BRA-User
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4,635

Excellent

14 months ago.

Much better than Kingston A400

ITA-User
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4,065

Good

3 years 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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Excellent

17 months ago.

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

daemorth
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Poor

9 months ago.

only buy if you understand what lacking vram means for how you should use the drive.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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