Crucial CT960BX500SSD1

BX500 960GB

BX500 960GB
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BUY • $54

Effective Speed -43%Effective Speed -43%Average Score -39%Read 5%, Write -10%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -16%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -97%, SusWrite -128%Peak Score -16%Read 2%, Write -5%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed -82%, SusWrite 4%Value & Sentiment -154%User Rating -14%, Market Share -783%, Price 74%, Value 107%Nice To Haves -164%DQ Read -32%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -586%, ADQ Read -75%, ADQ Write -9%, ADQ Mixed -639%, Age 47%, AS-SSD Total -15%

Average Bench: 69% (686^th of 1072)

Based on 11,103 user benchmarks. Model: CT960BX500SSD1

Poor: 34%Average: 69% Great: 91%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The Crucial BX500 960GB averaged 31.0% 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 27.6MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 265MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX500 960GB is 57.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Crucial BX500 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 130MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 35.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,103 samples)

Rank 68669%

Min	Avg	Max
377	Read 479	515
220	Write 368	462
12.2	Mixed 345	418
6.43	SusWrite 130	403
73.7% 330 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.6	4K Read 27.6	34.5
5.83	4K Write 75.3	118
0.4	4K Mixed 22.9	32.1
111% 41.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
142	DQ Read 186	279
58.1	DQ Write 265	349
0.4	DQ Mixed 35.2	48.3
80% 162 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 13 hrs ago.

744GB free

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 443 377 6.6 6 6.1 MB/s

82.6% Excellent

Write 460

Mixed 410

SusWrite 216

89% 396 MB/s

4K Read 30

4K Write 91.3

4K Mixed 26.8

128% 49.4 MB/s

DQ Read 169

DQ Write 339

DQ Mixed 35.5

89% 181 MB/s

HUN-User, 1 day ago.

893GB free

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 146 148 148 203 MB/s

71.6% Very good

Write 438

Mixed 404

SusWrite 156

84% 376 MB/s

4K Read 26.7

4K Write 53.5

4K Mixed 24.7

100% 35 MB/s

DQ Read 208

DQ Write 306

DQ Mixed 35.7

89% 183 MB/s

ESP-User, 2 days ago.

525GB free

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 432 164 6.7 6.5 6.4 MB/s

42.4% Average

Write 423

Mixed 12.2

SusWrite 173

62% 279 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 6.4

4K Mixed 0.4

44% 11 MB/s

LUX-User, 2 days ago.

781GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 4 4.4 4.9 5.3 239 MB/s

37.5% Below average

Write 444

Mixed 411

SusWrite 43.7

78% 351 MB/s

4K Read 33.5

4K Write 7.3

4K Mixed 0.4

55% 13.7 MB/s

USA-User, 10 hrs ago.

97GB free (System drive)

Firmware: M6CR022

SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 6.3 5.8 3.1 3.1 3.9 MB/s

31.9% Below average

Write 263

Mixed 12.7

SusWrite 4.6

43% 198 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 4.9

4K Mixed 0.4

42% 10.3 MB/s

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Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,770x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,753x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,850x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,439x
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,293x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,114x

SSD
BX500 960GBCrucial $54Bench 69%, 11,103 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,920x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	977x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	751x

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Value: 117% - Outstanding

Total price: $522

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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

3 years ago.

FRA-User

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4,573

Poor

3 years ago.

Very slow sometimes, i don't know why, busy 100% fr nothing

AUS-User

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3,950

Terrible

3 years ago.

Was cheap and excellent when I first bought it. Now I'm at 43% capacity and it actually locks up sometimes. Going back to my much much older Samsung 256gb 560Evo and will just use the Crucial as data storage and not my OS or games. Dissapointed.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Crucial CT960BX500SSD1

BX500 960GB

Average Bench: 69% (686^th of 1072)

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BX500 960GB

Average Bench: 69% (686th of 1072)

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