Crucial BX500 240GB SATA III 2.5"
Crucial
39 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Western Digital
94 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Crucial BX500 240GB SATA III 2.5"
72 out of 100 medium confidence 17 reviews
The Crucial BX500 is praised as a budget-friendly SSD that delivers significant performance improvements over mechanical drives, especially for boot times and program launches. Users appreciate its value and ease of installation, but note it runs hot and has poor manufacturer support. One unit arrived dead on arrival, though the reviewer's past experience with Crucial remains positive.
Pros
- Great value for money
- Significant speed boost over HDD
- Easy installation
- Backwards compatible with SATA I/II
- Good for budget builds
Cons
- Runs hot
- Poor manufacturer support
- Dead on arrival unit
- No SATA cable included
- Lower write endurance
Value for money 4
Performance improvement 5
Heat generation 2
Manufacturer support 2
Reliability 3
Ease of installation 2
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
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Scores
Console
Gaming
Workstation
Budget
Laptop
Portable
Specifications
| Crucial BX500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | SATA | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | — | 4★ |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | No data | |
| Random Write (IOPS) | No data | |
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✗ | ✓★ |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | ||
| MTBF (hours) | ||
| Warranty (years) | 3 | 3 |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
Crucial BX500 240GB SATA III 2.5"
- Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
- Strong affordability (87th percentile)87th %ile
- Strong endurance (69th percentile)
- Below average capacity (11th percentile)11th %ile
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average speed (25th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (29th percentile)
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Below average affordability (9th percentile)9th %ile
Pricing
Crucial BX500 240GB SATA III 2.5"0.316score per dollar
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.081score per dollar
Crucial BX500 240GB SATA III 2.5" offers 3.9x better value for money
Crucial BX500 240GB SATA III 2.5"
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Verdict
Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X
Scores 94 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 16 specs.
