Crucial BX500 240GB SATA III 2.5"
Crucial
39 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Western Digital
89 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 SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
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Scores
Laptop
Budget
Workstation
Gaming
Console
Portable
Specifications
| Crucial BX500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Protocol | SATA | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | — | 5★ |
| 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 | — | ✗ |
| Hardware Encryption | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
Crucial BX500 240GB SATA III 2.5"
- Strong affordability (87th percentile)87th %ile
- Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
- Strong endurance (69th percentile)
- Below average capacity (10th percentile)10th %ile
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average speed (25th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (29th percentile)
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong random (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong speed (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong feature (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
Pricing
Crucial BX500 240GB SATA III 2.5"0.316score per dollar
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.198score per dollar
Crucial BX500 240GB SATA III 2.5" offers 1.6x better value for money
Crucial BX500 240GB SATA III 2.5"
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Verdict
Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100
Scores 89 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 17 specs.
