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Crucial BX500 120GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 120GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 540 MB/s
NAND TLC
23 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average capacity (4th percentile)
- Below average social proof (22nd percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average speed (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 120 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 540 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 500 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Crucial BX500 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 120GB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 540 MB/s | 14,700 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 14,200 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | false | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1000 TBW | 1400 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial BX500 | 25.2 | 22.4 | 53.7 | 4 | 30.6 | 22.1 | 79.3 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.7 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 78.4 | 85.9 | 95 | 18.3 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 Compare | 91.5 | 96 | 53.7 | 78.4 | 88 | 99.5 | 37.2 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 Compare | 97.1 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 54.9 | 92.3 | 86.8 | 25.2 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.2 | 97.3 | 78.4 | 90.9 | 52.5 | 24.5 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.3 | 98.9 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 85.9 | 77.3 | 26.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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