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Crucial MX500
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
49 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong social proof (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average user sentiment (16th percentile)
- Below average speed (35th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has held steady over time
62/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 11 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 560 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 510 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 95000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 90000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1800000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Crucial MX500 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital WD Black SN850X | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Seagate FireCuda 530R | SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2000 TBW | 5050 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial MX500 | 34.7 | 43 | 93.9 | 54.9 | 15.6 | 64.5 | 79 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 98.1 | 0 | 85.6 | 95.5 |
| Western Digital WD Black SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.1 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 94.9 | 80.5 | 95.5 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 78.3 | 66.7 | 93.7 | 95.5 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.4 | 96.3 | 52.7 | 92.5 | 65 | 95.4 | 88 |
| SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1X0M Compare | 97.5 | 99.1 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 0 | 80.5 | 0 |
Usage Scores
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