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Crucial BX500
Capacity 480GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 540 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 120 TBW
33 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average user sentiment (16th percentile)
- Below average social proof (19th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average capacity (22nd percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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62/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 28 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 480 |
| 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
| Endurance (TBW) | 120 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Crucial BX500 | Samsung 990 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 480GB | 2TB | 4TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 540 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 120 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2000 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial BX500 | 24.7 | 21.8 | 53.3 | 22.4 | 15.5 | 72.2 | 19.3 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.2 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.4 | 79.3 | 86 | 95.6 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 88 | 94.8 | 89 | 92.8 | 0 | 87.9 | 99.5 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.7 | 93.4 | 93.8 | 78.4 | 66.9 | 94 | 95.6 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.4 | 99 | 90.6 | 54.6 | 0 | 99 | 95.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 99.8 | 78.4 | 79.3 | 87.3 | 39.1 |
Price
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Usage Scores
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