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Crucial MX500 1TB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 360 TBW
66 Overall Score
Price €532
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong endurance (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average affordability (24th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| 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 | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 360 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1800000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Crucial MX500 | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS400T1X0M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 360 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial MX500 | 35.3 | 43.4 | 78.9 | 55.3 | 78.8 | 77.8 | 95.3 | 23.5 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 92.6 | 78.8 | 94 | 95.3 | 8.8 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.6 | 0 | 86 | 99.6 | 5.1 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.6 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 94.7 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 10.4 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.1 | 99.2 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 0 | 86 | 77.3 | 11.6 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS400T1X0M Compare | 99.6 | 99.6 | 99.7 | 92.6 | 0 | 81 | 44.9 | 8.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall66
- Budget71.6
- Gaming49.9
- Laptop59.4
- Console25
- Portable16.1
- Workstation56.9
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