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Crucial MX500
Capacity 250GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 360 TBW
44 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average capacity (13th percentile)
- Below average social proof (21st percentile)
- Below average speed (35th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 250 |
| 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 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Crucial MX500 | Samsung 990 PRO | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB | 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 14,200 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | 360 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 600 TBW | 1000 TBW | 1400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial MX500 | 34.8 | 43.1 | 78.5 | 12.5 | 94.1 | 21.1 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 85.6 | 95.4 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.6 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 98.9 | 95.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 85.8 | 54.9 | 86.8 | 95.4 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 Compare | 97.1 | 98.6 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 92 | 88 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 97.5 | 78.3 | 90.7 | 24.3 |
Price
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