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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 990 PRO | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Corsair MP700 Elite CSSD-F1000GBMP700ENH | Lexar NM790 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 120GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| 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 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 540 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 1000 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 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97.1 | 98.9 | 54.9 | 85.9 | 99.5 | 40.4 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.8 | 80.8 | 93.6 | 54.9 | 98.7 | 95 | 44.2 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 85.3 | 92.9 | 89 | 54.9 | 88 | 95 | 50 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite CSSD-F1000GBMP700ENH Compare | 94.9 | 96.6 | 85.8 | 54.9 | 87.3 | 95 | 44.2 |
| Lexar NM790 Compare | 89.3 | 92.9 | 53.7 | 54.9 | 93.8 | 95 | 50.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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