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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 | Corsair MP700 Elite | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Lexar NM790 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 SHPP41-2000GM-2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 480GB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | 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 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 540 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | false | false | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 120 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1000 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 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 85.6 | 54.6 | 79.3 | 87.3 | 95.6 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 70.6 | 89.5 | 78.5 | 78.4 | 79.3 | 83 | 99.5 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 84.7 | 92.2 | 93.8 | 54.6 | 0 | 87.9 | 95.6 |
| Lexar NM790 Compare | 88.8 | 92.2 | 53.3 | 54.6 | 0 | 93.8 | 95.6 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 SHPP41-2000GM-2 Compare | 82.5 | 96.4 | 93.8 | 78.4 | 0 | 86 | 50.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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