New On sale 17%
Crucial BX500
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 540 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 80 TBW
38 Overall Score
Price $130
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average speed (25th percentile)
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has improved over time
82/100Our AI sentiment read▲10
Based on 18 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| 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) | 80 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Crucial BX500 | Samsung 9100 PRO MZ-VAP1T0B/AM | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite | Western Digital Black SN850X | ADATA GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 |
| Seq Read | 540 MB/s | 14,700 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | 80 TBW | 600 TBW | 4800 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 1480 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial BX500 | 24.7 | 21.8 | 53.3 | 25.9 | 56.5 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO MZ-VAP1T0B/AM Compare | 98.5 | 98.6 | 97.4 | 54.6 | 86 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.4 | 99 | 90.6 | 54.6 | 99 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 85.6 | 54.6 | 87.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 84.7 | 92.2 | 93.8 | 54.6 | 87.9 |
| ADATA GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.2 | 89.5 | 93.8 | 78.4 | 77.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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