New On sale 7%
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 $374
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 | Samsung 990 PRO | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | Western Digital BLACK SN850X | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | 360 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 3000 TBW | 1480 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 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 78.8 | 86 | 95.3 | 20.9 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.6 | 78.5 | 0 | 91.2 | 51.8 | 24 |
| Western Digital BLACK SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.6 | 53.6 | 78.5 | 94.7 | 83 | 99.6 | 22.8 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81.1 | 93.9 | 55.3 | 78.8 | 98.7 | 95.3 | 43.5 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.9 | 90.5 | 93.9 | 78.5 | 78.8 | 77.7 | 77.3 | 29.4 |
Price
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Usage Scores
- Overall66
- Budget71.6
- Gaming49.9
- Laptop59.4
- Console25
- Portable16.1
- Workstation56.9
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