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Crucial MX500
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 360 TBW
62 Overall Score
Price $384
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong endurance (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
- Below average speed (34th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has held steady over time
88/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
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 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite | Kingston KC3000 SKC3000D/2048G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 360 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial MX500 | 34.1 | 42.4 | 78.5 | 54.6 | 78.6 | 77.4 | 95.6 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.2 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.4 | 78.6 | 86 | 95.6 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 88 | 94.8 | 99 | 78.4 | 0 | 74 | 95.6 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.4 | 99 | 90.6 | 54.6 | 0 | 99 | 95.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 99.8 | 78.4 | 78.6 | 87.3 | 39.1 |
| Kingston KC3000 SKC3000D/2048G Compare | 87.2 | 93.4 | 93.8 | 78.4 | 0 | 90.2 | 0 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From $384
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Usage Scores
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