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Crucial 500GB SSD SATA III
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 555 MB/s
31 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average affordability (26th percentile)
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
- Below average speed (32nd percentile)
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) | 555 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 500 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 100000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 87000 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Crucial 500GB SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M | Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 555 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial 500GB SSD | 31.7 | 44.6 | 33.6 | 26.8 | 14.7 | 77.5 | 26.4 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 5.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.9 | 95.7 | 89.3 | 92.5 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 9.7 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.3 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 94.1 | 95.3 | 9.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.5 | 98.1 | 80.7 | 45 | 3.1 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 74.9 | 57 | 8.5 |
Usage Scores
- Overall30.9
- Budget42.8
- Gaming22.7
- Laptop29
- Console10.8
- Portable8.1
- Workstation28.5
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