Testseek.com have collected 93 expert reviews of the Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch BX500 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 74%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Crucial / Micron 2.5 inch BX500 Series SATA600.
July 2019
(74%)
93 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(94%)
44 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Great Performance
SATA 6 Compliant
96-Layer 3D NAND
Available in Sizes up to 960GB
More Storage Less Cost
Included Imaging Software
Performance (Compared To HDDs)
Features (NANDXtend / SLC Write Caching / DevSleep)
Crucial Storage Executive Software
3 Year Warranty
Price
Great Sequential Read/Write Speeds
Free Acronis True Image Software
Significantly Faster Than a HDD
Highly Affordable
Three-Years Warranty
High performance to price ratio
Inexpensive
High compatibility
Momentum Cache
3-year warranty
Strong sequential burst performance
Low cost
Supporting software
On-point testing results for a value-minded SATA drive
Four capacities to choose among
Comprehensive drive dashboard
Good everyday performance
Low price per gigabyte
Very cheap drive from a proper brand
Mostly good specifications
Extremely affordable
Just 17 cents per GB
Excellent sequential read and write performance
Solid real-life application performance
DRAM-less design reduces cost
The editors didn't like
TLC NAND
Wear rates are pretty high
Overall Performance Levels (DRAM-Less Design)
Plastic Enclosure (Temperatures)
Available Capacities (120/240/480GB)
Not Available In The M.2 Form Factor
Low Random Write Speeds
Limited To 480GB Max Capacity
Crucial's SSDs have always been competitively priced compared to the competition and the BX500 is no exception. At $80
The BX500 480GB is affordable but not by much compared to the MX500 500GB whic
Nothing worth to mention
Performance in random operations could be higher
Lower than average application performance
Low endurance
Low sustained write performance
Three-year
Versus five-year
Warranty
Lower "total writes" rating than competing drives from Crucial
Few ancillary features
Slows drastically when secondary cache runs out
Minimal SLC cache and no DRAM kills performance
User Rating
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Weak random writes
High read latency
Only available in capacities up to 480 GB
Very large writes (>30 GB) see significant speed drop
Lower than average application performance, Low endurance, Low sustained write performance
Crucial's BX500 is a cheap option that will outperform any HDD as a boot drive, but it comes with drawbacks. The BX500's low endurance and application performance rank far behind most current-gen SSDs in the market. Pricing is competitive, but there are m...
High performance to price ratio, Inexpensive, High compatibility, Momentum Cache, 3-year warranty
Nothing worth to mention,
Crucial BX500 480GB should satisfy all users who are moving from a standard HDD to SSD. The BX500 proves that SSD doesn't have to be expensive to make its work right. Especially home and office users will see the difference, and considering the requiremen...
Published: 2018-11-12, Author: Jeff , review by: venturebeat.com
Abstract: Right now is a great time to buy storage for your PC. Flash memory-based SSDs are dirt cheap at the moment, as the price of NAND continues to drop. So, where does that leave a company like Crucial that wants to introduce a new entry-level SATA SSD, as wel...
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Published: 2018-11-10, Author: HP , review by: relaxedtech.com
Great Sequential Read/Write Speeds, Free Acronis True Image Software, Significantly Faster Than a HDD, Highly Affordable, Three-Years Warranty
Low Random Write Speeds, Limited To 480GB Max Capacity, Crucial's SSDs have always been competitively priced compared to the competition and the BX500 is no exception. At $80, the BX500 480GB is affordable but not by much compared to the MX500 500GB whic
I believe the Crucial BX500 480GB SSD deserves our Great Value award.Final Score 9.0« Home Page »Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus...
Performance (Compared To HDDs), Features (NANDXtend / SLC Write Caching / DevSleep), Crucial Storage Executive Software, 3 Year Warranty, Price,
Overall Performance Levels (DRAM-Less Design), Plastic Enclosure (Temperatures), Available Capacities (120/240/480GB), Not Available In The M.2 Form Factor,
After wrapping up all our tests it's very clear that the new BX500 240GB SATA III SSD by Crucial is nothing to get excited over since its entry-level performance is inferior not only to that of its predecessor the BX300 series but also older...
Good RAID performance on the cheap The Crucial BX500 is going to be a very controversial model. A controversial model that is not going to impress mainstream buyers all that much. Thankfully it doesn't have to. Its market niche is the entry level, low-bud...
Extremely affordable, just 17 cents per GB, Excellent sequential read and write performance, Solid real-life application performance, DRAM-less design reduces cost
Weak random writes, High read latency, Only available in capacities up to 480 GB, Very large writes (>30 GB) see significant speed drop
The Crucial BX500 480 GB SSD is currently available online for $80. Extremely affordable, just 17 cents per GB Excellent sequential read and write performance Solid real-life application performance DRAM-less design reduces cost Weak random writes High re...
Value is what the BX500 series is all about, and it is exactly that. But is it good value? I am inclined to say yes, as the SSD is plenty fast for normal usage and even some temporary heavy workloads. The Achilles heel is a bottleneck after 32 GB writes f...
Published: 2019-03-29, Author: Jonathan , review by: aphnetworks.com
When I reviewed theCrucial BX500 480GBback in December 2018, I was not impressed by the drive. The reason why I was not impressed by the drive was not necessarily because it did not live up to its promise of delivering significantly better performance tha...
