Crucial BX500 480GB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Crucial BX500 480GB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. IOMETER8. Throughput9. PCMark 8 - Storage Consistency10. PCMark 8 - Individual Test Suites11. PCMark 8 Storage Test - Individual Test Suites12. Real Life File Testing13. Momentum Cache technology14. Closing Thoughts15. View All Pages

Launched without much fanfare or fuss, Crucial's BX500 is the company's latest addition to the entry-level BX series. To make the drive as competitive as possible in this cut-throat end of the market, the BX500 doesn't have a dedicated cache chip and has a thin plastic case.

The Crucial BX500 product line consists of three capacities; 120, 240 and 480GB and its the flagship 480GB drive we are looking at today. At the heart of the BX500 is a Silicon Motion SM2258XT four channel controller combined with Micron's 64-layer 3D TLC NAND and to keep costs at a minimum it's a DRAM-less design.

All three drives have the same Sequential performance figures; 540MB/s for reads and 500MB/s for writes although Crucial haven't disclosed any random read/write performance figures for the drive which is a bit odd.

The endurance rating for the drive is just 120TB TBW which works out at around 109GB a day for the length of the 3-year warranty Crucial back the drive with.

Physical Specifications:
Usable Capacities: 480GB
NAND Components: Micron 64-layer 3D TLC NAND
NAND Controller: Silicon Motion SM2258XT
Cache: none
Interface: Serial ATA (SATA) 6Gb/s (SATA III)
Form Factor: 2.5in, 7mm
Dimensions: 100.3 x 69 x 7mm
Drive Weight: 60g

Firmware Version: M6CR013

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