Crucial MX500 CT1000MX500SSD1 1 TB

Available and versatile SATA SSD drive from Crucial's popular MX series (2018). It is positioned by the manufacturer as an affordable and more versatile alternative to popular M.2 SSDs with the NVMe protocol. It offers a good price-to-performance ratio for users who need a simple and reliable way to replace an outdated hard drive with a modern SSD without extra costs. It is ideal for office PCs, study laptops, and home multimedia systems, where increased speed is critical without the need to switch to more expensive solutions.

Thanks to SATA 3 and SATA 2 backward compatibility, it is suitable for use with not the most modern equipment without PCI-E 3.0 interface support and older. The manufacturer claims a passport data reading speed of 560 MB/s and a writing speed of 510 MB/s. On one hand, this is the peak value for the SATA 3 interface, and on the other hand, it is several times faster than the speed of classic hard drives.

It is important to note that the device does not have a cache or dedicated buffer, which may lead to a slight decrease in writing speed during continuous work with large files. Random access performance is estimated at 90,000 IOPS for reading and 95,000 IOPS for writing. The write resource corresponds to the level of entry-level solutions for the consumer segment and is 360 TB. The lack of detailed data about the controller indicates the use of one of the basic solutions typical for budget-class drives, where the focus is on cost and energy efficiency. The manufacturer's warranty is 5 years.