Crucial MX500 CT1000MX500SSD1 1 TB

Powered by Silicon Motion SM2258

The Crucial MX500 is an affordable yet powerful 1000GB SSD built around Micron's second generation of 64-layer TLC 3D NAND memory. It is the older brother of another popular Crucial BX500 drive with a more advanced version of the Silicon Motion SM2258 control controller. Compared to the younger SM2258XT, it works more efficiently with multi-layer flash memory and SLC caching algorithms.

Maximum speed 560MB/s

Passport data MX500 is almost the same as that of his brother Crucial BX500. Both have linear write and read speeds that slightly exceed 500 MB / s, and the speed when copying small-caliber files is 90 and 95 thousand IOPS for writing and reading, which is an excellent indicator. In synthetic tests, the MX500 stays peppy and performs as advertised in most cases. At the same time, it expectedly sags in speed when the cache is filled. Like most low-cost SSD drives, writing large amounts of data is not their forte.

Stable and predictable SSD

In general, due to the need for constant savings and the limitations of the SATA 3 bus, most 2.5 ”SSDs have similar problems. Against their background, the Crucial MX500 stands out in that it works stably and predictably, does not mow and does not suffer from strong speed drops. At the same time, it has an official proprietary five-year warranty and a 360 TB write resource, which allows you to write about 80 GB of data to the device daily for more than 10 years. Actually, that is why even after 5 years since the release of the MX500 remains one of the most popular drives in its class.