Crucial BX500 CT120BX500SSD1 120 GB

Excellent value for money and quality

The BX500 SSD released under Micron Technology's sub-brand Crucial is aimed at undemanding users who plan to upgrade their hard drive in a PC or laptop, but don't want to spend too much. The BX500 is made in a 2.5-inch SATA 3 form factor, and it is based on 3D NAND TLC memory chips, which have recently successfully settled in the low-cost sector.

High line speed

Despite the low-cost, according to the manufacturer, the emphasis in the production of the drive was placed on speed. So, according to the passport, the “straightforward” write and read speed is not at all budgetary 500 and 540 MB / s, while the popular Crystal Disk Info benchmark gives 499 and 560 MB / s.

Three years warranty

Naturally, with the official price of $ 30, it was impossible to do without tightened belts. In the case of the BX500, the bottleneck is the low-cost single-core SM2258XT controller without support for buffer RAM, which affects the write speed. When copying numerous files of different sizes, the disc recording performance can drop noticeably and fluctuate between 125 – 366 Mb / s.

The BX500 comes with a three-year warranty, during which 40 TB of information can be written to the disc, after which the official warranty expires. At the end of 2018, these are not the most impressive numbers, as many manufacturers now provide a stock of 70-80 TB with the same three-year warranty.