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Crucial MX500 2 TB

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Pros

  • competitive pricing and a lengthy five-year warranty
  • excellent performance
  • quality

Cons

  • nippy a SATA SSD
  • noticeably slower than several other mainstream drives
  • Too many are simply trying to capitalize on affiliate revenue

Key specs

  • 2.5"
  • 510 Mbps
  • 560 Mbps
  • Serial ATA III
  • 2 TB

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Crucial MX500 2 TB - Pros & Cons

Crucial MX500 2 TB

Pros

  • competitive pricing and a lengthy five-year warranty
  • excellent performance
  • quality
  • and huge storage capacity
  • the benchmark results are more consistent and produce real-world values
  • Excellent performance for a SATA SSD
  • Build quality is on par with the best SATA has to offer
  • in terms of performance and their prices are competitive as well
  • being easy and fast to use

Cons

  • nippy a SATA SSD
  • noticeably slower than several other mainstream drives
  • Too many are simply trying to capitalize on affiliate revenue
  • It doesn t hurt to have free software as well
  • throughput speeds are hardly slower
  • prices may not be accurate
  • the price has come down considerably
  • 2TB SATA SSD
  • SSDs have grey/silver aluminum casing
  • Just a tiny bit slower
  • 2TB capacity is not as fast compared to the lower capacities

Crucial MX500 2 TB - Technical Overview

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IconRead speed
560 Mbps
Best:
Gigabyte AORUS AIC 8 TB
Read speed: 15000 Mbps
IconWrite speed
510 Mbps
Best:
Gigabyte AORUS AIC 8 TB
Write speed: 15000 Mbps
IconData transfer rate
6 GB/s
Best:
Kioxia CM5-V Series KCM51VUG1T60 1600 GB
Data transfer rate: 32 GB/s

Crucial MX500 2 TB - Full Specifications

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General
Capacity2 TB
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Design
Form factor2.5"
Colour of product
  • Blue,Silver
  • Silver
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Connectivity
InterfaceSerial ATA III
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Power
Min operating temperature0 °C
Max operating temperature70 °C
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Dimensions
Height0.28 in
Width3.95 in
Depth2.5 in
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Performance
4KB Random Read95000 IOPS
4KB Random Write90000 IOPS
Data transfer rate6.0 GB/s
Endurance700 TB
Write speed510.0 Mbps
Memory typeQLC 3D NAND
Read speed560.0 Mbps
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Features
TRIM supportyes
Hardware encryptionyes
Encryption algorithm256-bit AES
Security algorithms256-bit AES
S.M.A.R.T. supportyes
RoHS complianceY
ECCY

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