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Manufacturer | Crucial |
Model number | CT500T500SSD8 |
Storage capacity | 500 GB (466 GiB) |
pSLC-Cache | 176 GB approx. |
Read speed | 7200 MB/s |
Write speed | 5700 MB/s |
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
Connection | M.2 2280 |
Memory module (NAND) | TLC |
DRAM Cache | ✓ yes |
TBW (Total Bytes Written) | 300 Terabyte |
Controller | Phison PS5025-E25 |
Price | ca. 65 USD (= 0,13 $ / GB) |
Paid link | Buy on Amazon |
The standard test was performed using a 5 GB file. A total score of 8094 points was achieved.
AS SSD | Read: | Write: |
---|---|---|
Seq in megabytes per second |
5917,58 MB/s |
5156,82 MB/s |
4K in megabytes per second |
78,79 MB/s |
204,79 MB/s |
4K-64Thrd in megabytes per second |
2325,83 MB/s |
2877,22 MB/s |
Access time in milliseconds |
0,021 ms |
0,111 ms |
Score | 2996 |
3598 |
Total score | 8094 |
A common everyday situation is simulated here. Three test folders are created:
The three folders are copied using the Windows Copy command (the cache remains enabled). The practical test of April 28, 2024 shows the performance for simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better the performance.
AS SSD Copy-Benchmark | Transfer rate: | Duration: |
---|---|---|
ISO two large files |
2166,82 MB/s |
1,06 s |
Program many small files |
1131,96 MB/s |
6,22 s |
Game small and large files |
1935,15 MB/s |
3,57 s |
This measures the write and read speed of the Crucial SSD, depending on the compressibility of the data (according to the manufacturer, these should be 7200 MB/s and 5700 MB/s respectively).
Here, two sequential and two random performance tests are performed, similar to the ones performed on the AS SSD.
CDM | Read [MB/s] | Write [MB/s] |
---|---|---|
SEQ1M Q8T1 |
7172,49 |
5738,04 |
SEQ1M Q1T1 |
5670,98 |
5314,54 |
RND4K Q32T16 |
3426,41 |
3213,73 |
RND4K Q1T1 |
85,35 |
225,38 |
CDM | Read [IOPS] | Write [IOPS] |
---|---|---|
SEQ1M Q8T1 |
6.840,20 |
5.472,20 |
SEQ1M Q1T1 |
5.408,30 |
5.068,30 |
RND4K Q32T16 |
836.526,00 |
784.603,00 |
RND4K Q1T1 |
20.837,20 |
55.023,20 |
CDM | Read [µs] | Write [µs] |
---|---|---|
SEQ1M Q8T1 |
1.169,06 |
1.458,99 |
SEQ1M Q1T1 |
184,75 |
197,12 |
RND4K Q32T16 |
610,07 |
649,50 |
RND4K Q1T1 |
47,88 |
18,06 |
This is a long term test to make full use of the memory capacity. You can see when a cache is full and the writing performance decreases.
A test file of 200 GB was written to the medium.
After approx. 176 GB, the pSLC-Cache was full and the performance was throttled.
At least the test file could be read with an average write speed of 5285 MB/s and written with 2154 MB/s.
HD Tune writes a 5 GB file to the Crucial M.2 SSD. The transfer data of the read speed is displayed graphically. The minimum, maximum and average values are also determined. The determined access time and burst rate are also displayed.
Here, a 256 MB file is written several times to the Crucial M.2 SSD. The I/O block size varies (from 512 bytes to 64 megabytes). The larger the blocks, the faster they were written and read.
Similar to HD Tune, a 500 MB file is written to the Crucial M.2 SSD here. The transfer data is displayed. The more constant the line, the better. Unfortunately, the tool does not work correctly above about 5,000 MB/s and no line (and sometimes wrong min and max data) is displayed.
Information about the test system can be found at the bottom of the home page.
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