Crucial M500 240GB SSD

Name: Crucial M500 240GB
Brand: Crucial
SKU: CT240M500SSD1
Rating: 4.7 (263 reviews)

Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" SATA3 CT240M500SSD1

★★★★★

(263 reviews)

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Transformative performance: dramatically faster than a hard drive
Nearly instantaneous boot times
Ample storage: available in capacities up to terabyte-class
Includes top-level hardware encryption technology
Advanced controller technology and Micron custom firmware
Compatible with PC and Mac systems
Extensive quality and reliability testing built into every drive
Three-year limited warranty

Specifications Overview

Model	CT240M500SSD1
Release Date	June 2013 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	M500
Capacity	240 GB
Interface	SATA 6 Gb/s
NVME	No
Form Factor	2.5"
SSD Controller	Marvell 9187
NAND Flash Type	MLC
Max Sequential Read	Up to 500MB/s
Max Sequential Write	Up to 250MB/s
MTBF	1,200,000 hours

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Pros

Solid read performance
Price
Marvell 88SS9187 controller

Cons

Write performance below the average

Crucial M500 240GB Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

Crucial M500 240GB Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

HP S700 PRO 128GB (317th)		103%
Western Digital WDS250G2B0B (317th)		103%
WD Blue 250GB Internal SSD (317th)		103%
Western Digital WDS500G1B0B (325th)		101%
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB (325th)		101%
Crucial MX200 500GB (325th)		101%
A-DATA Premier Pro SP920 256GB (325th)		101%
SanDisk X400 512GB (329th)		~
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB (329th)		~
GIGABYTE UD PRO 256GB (329th)		~
Crucial M500 240GB (329th)		100%
Crucial BX200 240GB (333rd)		98%
ADATA Premier SP550 480GB (333rd)		98%
OCZ Vertex 450 128GB (333rd)		98%
Crucial MX300 275GB (333rd)		98%
ADATA Premier SP550 240GB (333rd)		98%
PNY CS1311 240GB (333rd)		98%
PNY CS900 480GB (333rd)		98%
Western Digital WDS250G1B0B (340th)		97%
Kingston A400 480GB (340th)		97%
Crucial BX200 480GB (340th)		97%

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Description

Capacity (Unformatted)	120GB	240GB	480GB	960GB
Interface	SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3GB/s compatible)	SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3GB/s compatible)	SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3GB/s compatible)	SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3GB/s compatible)
Sustained Sequential Read up to (128k transfer)	500MB/s	500MB/s	500MB/s	500MB/s
Sustained Sequential Write up to (128k transfer)	130MB/s	250MB/s	400MB/s	400MB/s
Random Read up to (4k transfer)	62,000 IOPS	72,000 IOPS	80,000 IOPS	80,000 IOPS
Random Write up to (4k transfer)	35,000 IOPS	60,000 IOPS	80,000 IOPS	80,000 IOPS
Form Factor	2.5-inch m-SATA, and M.2	2.5-inch m-SATA, and M.2	2.5-inch m-SATA, and M.2	2.5-inch
NAND	20nm Micron MLC NND
Life Expectancy	1.2 million hours mean time to failure (MTTF)
Warranty	Limited three year warranty
Endurance	72TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 40GB per day for 5 years
Operating Temperature	0°C to 70°C
Compliance	RoHS, CE, FCC, UL, BSMI, C-TICK, KCC RRL, W.E.E.E., TUV VCCI, IC
Firmware	FIeld upgradable firmware
Product Health Monitoring	Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) commands