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Crucial M500 480GB SSD

Price and performance details for the Crucial M500 480GB SSD can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

Crucial M500 480GB SSD

Description:  CT480M500SSD

Drive Size:  447.1 GB

Other names:  Crucial_CT480M500SSD1, ATA Crucial_CT480M50 SCSI Disk Device, Crucial_CT480M500SSD3, Crucial_ CT480M500SSD SCSI Disk Device

Drive First Benchmarked: 2015-04-10

Drive Rating/$Price: 9.77

Overall Rank:  8859

Last Price Change:  $380.77 USD (2025-03-29)

Average Drive Rating
3720
Samples: 141

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Crucial M500 480GB SSD

Sequential Read465 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write316 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)305 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD129 MBytes/Sec
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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Crucial M500 480GB SSD
 		3,720
Seagate ST2000DM008
 2,311
Seagate ST1000DM010
 1,377
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
 1,317
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
 1,254
WDC WD10EZEX
 1,216
Seagate ST1000DM003
 1,176
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
 1,143
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
 1,060
WDC WD10SPZX
 901
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Last 5 Baselines for Crucial M500 480GB SSD
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3259058 - Feb 02 2026
3572
BL3211611 - Jan 14 2026
3814
BL3129756 - Dec 13 2025
3767
BL3081798 - Nov 25 2025
3695
BL3048206 - Nov 12 2025
3398
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