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Crucial M500 960GB SSD

Price and performance details for the Crucial M500 960GB 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 960GB SSD

Description:  CT960M500SSD1

Drive Size:  894.3 GB

Other names:  Crucial_CT960M500SSD1

Drive First Benchmarked: 2013-08-09

Drive Rating/$Price: 18.48

Overall Rank:  9858

Last Price Change:  $199 USD (2025-08-08)

Average Drive Rating
3678
Samples: 95

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Crucial M500 960GB SSD

Sequential Read467 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write350 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)288 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD126 MBytes/Sec
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Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 Common Drives
As of 7th of August 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
Crucial M500 960GB SSD
3,678
Seagate Barracuda 2TB Hard Drive
1,359
Seagate ST1000DM010
1,341
WDC WD10EZEX
1,233
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100
1,232
Seagate ST1000DM003
1,168
TOSHIBA DT01ACA050
1,121
TOSHIBA MQ04ABF100
1,044
WDC WD10SPZX
891
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
804
Last 5 Baselines for Crucial M500 960GB SSD
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL3564258 - Jul 03 2026
4130
BL3538374 - Jun 21 2026
4056
BL3458064 - May 08 2026
2672
BL3334801 - Mar 08 2026
2439
BL3270346 - Feb 07 2026
3479