Crucial MX500 1TB
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CrucialSATA SSDSATA III2.5-inch
Specifications
- Capacity
- 1TB
- Interface
- SATA III
- Form Factor
- 2.5-inch
- Read Speed
- 560 MB/s
- Write Speed
- 510 MB/s
- Endurance
- 360 TBW
- Warranty
- 5 years
- Brand
- Crucial
- Price / TB
- $143.99/TB
Value Score Breakdown
Speed (25%)100
Endurance (20%)40
Warranty (10%)100
Reviews (10%)75
Our Verdict
The Crucial MX500 has been the mainstream SATA SSD benchmark for years, and it remains a compelling pick in 2026 for anyone upgrading a laptop HDD or building a budget desktop. Its Micron 3D NAND delivers 560 MB/s reads with 360 TB total bytes written endurance over a 5-year warranty. What distinguishes the MX500 is reliability: Micron's in-house NAND manufacturing and AES 256-bit hardware encryption (rare at this price) make it a favorite for business deployments. For pure gaming or performance, the 870 Evo edges it out, but the MX500 typically costs less and offers near-identical real-world performance for the workloads most users actually run. One of the safest budget-to-mid-range SATA SSD recommendations available.
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