We have come a long way from the "Crucial SSD" that offered a peak sequential read of 100 MB/s. In the last decade, Crucial, operating as the consumer arm of Micron, has brought years of innovation to the market with their C300, m4, BX, and MX series of solid state drives. The BX500 is the third generation in its series and aims to increase capacity for budget-minded consumers. The BX500 features a no-frills DRAMless design that takes advantage of the Silicon Motion 2258XT and in house 64Layer TLC flash for capacities up to 480GB, and a Silicon Motion 2259XT and 96Layer for 960GB up to 2TB, which we are looking at here.

Performance echoes the peaks of SATA 6Gbps connectivity, offering 540 MB/s read and 500 MB/s write with an endurance rating of 720TB TBW or 390GB per day for five years. MTBF has been set at 1.5 million hours, while advanced features include SLC write acceleration, TRIM, and SMART support.