What is the Crucial M500 SSD?

What is the Crucial M500 SSD?

The Crucial M500 (and the OEM-tailored Micron M500) are a new mainstream SSD family that offers a SATA 6Gb/s interface, Marvell controller, 7mm drive height and Micron’s latest 20nm MLC NAND. Along with the top-level hardware components, the Crucial M500 comes with Micron’s firmware which is made in-house.

What is the difference between the micron M500 and the Crucial M500?

The Micron M500 model shares almost exactly the same design of the Crucial M500. The underside shares the same simple barcode sticker, with the lone difference being the top of the device. While the Crucial model has a branding sticker, the Micron is bare.

Is the M500 SSD the first mainstream SSD under $600?

The M500 is the first mainstream SSD that offers a drive at the near terabyte capacity, 960GB. The suggested MSRP is under $600 as well, which while still expensive, presents the market with the first viable opportunity from a trusted brand to go SSD-only.

How fast is the M500 compared to the M4?

In our Productivity trace the M500 again performed much greater than the m4 with an average speed of 109MB/s, although competing models measured between 201-342MB/s. Our third real-life test covers disk activity in a gaming environment.

Is the RealSSD M500 a good SSD?

Crucial have a long history of producing outstanding Solid State drives. Both the RealSSD 300 and the M4, three and two years old, were almost legendary in terms of reliability and performance. The M500 falls far short of our expectations.

What is storage executive for Crucial SSD?

Storage Executive optimizes and updates your Crucial SSDs on Microsoft Windows computers. Supported drives: P1, P2, P5, MX series, BX series. Storage Executive only available for 64-bit systems.