100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

High capacity ; Inexpensive ; High quality ; High compatibility ; 5-year warranty

Sequential bandwidth could be higher

The refreshed and higher capacity MX500 SSD performs about as well as the earlier version. The apparent advantage is a much higher capacity. With 4 TB space, we can store much more data on a single drive what makes a great option also for professional...

Mainstream performance ; Competitive pricing ; Five-year warranty ; Long endurance rating ; Excellent software package ; Host power failure protection

Slightly slower than the larger capacities ; The design could use a makeover

Given the choice we would opt for the 1TB MX500 as our go-to SSD, but the 500GB looks really good at just $139.99. This is the model we would target as the entry-point for a high-performance gaming system.

- A Surprising Breath of Fresh Air Obviously the MX500 is not the massive paradigm shifting, revolutionary drive like its predecessor, the

64-layer 3D NAND

Drive cloning software not built into the Storage Executive utility.

high performance ; high endurance ; 5-year warranty ; Acronis HD software ; inexpensive ; available up to 2TB

nothing worth to mention

Crucial has released one more similar looking SSD. The drive’s design is really about the same as BX/MX series from past couple of years but it doesn’t change fact it still looks good. The MX500 only looks the same as previous series while inside we...

Low cost per gigabyte. Excellent performance for a SATA SSD. Available in 2.5-inch or M.2 SATA versions. Capacity options from 250GB to 2TB. Long warranty.

Endurance rating low for usage cases involving heavy data writes.

Bottom Line: An aggressively priced SATA SSD, the Crucial MX500 still manages swift read and write speeds, making it a very good value for upgrading a mainstream laptop or desktop PC.

The 500GB MX500 is clearly slower than the 1TB model, and at first glance its performance relative to the competition is not as impressive as the results from the 1TB model. The 500GB capacity class is starting to become the default choice over smaller...

The NAND flash shortage is starting to ease as everybody (except SK Hynix) ramps up their 64-layer 3D NAND production. By setting an aggressive introductory price, it is clear that Micron expects SSD prices to be in decline, and they intend for the...