PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS:
• Radically faster than a hard drive
• Nearly instantaneous boot times
• Ample storage: available in
capacities up to terabyte-class
• Extensive quality and reliability
testing built into every drive
• Three-year limited warranty
• Compatible with PC and
Mac® systems
For more information on how our
SSDs undergo hundreds of quality
tests and over a thousand hours of
prerelease validation testing, visit
www.crucial.com/SSD/quality.
Crucial® M500 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive
Transform your system’s performance.
New interfaces and multitasking demands require more from your system than perhaps ever
before. From connecting instantly with friends and accessing apps, websites, and playlists online,
to simultaneously streaming videos and downloading files, your computer is faced with an entirely
new set of performance expectations that a hard drive struggles to meet. That’s where the Crucial®
M500 SSD comes in. With data transfer speeds that are radically faster than a hard drive, the Crucial
M500 SSD isn’t just a storage upgrade - it’s a complete system transformation. From its nearly
instantaneous boot times, powerful data transfer speeds, increased multitasking capability, and rock-
solid reliability, the Crucial M500 delivers dramatic performance gains – all at an aordable price.
Ample storage capacity with plenty of choice.
Available in capacities up to terabyte-class, the Crucial M500 SSD provides plenty of storage for your
ever-growing collection of photos, videos, music, and important documents. Based on your storage
needs, choose between a 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, or 960GB† drive and access your programs and files
almost as soon as you click on them. If you prefer to store your data on an external backup drive, in
the cloud, or on your home network, opt for a smaller capacity. Or if you’d rather have everything
in one place, choose one of our larger sizes. Whichever capacity you choose, our selection ensures
that you’re able to find a drive that’s the right combination of storage, performance, and price.
Consistently fast speeds. No exceptions.
No matter what kind of files you’re working with on a Crucial SSD, you’ll experience high speeds with
no drop in performance across dierent file types. Unlike other SSDs on the market, Crucial SSDs
treat all files the same, regardless of whether they’re compressed or uncompressed. While many
SSDs on the market achieve faster speeds by using file compression, many of the most common file
types can’t be compressed, resulting in SSDs that often deliver slower speeds than advertised. This is
important because the files most people use every day – videos, mp3s, advanced graphic files and
zip files - are compressed files and thus unable to be compressed any further. With a Crucial SSD,
the specs we advertise are the same specs you’ll see in the real world.
Crucial SSDs. Performance you can trust.
Crucial is a brand of Micron, one of the largest NAND manufacturers in the world, and we design
and develop our SSDs in-house using state-of-the-art technology. This means four things: hundreds
of SSD qualification tests, over a thousand hours of prerelease validation testing, 1.5 billion dollars
invested in R&D, and more than 30 years of industry expertise. With our multi-billion dollar
commitment to NAND development, our record of patent and process innovation, and our award-
winning customer support team, we’re dedicated to quality. For you, that means your SSD has been
designed with cutting-edge technology and it’s been rigorously tested and approved. Don’t settle
for anything less.
Crucial® M500 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive
Capacity
Interface
Sustained Sequential Read2 up to
(128k transfer)
Sustained Sequential Write2 up to
(128k transfer)
1
(Unformatted) 120GB 240GB 480GB 960GB
SATA 6Gb/s
(SATA 3Gb/s compatible)
SATA 6Gb/s
(SATA 3Gb/s compatible)
SATA 6Gb/s
(SATA 3Gb/s compatible)
SATA 6Gb/s
(SATA 3Gb/s compatible)
500MB/s 500MB/s 500MB/s 500MB/s
130MB/s 250MB/s 400MB/s 400MB/s
Random Read up to3 (4k transfer) 62,000 IOPS 72,000 IOPS 80,000 IOPS 80,000 IOPS
Random Write up to3 (4k transfer) 35,000 IOPS 60,000 IOPS 80,000 IOPS 80,000 IOPS
Form Factor
NAND
Life Expectancy
Warranty
Endurance
Operating Temperature
Compliance
Firmware
Product Health Monitoring
2.5-inch, mSATA, and M.2 2.5-inch, mSATA, and M.2 2.5-inch, mSATA, and M.2 2.5-inch
20nm Micron MLC NAND
1.2 million hours mean time to failure (MTTF)
Limited three year warranty
72TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 40GB per day for 5 years
0°C to 70°C
RoHS, CE, FCC, UL, BSMI, C-TICK, KCC RRL, W.E.E.E., TUV, VCCI, IC
Field upgradable firmware
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) commands
Crucial® M500 SSD ordering information
Description Part Number Contains
Crucial M500 120GB 2.5-inch Internal SSD CT120M500SSD1.PK01 2.5-inch (7mm) SSD with 9.5mm adapter
Crucial M500 240GB 2.5-inch Internal SSD CT240M500SSD1.PK01 2.5-inch (7mm) SSD with 9.5mm adapter
Crucial M500 480GB 2.5-inch Internal SSD CT480M500SSD1.PK01 2.5-inch (7mm) SSD with 9.5mm adapter
Crucial M500 960GB 2.5-inch Internal SSD CT960M500SSD1.PK01 2.5-inch (7mm) SSD with 9.5mm adapter
Crucial M500 120GB mSATA Internal SSD CT120M500SSD3.PK01 mSATA SSD, 2 mounting screws
Crucial M500 240GB mSATA Internal SSD CT240M500SSD3.PK01 mSATA SSD, 2 mounting screws
Crucial M500 480GB mSATA Internal SSD CT480M500SSD3.PK01 mSATA SSD, 2 mounting screws
Crucial M500 120GB M.2 Internal SSD CT120M500SSD4.PK01 M.2 (2280-D2-B-M) SSD
Crucial M500 240GB M.2 Internal SSD CT240M500SSD4.PK01 M.2 (2280-D2-B-M) SSD
Crucial M500 480GB M.2 Internal SSD CT480M500SSD4.PK01 M.2 (2280-D2-B-M) SSD
1
Some of the listed storage capacity is used for formatting and other purposes and is not available for data storage. 1GB equals 1 billion bytes.
2
Performance measured using IOMeter* with Queue Depth 32.
3
Performance measured using IOMeter* with Queue Depth 32. Measurements are performed on 8GB of LBA range on a full SSD.
†
1 GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual usable capacity may vary.
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
©2013 Micron Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Information is subject to change without notice. Crucial and
the Crucial logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Micron Technology, Inc. All other trademarks and
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REVISION: 1/2/13
REVISION: 07/05/12
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