The Crucial MX500 SSD series is the company’s latest version of their main SSD lineup announced late last year, and finally released early this year. The new MX500 features Micron’s 2nd generation 64-layer 3D TLC NAND, capable of sequential read/write speeds of up to 560MB/s and 510MB/s respectively; or random read/write speeds of up to 95,000 IOPS and 90,000 IOPS respectively. It is available in capacities up to 2TB and in 2.5-inch SATA and M.2 Type 2280 form factors (for 250GB, 500GB and 1TB capacities). Today we’re going to check out and review the Crucial MX500 1TB and 500GB SSD capacities. We have seen the performance of their budget-friendly BX300 SSD series, and we got better and faster read/write speeds with it versus their previous MX300 series. Let’s see if the new MX500 SSD is faster and better compared to its predecessors and competition. Continue reading our Crucial MX500 SSD review below and find out more.