UPS battery backupsENERGY STAR certified
CyberPower CP500PFCRM1U
500 VA / 300 W line interactive UPS.
Capacity
500 VA
300 W real power
Topology
Line Interactive
Efficiency
98.4%
weighted, as tested
Runtime @ 50%
10 min
2 min at full load
A UPS has two ratings and the lower one is the limit. This unit is rated 500 VA and 300 W, so the equipment plugged into its battery outlets should draw no more than about 240 W if you want the usual 20% headroom. How to size a UPS.
Its weighted efficiency of 98.4% compares with a median of 98.5% across 46 certified units within 25% of its capacity. With nothing plugged in it still draws 3.0 W, about $3.45 a year at 13¢/kWh just to stand ready.
- Maker
- CyberPower
- Model
- CP500PFCRM1U
- Apparent power rating
- 500 VA
- Real power rating
- 300 W
- Power factor
- 0.60
- Topology
- Line Interactive
- Intended use
- Consumer, Commercial, Data Center
- Battery
- Valve Regulated Lead-acid Battery
- Runtime at 50% load
- 10 min
- Runtime at 100% load
- 2 min
- Battery warranty
- 3 yr
- Weighted efficiency
- 98.4%
- Efficiency at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% load
- 96.1% / 97.9% / 98.5% / 98.7%
- Input power at no load
- 3.0 W
- Outlets
- 6 (4 battery + surge, 2 surge only)
- Rack mountable
- Yes, 1U
- Rated input voltage
- 120 V
- Rated output voltage
- 120 V
- Connections
- Serial Port,Ethernet
- Size (H x W x D)
- 44 x 433 x 230 mm
- Maker take-back program
- Yes
- On the market since
- Jul 2024
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 19 Feb 2024
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: CP600PFCRM1U, CP700PFCRM1U.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified uninterruptible power supplies dataset, US EPA, record 3417449, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the CP500PFCRM1U
Certified UPS units from other makers within 25% of its VA rating.
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC Back-UPS 500 (beige) | 500 VA / 300 W | Passive Standby | 98.6% | 15 min |
| APC Back-UPS 500 (black) | 500 VA / 300 W | Passive Standby | 98.6% | 15 min |
| Vertiv PSA5-500MT120 | 500 VA / 300 W | Line Interactive | 98.4% | 8 min |
| Vertiv PST5-500MT120 | 500 VA / 300 W | Passive Standby | 98.1% | 9 min |
| Tripp Lite AG-03AA | 500 VA / 300 W | Line Interactive | 98.1% | 14 min |
| Tripp Lite AG-030D | 500 VA / 260 W | Passive Standby | 97.6% | 7 min |
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More CyberPower UPS battery backups
| Model | Capacity | Topology | Efficiency | Runtime @ 50% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVRG1000LCD | 1,000 VA / 530 W | Line Interactive | 98.6% | 10 min |
| BL1250U2 | 1,200 VA / 800 W | Line Interactive | 98.7% | 11 min |
| BL1450U | 1,200 VA / 800 W | Line Interactive | 98.7% | 11 min |
| BRG1000AVRLCD | 1,000 VA / 600 W | Line Interactive | 98.5% | 9 min |
| BRG1500AVRLCD | 1,500 VA / 900 W | Line Interactive | 98.6% | 12 min |
| BRG1500AVRLCD2 | 1,500 VA / 900 W | Line Interactive | 98.8% | 11 min |
| CP1000PFCLCD | 1,000 VA / 600 W | Line Interactive | 98.8% | 9 min |
| CP1000PFCLCDa | 1,000 VA / 600 W | Line Interactive | 99.3% | 8 min |