![]() ![]() The aesthetics of the drive are industry standard, with just a small black sticker separating the chips from any motherboard-integrated heatspreaders you might want to install the drive underneath.Įven up to the 2TB variant, all the P5 drives carry a single-sided cell layout, which means that laptop upgraders squeezed for space might want to consider the P5 as a viable way to boost the SSD capacity of their machines.Ĭrucial's write-durability rating of 600 terabytes written (TBW) for the life of the 1TB P5 we tested is just in line with the standard for this price point. (We'd avoid this lowest-capacity model for that reason, especially as the 500GB version is just $25 more at MSRP.) As a drive hovering around the midrange in price, both the read and write speeds put the Crucial P5 in line with major winners in the space like the ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro. (Check out our SSD dejargonizer to make sense of that acronym salad, if need be.)Ĭrucial rates the drive to hit a maximum sequential-read speed of 3,400MBps across all capacities, with sequential-write speeds topping out at 3,000MBps in three of the four sizes.Īs you can see, there's a steep write-speed dropoff with the 250GB model, which is limited to a peak sequential-write speed of 1,400MBps. It's based on 96-layer triple-level-cell (TLC) NAND flash, and it's available in four different storage-volume sizes: 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB. It's an M.2 Type-2280 (80mm long) design, employing the NVMe protocol over the PCIe 3.0 bus. The drive comes with a generous, limited 5-year warranty.The Crucial P5 is a four-lane PCI Express 3.0 drive. Full-drive encryption capable (TCG OPAL 2.0)Ĭrucial P5 Plus is available at retailers around Australia for around A$109 (500GB), A$189 (1TB) and A$369 (2TB).NVMe autonomous power state transition (APST) support.NVMe standard selfmonitoring and reporting technology (SMART).Redundant array of independent NAND (RAIN).Endurance – Total Bytes Written (TBW): 600TB (TBW).When playing open world games that have to load many, big data files, you can also feel this extra boost of speed. If you are coming from a SATA SSD or worse, a traditional HDD, you’ll definitely notice the huge difference in speed (both read and write). It is a really fast drive and I can feel it when transferring many, large files in and out of the drive during testing. Using CrystalDiskBenchmark, I can definitely get what’s being promised by Crucial: With the small form factor, you can also use the drive to upgrade your laptop’s storage solution with a larger capacity and faster performance. If you have a NAS that supports M.2 storage, you can also just plug this drive in to expand the system. ![]() Or you can add the drive to your existing system configuration and use it as a second gaming drive, for content creation, or those demanding applications like Adobe Premiere Pro, AutoCAD, etc. ![]() I tried the software before to migrate my Windows 10 to a newer drive and it was an easy, step-by-step process. It also comes with Storage Executive and free Acronis True Image cloning software to make it easy to migrate your whole drive (including your Windows operating system) to the new one. This includes full hardware-based encryption, dynamic write acceleration, and adaptive thermal protection for a better system reliability under heavy load. It’s a nice bonus on top.Ĭrucial P5 Plus is engineered by the well-known Micron company with the latest Gen4 NVMe technology. Not only they have larger storage capacity, they actually offer 1000MB/s faster write speed. However, if this is going to be your gaming drive (or the place where you are editing videos from and to), definitely go for the 1TB or 2TB. ![]() If you are replacing your operating system drive, 500GB is usually more than enough. The drive comes with a few storage capacity options: 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB (the review unit I have here is the 1TB model). So what you get, is a really fast drive but at a fracture of the cost. And while it’s not the fastest NVMe SSD drive in the planet compared to the WD_BLACK SN850X, in most cases you won’t actually notice the difference in real life. You can save around A$60 for a slightly lower spec on paper and still get a really fast drive such as the one here from Crucial.Ĭrucial P5 Plus comes with 6,600MB/s read and 5,000MB/s write speed (on the 1TB and 2TB models). Crucial P5 Plus NVMe SSD Review – In awe with the performance of WD_BLACK SN850X? While it comes with a really fast 7,300 MB/s read and 6,600MB/s write speed, you may not really need those speed. ![]()
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