Having recently introduced the P2 SSD, Crucial is back with another update to the its SSD portfolio. The storage expert has now taken the curtains off the new P5 SSD, which comes with some impressive speeds.
In its announcement, Micron's VP of consumer products called the P5 the brand's "fastest and most innovative SSD product to date." On the outside, the P5 looks just like any other M.2 2280 SSD from Crucial's product stack. If you were expecting a PCIe 4.0 drive, the P5 isn't it. The SSD still runs on a conventional PCIe 3.0 x4 interface, which should give you an idea of the drive's performance before even looking at the specifications.
As always, the P5 leverages a proprietary SSD controller from Micron, but Crucial didn't share any details on it. The manufacturer also didn't specify the nature of the NAND chips, but based on the images, the P5 looks like it's using Micron's 3D TLC (triple-evel cell) NAND flash memory.
Crucial P5 Specs
| Model | Part Number | Sequential Read (MBps) | Sequential Write (MBps) | Random Read (IOPS) | Random Writes (IOPS) | Endurance (TBW) | Warranty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial P5 2TB | CT2000P5SSD8 | 3,400 | 3,000 | ? | ? | 1,200 | 5 years |
| Crucial P5 1TB | CT1000P5SSD8 | 3,400 | 3,000 | ? | ? | 600 | 5 years |
| Crucial P5 500GB | CT500P5SSD8 | 3,400 | 3,000 | ? | ? | 300 | 5 years |
| Crucial P5 250GB | CT250P5SSD8 | 3,400 | 1,400 | ? | ? | 150 | 5 years |
The P5 comes in four different capacities spanning from 250GB to 2TB. When it comes to sequential read performance, you don't have to worry too much since all four models feature read speeds up to 3,400 MBps. Sequential write performance is rated for 3,000 MBps across the 500GB, 1TB and 2TB variants and 1,400 MBps on the 250GB model. As is typical, Crucial didn't share the random performance values for the P5.
Endurance levels get better as you scale the capacity ladder. The 250GB drive is good for 150 TBW (terabytes written), and the highest-capacity model features an endurance rating of 1,200 TBW. Once again, Crucial bundles the Crucial Storage Executive and Acronis True Image software with the P5.
The P5 carries the typical limited five-year warranty from Crucial. The manufacturer hasn't revealed the pricing for the drives nor have they landed at any retailers yet.
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Zhiye Liu is a news editor, memory reviewer, and SSD tester at Tom’s Hardware. Although he loves everything that’s hardware, he has a soft spot for CPUs, GPUs, and RAM.
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DZIrl Yeah, every NVMe SSD has very nice read/write speeds in benchmarks but when comes to real world than story becomes different.Reply
I have Samsung 970 Pro 1TB and ADATA 8200 Pro 2TB and besides both have nice numbers 970 is faster -
bit_user Reply
No, some are bad even in benchmarks.DZIrl said:every NVMe SSD has very nice read/write speeds in benchmarks -
bit_user I hope this elevates Crucial's NVMe portfolio to include the value-performance "sweet spot" long occupied by their MX-series SATA drives (and the M550, before that).Reply
It's a shame they didn't post any random IOPS. Even though such numbers are always at unrealistically high QD, it'd still be something more to go on than just the sequential numbers. -
Makaveli ReplyDZIrl said:Yeah, every NVMe SSD has very nice read/write speeds in benchmarks but when comes to real world than story becomes different.
I have Samsung 970 Pro 1TB and ADATA 8200 Pro 2TB and besides both have nice numbers 970 is faster
All depends on workflow and what you do with I/O on your pc. -
AlistairAB ReplyDZIrl said:Yeah, every NVMe SSD has very nice read/write speeds in benchmarks but when comes to real world than story becomes different.
I have Samsung 970 Pro 1TB and ADATA 8200 Pro 2TB and besides both have nice numbers 970 is faster
I have many workloads where the SX 8200 Pro is faster. Depends on what you are doing. SX8200 Pro is the best value high speed drive. 970 Pro is just a huge waste of money. -
derekullo Reply
The 970 Pro has extremely consistent sequential write speed.AlistairAB said:I have many workloads where the SX 8200 Pro is faster. Depends on what you are doing. SX8200 Pro is the best value high speed drive. 970 Pro is just a huge waste of money.
Pretty much a solid red line from 0% to 100%
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Depending on the intended use this could be highly advantageous (write cache) or irrelevant (gaming) -
kaalus SSD speeds have little effect on OS responsiveness on Windows. Windows Defender (the always-on antivirus) is completely killing the performance of the I/O operations. For example, on my 970 Evo 1TB NVME, I can delete files at about 50 per second, copy small files not much faster. This is absolutely laughable - if the SSD was not saddled by the anti-virus, it would be deleting and copying them at 10,000s if not 100,000s per second.Reply
Of course, everything's fine if copying a few huge files. Gigabytes per second. But that's a niche situation. -
Deicidium369 Reply
the WORST SSD is better than the best spinning rust.bit_user said:No, some are bad even in benchmarks. -
Deicidium369 Reply
Wow you use Defender? I run Kaspersky Internet Security + Malwarebytes and they have zero impact on performance. You have something messed up - I have the same 970 Evo that you have - and have NONE of the performance issues you have.kaalus said:SSD speeds have little effect on OS responsiveness on Windows. Windows Defender (the always-on antivirus) is completely killing the performance of the I/O operations. For example, on my 970 Evo 1TB NVME, I can delete files at about 50 per second, copy small files not much faster. This is absolutely laughable - if the SSD was not saddled by the anti-virus, it would be deleting and copying them at 10,000s if not 100,000s per second.
Of course, everything's fine if copying a few huge files. Gigabytes per second. But that's a niche situation.