Crucial P5

If you're looking for the most favorable price-to-performance ratio in a PCI Express SSD, stop your search now: The Crucial P5 is the M.2 drive of the moment to beat.

-- As reviewed by PCMag
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Product details

  • PCIe 4.0 NVMe technology with up to 6600MB/s sequential reads, random read/write 360K/700K IOPS
  • Engineered for hardcore gamers, professionals, creatives who demand high-performance computing, works well with PS5 and has Heatsink compatibility
  • Built on our own leading Micron Advanced 3D NAND and innovative controller technology
  • Rated at MTTF greater than 2 million hours for extended longevity and reliability
  • 5-year limited warranty or up to the max endurance rating of 300 TBW

PROS

+ Top-notch results across multiple benchmarks, including speedy sequential throughput
+ Respectable write-durability rating
+ Great price-to-performance ratio
+ Solid software options
+ Five-year warranty

CONS

- Anomalous 4K write speeds in Crystal DiskMark tests
- Steep write-speed fall-off with 250GB version

Expert reviews and ratings

By PCMag on August 14, 2020
If you're looking for the most favorable price-to-performance ratio in a PCI Express SSD, stop your search now: The Crucial P5 is the M.2 drive of the moment to beat.
90
By TechAdvisor on December 16, 2020
Faster than the P2 at most things, but it doesn’t compete with the Samsung 970 EVO Plus for pure speed.
80