CONCLUSION

   The P5 is not only the newest SSD line by Crucial build around their very own NAND flash controller (thus this SSD line is 100% manufactured by Micron) but it’s also their flagship one and with advertised read-write speeds of up to 3400-3000MB/s that does make sense. Unfortunately, as you can see from the charts i was unable to hit 3400MB/s in reads during my test but i did surpass 3000MB/s for both (the 2TB model offered better results overall) and that’s a very good result (even though as expected it’s wasn’t constant). In terms of endurance what the P5 line offers is pretty much standard since we see these numbers a lot by similar Gen 3 models. The 5-year limited warranty again may not be something entirely new but it’s not nearly as common so thumbs up to Crucial for that.

   At the time of this review the 1TB variant of the P5 M.2 NVMe SSD by Crucial retails for USD149.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 148.45Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) whereas the 2TB variant retails for USD339.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 320Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de). This may not be the most appealing price tag around but it does land the P5 1/2TB models on the lower end of what similar performance models go for so that’s actually good. So, since the P5 1/2TB models check all boxes needed such as good performance and endurance levels, warranty and price they get our Golden Award (all that’s left now is for Crucial to release a Gen 4 model).

PROS

- Overall Performance (Up To 3400MB/s Read & 3000MB/s Write)
- Endurance (600/1200TBW)
- 5 Years Warranty
- Crucial Storage Executive Software
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Thermal Throttling (During Our SNIA Tests)