CONCLUSION

   The P2 M.2 NVMe SSD by Crucial had but 1 goal, to surpass in performance its very popular predecessor, the P1 model. Well as you can all easily see in the charts it doesn’t really blow the P1 out of the water. Yes, it does clearly surpass it in ATTO, the mixed SNIA IOMeter test (something which i wasn’t really expecting – this could be due to reduced thermal throttling) and a couple of others but that’s just about it and so i can’t really say that it hit its goal. Of course, there’s always the chance that the sample which arrived in the lab does not perform as it should, if that’s the case (if Crucial feel this is the case) I’ll be sure to get another to test and see.

   With a price tag set currently at USD209.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and at 238.49Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) the P2 2TB retails for about the same price as its predecessor, the P1. Still, I do think Crucial should “work” the price of the P2 2TB a bit, based on its performance of course. That being said the P2 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD is a good overall choice for not so demanding users on a budget, anything more than that however and I suggest checking out the faster P5 model.

PROS

- Overall Performance
- Endurance Numbers (600TBW / 1.5 Million Hours MTTF)
- Crucial Storage Executive Software
- 5 Years Limited Warranty

CONS

- Performance Compared To The P1 Model