CONCLUSION

   The P1 SSD by Crucial may be their very first consumer oriented M.2 NVMe model to hit the market but they were actually planning to release another model last year which let’s just say that it didn’t live up to their expectations (performance-wise) so they decided to skip on that and go full throttle for the P1 instead. Of course as you can all see from our charts the P1 is far from the fastest M.2 NVMe model in the market today (surprisingly enough thermal throttling was not much of an issue with the P1) but thanks to its SLC cache algorithms and SM2263EN controller it’s quite faster compared to for example the A1000 by Kingston. That being said the SLC cache algorithms Crucial has used with the P1 are a double edged sword since its performance numbers decrease the more you fill the drive with data so although when empty up to 100GB can be used by those SLC algorithms that number can get down to 13GB. That being said even when full the drive is still just as fast as the A1000 by Kingston and much faster than the MX500 again by Crucial so things are quite balanced. On top of that add its 5 year limited warranty, 1.8 million hours MTTF and 200TBW endurance number and the P1 1TB M.2 NVMe could be the ideal choice for non-demanding consumers.

   Whether or not the P1 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD by Crucial is a good choice for non-demanding consumers however also largely depends on cost and with a current price tag set at USD169.99 inside the USA (Amazon) and 177.10Euros inside the EU (Amazon DE) we fell it is. Granted it may not be able to match the performance of other higher-end models like the MP510 by CORSAIR (not many can currently) but it offers a very good price/capacity/performance ratio and for that the P1 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD by Crucial gets our Golden Award.

PROS

- Very Good Overall Performance
- Endurance Numbers (200TBW / 1.5 Million Hours MTTF)
- Crucial Storage Executive Software
- 5 Years Limited Warranty
- Available In 2TB
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Thermal Throttling (Although Not Very Evident In Our Review)
- SLC Cache Algorithms (Performance Largely Dependant On Free Space)