Testseek.co.uk have collected 95 expert reviews of the Crucial / Micron M.2 2280 P5 Plus Series NVMe PCIe and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Crucial / Micron M.2 2280 P5 Plus Series NVMe PCIe.
September 2021
(86%)
95 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(98%)
20 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Affordable
Speedy via PCIe 4.0
Decent endurance
Fairly affordable
Decent sequential performance
Impressive removable heatsink
Nice pricing for a 1TB PCIe 4.0 drive
Good all-round throughput
Five-year warranty
176-layer NAND technology
Management software
5-year warranty
The editors didn't like
Mediocre 4K IOPS performance
Slow underlying NAND
Random 4K performance lacking
Load times and real-world performance slow
Slightly disappointing 4K performance
Runs a little warm
Performance at deeper queue depths
Couldn’t match the official random write figures under testing
Needs a PCIe 4.0 supporting motherboard for best performance
Unimpressive sustained write performance, High idle power consumption, Less-than-average efficiency under load
Aimed at gamers and creative professionals who want faster load times and more efficient workflow experiences, Crucial's P5 Plus is a solid PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD that is priced well for what it has to offer...
Published: 2021-09-17, Author: Jonathan , review by: aphnetworks.com
A PCIe 4.0-based drive is a PCIe 4.0-based drive even if it is made to be lighter on your wallet. Did the Crucial P5 Plus take budget speed to a whole new level compared to last generation PCIe 3.0-based drives? I would say so. The Crucial P5 Plus 1TB is...
Published: 2021-11-30, Author: Jon , review by: tweaktown.com
Fast storage matters. Storage performance impacts every aspect of personal computing. Nothing is as important or more important for a superior user experience than superior storage performance. Period. As expected, the 2TB P5 Plus, just as its smaller sib...
The P5 Plus is a very good NVMe SSD, but it's not the bargain that its predecessor was. I still recommend the older drive for PCIe 3 users seeking to save money, but at the time of this writing, the more consistent-performing Samsung 980 Pro is priced low...
Excellent everyday performance, Great bang for buck
Slows down on very long writes
The Plus version of the P5 now supports PCle 4, so users with the more modern bus can benefit from the increased bandwidth. However, while a very good NVMe SSD, at the time of our review it was priced higher than several worthy competitors including Samsu...
Published: 2021-08-25, Author: Jon , review by: tweaktown.com
The P5 Plus might be the best performance-to-price SSD currently available. For gaming, you can't do much better than the P5 Plus. It should certainly be a top-of-the-list consideration for PS5 internal storage expansion. We also love that it is a single-...
Published: 2021-09-07, Author: Jon , review by: pcworld.co.nz
The P5 Plus is a very good NVMe SSD, but it's not the bargain that its predecessor was. I still recommend the older drive for PCIe 3 users seeking to save money, but at the time of this writing, the more consistent-performing Samsung 980 Pro is priced low...
Published: 2021-09-07, Author: Jon , review by: pcworld.co.nz
Excellent everyday performance, Great bang for buck
Slows down on very long writes
The P5 Plus is a very good NVMe SSD, but it's not the bargain that its predecessor was. I still recommend the older drive for PCIe 3 users seeking to save money, but at the time of this writing, the more consistent-performing Samsung 980 Pro is priced low...
Abstract: Solid-state drives (SSDs) have come a long way in recent years: a long way up in speed and capacity, and a long way down in price. Technology that was previously reserved for enterprise customers and the PC performance elite has gained the common touch, w...
