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Crucial P5 2TB PCIe M.2 2280 SSD Review

Storage/SSD by stefan @ 2021-06-29

The P5 2TB model comes with a similar performance as the 1TB SKU, in some cases succeeding to overpass it by making use of more available SLC cache and the DRAM cache for storing the mapping tables. If the drive is heavily used at once, throttling will occur as well, as it can be seen in some of our test results and graphs, which makes us recommend it to be used in very well-ventilated enclosures and even better, on motherboard which have an integrated heatsink for the M.2 slot.

Packaging, A Closer Look

In this article we will revisit the P5 SSD model from Crucial, but now the SKU with more capacity, 2TB. The unit is aimed at the mainstream market, being speedy enough as a boot drive but also as a secondary SSD. The TBW is noted at 1200TB, and the product comes with a 5-year warranty as well.

The drive is shipped inside a compact cardboard enclosure, which shows the total storage capacity on the top cover, but also the supported bus (NVMe M.2 format):

On the back side, we will note some online resource links which help locating the Data Transfer Software, the Installation Guide but also the newer firmware, if it exists:

Inside, we will get to see a printed leaflet, but also the drive, which sits securely inside a transparent plastic mold:

The mentioned leaflet instructs the user to go online to access other resources, in different languages:

On the top drive PCB, we will find a large sticker with the Crucial logo, but also the product name and format (2280):

The back side does not hold any additional components, but a sticker with more information such as the internal code name, the serial number, firmware version, power rating but also the supported standards:

After removing the large frontal sticker, we can look closer at the components:

The Micron DM01B2 controller is sitting on a small PCB of its own and features a metallic heatspreader. This is an 8-channel architecture with support for DRAM caching:

The Micron D9XGJ LPDDR4 2GB memory IC helps with storing the mapping tables:

The two Micron NW970 96-layer TLC NAND packages add for a total of 2TB of storage space:

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