Crucial P5 2TB M.2 SSD

Here you will find a detailed speed, performance and benchmark test review. Tested was the M.2 NVMe SSD P5 with 2TB (CT2000P5SSD8) from the brand Crucial.

Performance score 
5630
Price/GB
0.18 $
Read
3,400 MB/s
Write
3,000 MB/s
Connector
M.2 2280
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x4
Technical specifications (manufacturer information)
Product image Product image P5
Manufacturer Crucial  
Model number CT2000P5SSD8
Capacity 2048 GB (1863 GiB)
Read speed 3400 MB/s
Write speed 3000 MB/s
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Connector M.2 2280
Memory module (NAND) TLC
DRAM cache ✓ Yes
TBW (Total Bytes Written) 1200 terabyte
Controller Micron DM01B2

Product
Score
Price
  Current price
~ 366 $
(= 0.18 $ / GB)
Compare product Compared to the test winner*
Read speed
57 %
Write speed
57 %
*) Test result rated by AS SSD score within the same capacity.

We put the Crucial NVMe M.2 SSD through a detailed test. You can find the test result / test report here:


AS SSD Benchmark

Standard performance test

The standard test was performed with a 5 GB file. A total score of 5630 points was achieved.

AS SSD Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: Crucial P5 2TB
AS SSD Read: Write:
Seq
in megabytes per second
2,999.26 MB/s
2,956.92 MB/s
4K
in megabytes per second
54.55 MB/s
122.97 MB/s
4K-64Thrd
in megabytes per second
1,709.83 MB/s
2,089.44 MB/s
Access time
in milliseconds
0.032 ms
0.402 ms
Score
2064
2508
Total score 
5630

Copy performance test

A common everyday scenario is simulated here. Three test folders are created:

  • ISO (folder with two large files)
  • Program (folder with many small files)
  • Game (folder with small and large files)

The three folders are copied using the Windows copy command (cache remains enabled). The real-world test from 03 October 2021 shows performance during simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better.

AS SSD TEST: Crucial P5 2TB
AS SSD Copy Benchmark Transfer rate: Duration:
ISO
two large files
2,253.97 MB/s
1.02 s
Program
typical program folder with many small files
341.38 MB/s
20.62 s
Game
a game folder with small and large files
1,013.61 MB/s
6.82 s

Compression performance test

Here, speed is measured depending on how compressible the data is.

AS SSD TEST: Crucial P5 2TB

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark

Similar to AS SSD, two sequential and two random performance tests are carried out here and the write and read speed (manufacturer: 3400 MB/s and 3000 MB/s) the Crucial SSD is determined.

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: Crucial P5 2TB
CDM Read [MB/s] Write [MB/s]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
3,544.23
3,292.95
SEQ1M
Q1T1
2,523.94
2,956.55
RND4K
Q32T16
1,798.35
2,011.77
RND4K
Q1T1
57.82
128.59

IOPS (Input/Output operations per second)

CDM Read [IOPS] Write [IOPS]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
3,380.00
3,140.40
SEQ1M
Q1T1
2,407.00
2,819.60
RND4K
Q32T16
439,050.00
491,156.00
RND4K
Q1T1
14,115.50
31,393.30

Average latency

CDM Read [µs] Write [µs]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
2,364.91
2,541.99
SEQ1M
Q1T1
415.21
354.37
RND4K
Q32T16
1,164.13
1,041.19
RND4K
Q1T1
70.72
31.73

HD Tune Pro long-term test

A long-term test was performed to fully utilize the storage. You can see from when a possible cache is full and write performance drops.

HD Tune endurance test TEST: Crucial P5 2TB

HD Tune Pro Benchmark

HD Tune writes a 5 GB file to the Crucial NVMe M.2 SSD. The transfer data of the read speed is displayed graphically. The minimum, maximum and average values are also determined. The measured access time and burst rate are also shown.

HD Tune TEST: Crucial P5 2TB

ATTO Disk Benchmark

Here, a 256 MB file is written to the Crucial NVMe M.2 SSD multiple times. The I/O block size varies (from 512 bytes to 64 megabytes). The larger the blocks, the faster writing and reading usually becomes.

ATTO Disk Benchmark TEST: Crucial P5 2TB

SSD-Z Benchmark

Similar to HD Tune, a 500 MB file is written to the Crucial NVMe M.2 SSD here. The transfer data is displayed. The more consistent the line, the better. Unfortunately, the tool no longer works correctly from around 4,000 MB/s and no line is displayed (and sometimes incorrect min/max data is shown).

SSD-Z TEST: Crucial P5 2TB


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