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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
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Will It Run?
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Crucial

Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
| Merchant | Price | $/GB | Availability |
|---|
| Total |
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Newegg | $84.99 | $0.340 | In Stock | $84.99 | Buy |
About This Product
The Crucial P2 250GB is an entry-level M.2 NVMe SSD utilizing PCIe Gen3 x4. It offers faster performance than SATA SSDs but is slower than higher-end PCIe Gen3 and all PCIe Gen4 NVMe drives. This drive is suitable for basic system acceleration and as a boot drive for users on a strict budget, or for older systems that support NVMe but not higher PCIe generations.
Verdict
“Good for budget builds needing basic NVMe speed for OS and light applications.”
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
2,100 MB/s
Sequential Write
1,150 MB/s
4K Random Read
170K IOPS
4K Random Write
260K IOPS
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
150 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.33 DWPD
MTBF
1.8M hours
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache — what most retailers don't show you.
DRAM Cache
No (HMB)
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