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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.
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Newegg | $214.99 | $0.430 | In Stock | $214.99 | Buy |
About This Product
The Crucial P5 Plus 500GB is an M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 4 SSD. It offers sequential read speeds up to 6600MB/s and write speeds up to 4000MB/s, making it suitable for general computing and gaming. This drive provides a performance uplift over PCIe Gen 3 NVMe drives and SATA SSDs, particularly in tasks involving large file transfers and application loading. Its 500GB capacity is adequate for an operating system and several games or applications.
Verdict
βGood for users seeking a fast boot drive and primary storage for a few demanding applications.β
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
5,401 MB/s
Sequential Write
1,437 MB/s
4K Random Read
700 IOPS
4K Random Write
1K IOPS
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
300 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.33 DWPD
calculated from TBW
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache β what most retailers don't show you.
DRAM Cache
Yes (1024 MB)
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