Crucial P5 Plus CT1000P5PSSD8 Storage

Crucial P5 Plus CT1000P5PSSD8

Brand
Crucial
Model
P5 Plus CT1000P5PSSD8

Crucial P5 Plus 1TB (CT1000P5PSSD8): fast Gen4 NVMe with DRAM and 600TBW, ideal for boot, gaming, and editing scratch workloads.

Storage performance rankTop 4% of storage drives
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ReleasedAug 2021
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Capacity1 TB
TypeSSD
InterfacePCIe
Read speed6600 MB/s
Write speed5000 MB/s
Form factorM.2
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Product overview

Launched on August 3, 2021, the Crucial P5 Plus family is a PCIe 4.0 NVMe line built on Micron 176‑layer TLC NAND with an in‑house controller; this 1TB CT1000P5PSSD8 variant is rated up to 6600/5000 MB/s in an M.2 2280 form factor. It carries a 600 TBW endurance rating and hardware‑encryption support. Positioning: high_end Gen4. It targets users who want fast Gen4 speeds and TLC reliability without moving to pricier Gen5 options. With DRAM on‑board and solid endurance, it’s well‑suited as a Windows boot drive, a large game library, and a video‑editing scratch disk. Unique note: includes a true DRAM cache, unlike many budget Gen4 SSDs.

Best for
  • boot drive
  • game library
  • video-editing scratch
Official product specifications

Specifications

At a glance iEach dot represents a catalog model. Farther right means a higher measured value, not necessarily a better fit.Measured against the storage drives catalog
Current modelCatalog models
Capacity1 TB
Higher than 6% of storage drives
Read speed6600 MB/s
Higher than 75% of storage drives
Write speed5000 MB/s
Higher than 0% of storage drives
Capacity
1 TB
Type
SSD
Read speed
6600 MB/s
Write speed
5000 MB/s
Form factor
M.2
Hardware Interface
PCIe 4.0 x4
Data Transfer Rate
16000 Mb/s
Interface
PCIe
Tdp
8 W
Pairing fit

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