Crucial P3 SSD 2TB, M.2 2280 / M-Key / PCIe 3.0 x4

Die Crucial P3 2 TB kann mit guten Lese- und Schreibgeschwindigkeiten überzeugen kann. Der Hersteller hat die SSD mit einem hochwertigen Controller ausgestattet und gibt der SSD eine hohe Lebenserwartung mit Garantieversprechen. Den einzigen Nachteil sehen wir im verbauten QLC-NAND, dessen Leistungseinbußen sich aber erst bemerkbar machen, wenn die Kapazität der SSD zur Neige geht.

Oberflächlich liefern sowohl die Crucial P3 als auch die P3 Plus ordentliche Leistung ab. Bei einem genaueren Blick offenbart sich aber, dass beide Modelle beim Schreiben größerer Dateimengen massive Probleme haben. Das geht sogar so weit, dass das direkte Schreiben in den QLC-NAND langsamer voranschreitet, als es eine HDD könnte.

Nach unseren Tests der Crucial P1, P2, P5 und P5 Plus folgt nun ein Vergleichstest der neuen Crucial P3 und Crucial P3 Plus SSDs! Heute sehen wir uns im Test mit einigen Benchmark Ergebnissen sowie praxisnahen Tests die neue Crucial P3 Plus und Crucial P3 M.2 NVMe SSD Serie an und werden prüfen, worin die genauen Unterschiede liegen.

After our tests of the Crucial P1, P2, P5 and P5 Plus, we now have a comparison review of the new Crucial P3 and Crucial P3 Plus SSDs! Today, we will take a look at the new Crucial P3 Plus and Crucial P3 M.2 NVMe SSD series in a test with some benchmark results as well as practical tests and check what the exact differences are.

Normally we focus on the fastest SSDs on the market, which are often expensive. This time, we will take a look at a lower model SSD from Crucial, but it should still be just as fast. The SSD we’re about to review is simply called P3 and has a capacity of 2TB, so it’s just right for most users. With the lower price tag and wide compatibility, this SSD seems very interesting. Our review will tell us how well the Crucial P3 2TB SSD will perform and what it offers.

The Crucial P3 is the second half of Crucial's latest update to their SSD lineup and it falls into an interesting spot. For starters, this is their PCIe 3.0 drive where the P3 Plus is their budget PCIe 4.0 SSD. There are still a lot of people with systems that aren’t capable of running PCIe 4.0 so it does still make sense to keep that in the lineup though the 4.0 drives will also work at 3.0 speeds. The P3 is nearly the same drive as the P3 Plus. It has the same black PCB and black sticker with minimal text on it that gives it a simple clean look. More importantly, it has the same Micron 3D QLC NAND and the same Phison controller as well, the only difference from what I can tell is that the P3 is set on the controller to run at PCIe 3.0 x4. This makes for some interesting performance which is a lot slower than the P3 Plus in pure bandwidth tests like the sequential performance but in some tests like the queue depth test and some of the other benchmarks, they perform similarly so the P3 has situations where it performs like a higher end PCIe 3.0 drive and times where it over performs with mid-range 4.0 performance. Like the P3 Plus Crucial has the P3 available in a new 4TB option which is exciting and they haven’t limited capacities on the lower end with it still available at 500GB as well as 1TB and 2TB.