Micron's first PCIe Gen4 high-performance M.2 NVMe SSD, Micron Crucial P5 Plus
NVMe SSDs were initially the most expensive high-performance storage preferred by only a few users who wanted extraordinary high-performance storage.
However, it has become one of the most popular SSD storage that anyone can choose from NVMe SSDs to configure when purchasing PCs.
In particular, the interface of M.2 NVMe SSDs continues to develop, and products that actively utilize PCIe Gen4, the next-generation interface introduced on the latest CPUs and mainboards, are emerging one after another.
Micron, a storage manufacturer that many PC users choose in Korea, has also entered the competition for M.2 NVMe SSDs that support PCIe Gen4.
Micron Crucial P5 Plus, which was introduced with the name Plus on the P5 model released in PCIe Gen3, is the main character.
As Micron said it was the first NVMe SSD to support PCIe Gen4, we had time to see how much performance it would show.
Micron Crucial P5 Plus Appearance and Configuration
Micron is the first PCIe Gen4-capable M.2 NVMe SSD, but there has been no significant change in the specification of its appearance. It seems to be using the existing M.22280.
Although it can be actively used on PC mainboards or laptops that support M.2s, it should be a mainboard or device that supports PCIe Gen4s if it wants to take full advantage of this performance.
Based on general desktop PCs, AMD CPUs support PCIe Gen4 from Gen2 or higher, while Intel supports PCIe Gen4 from Gen11 or higher. Also, the main board can be used properly only if it is clearly supported.
The samples we saw on K-Bench were the Micron Crucial P5 Plus '2TB' model with readability of 6600 MB/s, write performance of 5000 MB/s, random reads of 720,000 IOPS and random writes of 700,000 IOPS.
In particular, the 3D NAND utilizes the micron 176-speed TLC, and since it has 1,200TB of total write availability based on 2TB, it has a very long-lasting specification for any heavy data user.
Although the Micron Crucial P5 Plus is 2TB, it is a single-sided SSD that utilizes only one side, so a typical single-sided heat sink will be sufficient if you want to use a separate heat sink.
In addition, if you take off the sticker, you can look at the controller and the memory nand, which, although we don't know the details, appears to be a self-controller using the Crucial NVMe architecture, and DRAM is an LPDDR4 product.
Provides SSD management tools, Crucial Storage Executive
Micron also provides free SSD management software for consumers.
It is Crucial Storage Executive.
Easily downloadable and installable from the official website, the program is software that includes S.M.A.R.T., monitoring latest firmware updates, drive erasure and formatting to drive encryption, and features such as momentum cache, overprovisioning, device self-test, namespace management.
In particular, the momentum cache feature, which temporarily implements high cache performance, is readily available with the program, which allows the momentum cache to transmit caching data from the momentum cache to the SSD when application memory usage is reduced.
As a result, higher performance can be temporarily achieved. However, since RAM that flies when PC is powered off is used as a cache drive, it is highly recommended in laptops that are not volatile due to battery-based sleep mode.
In addition, the overprovisioning function, which can set some spaces for management, is actively utilized, and various applications can be made through software along with the high performance of the Micron Crucial P5 Plus.
Latest SSDs that take advantage of the latest specifications
Micron Crucial P5 Plus, which supports PCIe Gen4, is a very attractive product for gamers and creators who often utilize high-capacity data.
The former Micron Crucial P5 model was also well received, but this Micron Crucial P5 Plus is expected to be a highly preferred option for modern PC buyers or users who want to configure high-performance additional storage on their existing storage.
In addition, the possibility of using the current article is speculated, but since the Micron Crucial P5 Plus is a high-performance NVMe SSD that meets the additional expansion slot specification of the next-generation console, PS5, PC users as well as PS5 console users are also looking at the performance and availability of this model.
If you want to start high-performance with the latest standards, please consider this Micron Crucial P5 Plus and pay attention.