Crucial CT500P5PSSD8

P5 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

P5 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB
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Effective Speed -65%Effective Speed -65%Average Score -64%Read -41%, Write -73%, 4K Read -45%, 4K Write -49%, Mixed -66%, 4K Mixed -43%, SusWrite -131%Peak Score -89%Read -43%, Write -56%, 4K Read -172%, 4K Write -65%, Mixed -87%, 4K Mixed -109%, SusWrite -89%Value & Sentiment -398%User Rating -36%, Market Share -1,707%, Price 251%, Value -98%Nice To Haves -49%DQ Read -59%, DQ Write -19%, DQ Mixed -23%, ADQ Read -48%, ADQ Write -36%, ADQ Mixed -39%, Age -123%, AS-SSD Total -48%

Average Bench: 328% (30^th of 1080)

Based on 8,064 user benchmarks. Model: CT500P5PSSD8

Poor: 162%Average: 328% Great: 463%

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Outstanding average bench

The Crucial P5 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB averaged 228.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial P5 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,070MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 2,671MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial P5 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB is 302%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Crucial P5 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 138MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 59.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8,064 samples)

Rank 30328%

Min	Avg	Max
912	Read 2,948	4,127
558	Write 2,671	4,058
664	Mixed 1,920	2,469
630	SusWrite 1,372	2,410
498% 2,228 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
36.3	4K Read 59.4	70.3
55.7	4K Write 138	229
41.7	4K Mixed 75.4	105
260% 91.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
497	DQ Read 1,155	1,456
199	DQ Write 925	1,598
277	DQ Mixed 1,070	1,706
793% 1,050 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

DEU-User, 2 days ago.

335GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P7CR403 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 3432 1668 709 711 717 716 MB/s

396% Outstanding

Write 3,686

Mixed 2,250

SusWrite 1,326

626% 2,805 MB/s

4K Read 65.2

4K Write 192

4K Mixed 91.8

318% 116 MB/s

DQ Read 1,438

DQ Write 1,178

DQ Mixed 1,325

987% 1,314 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 days ago.

317GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P7CR403 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2013 1417 713 711 705 705 MB/s

308% Outstanding

Write 2,221

Mixed 1,964

SusWrite 1044

438% 1,958 MB/s

4K Read 58.9

4K Write 142

4K Mixed 80.6

268% 93.7 MB/s

DQ Read 1,450

DQ Write 1,131

DQ Mixed 1,284

962% 1,288 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 day ago.

247GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P7CR402 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 2002 1053 2105 994 685 685 MB/s

294% Outstanding

Write 2,403

Mixed 1,979

SusWrite 1254

465% 2077 MB/s

4K Read 51.7

4K Write 98

4K Mixed 66

215% 71.9 MB/s

DQ Read 1,137

DQ Write 844

DQ Mixed 1,047

768% 1,010 MB/s

ITA-User, 12 hrs ago.

433GB free

Firmware: P7CR403 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1634 1752 1545 716 675 666 MB/s

218% Outstanding

Write 1,236

Mixed 1,162

SusWrite 1,165

307% 1,374 MB/s

4K Read 42.3

4K Write 69.5

4K Mixed 52.2

168% 54.7 MB/s

DQ Read 481

DQ Write 298

DQ Mixed 388

290% 389 MB/s

ITA-User, 2 days ago.

133GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P7CR402 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s

SusWrite @10s intervals: 1070 1438 702 698 532 700 MB/s

170% Outstanding

Write 1,565

Mixed 323

SusWrite 857

198% 873 MB/s

4K Read 11.3

4K Write 92.3

4K Mixed 48.9

129% 50.8 MB/s

DQ Read 1,356

DQ Write 733

DQ Mixed 1,024

767% 1,038 MB/s

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Workstation 230%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 - $299

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Core i7-12700KIntel $199Bench 114%, 78,749 samples	6,916x
Core i5-12600KIntel $175Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	2,723x
Core i9-12900KIntel $290Bench 117%, 66,991 samples	2,466x

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RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,811x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $565Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	1,632x
RTX 3070Nvidia $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,593x

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P5 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBCrucial $58Bench 328%, 8,064 samples	1x

RAM
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 45,582 samples	649x
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-16GVK 2x16GBGBench 92%, 27,155 samples	507x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	465x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,106

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $235	Nvidia RTX 4070 $499	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $342

Crucial CT500P5PSSD8

P5 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 328% (30^th of 1080)

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Crucial CT500P5PSSD8

P5 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB

Average Bench: 328% (30th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 328% (30^th of 1080)