Crucial P1 M.2 NVMe PCIe Up to 1TB SSD With Micron NAND QLC Technology

Crucial, brand of memory and storage upgrades and trademark of Micron Technology, Inc., has announced the availability of the P1 SSD, a PC storage device that leverages the NVMe PCIe interface and Micron’s QLC technology to deliver fast capacity for less.

This is an expansion of the company’s portfolio of dependable, performing, and affordable SSDs.

The P1 SSD delivers category-leading, real-world performance. PCMark 8 benchmarks show that the drive is capable of mixed-mode throughputs of up to 565MB/s, with a composite score of 5,084, which outperforms similar SSDs within the price category. ⁽³⁾

With sequential R/W speeds up to 2,000/1,700MB/s, ⁽⁴⁾ the P1 provides performance via hybrid-dynamic write acceleration, a SLC cache implementation. The drive offers an MTTF of 1.8 million hours and an endurance of up to 200TB total bytes written, with power usage at an active average of 100mW.

Available in capacities up to 1TB ⁽¹⁾, and backed by a five-year limited warranty ⁽²⁾, the P1 SSD leverages Micron QLC NAND technology. By storing four bits in each NAND cell, QLC NAND narrows the affordability gap between HDDs and flash storage, enabling increased speeds and capacities at a more affordable price point.

“We’ve been using Crucial SSDs in our gaming rigs for the past year and a half,” said Patrik Sattermon, chief gaming officer, FNATIC PTY Ltd. “The speeds the new P1 NVMe drive offers are impressive, and we look forward to accelerated boot ups and game loads. Plus, with some games now taking almost 100GB of space, the extra storage the new P1 SSD offers is most welcome. We’re excited to be installing these drives into our Team FNATIC systems.“

“We’ve been making SSDs for over a decade now, and we’ve watched computing habits change dramatically over that time,” said Teresa Kelley, VP and GM, consumer products group, Micron. “The need for more system speed and storage has never been more important than it is today. That’s why we’ve paid special attention to our customers’ real-world computing tasks and designed the Crucial P1 SSD to deliver all the performance, capacity, and features they need at an affordable price point.“

Installation and support
The firm’s SSD Install Guide provides easy-to-follow steps and videos for installation, and the Acronis True Image HD software helps to migrate data. The Crucial Storage Executive software tool allows users to see how much storage (GB) they’ve used, download the latest firmware, and improve drive performance.

Advanced features:

The P1 SSD offers a range of additional benefits, including:

• Data loss protection via the Multistep Data Integrity Algorithm

• Protection from overheating via Adaptive Thermal Monitoring tools

• Faster writes via Hybrid-Dynamic Write Acceleration technology

• Data protection at the component level via Redundant Array of Independent NAND

SRP pricing:

• CT500P1SSD8: $109.99

• CT1000P1SSD8: $219.99

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⁽¹⁾ Some of the storage capacity is used for formatting and other purposes and is not available for storage. 1GB equals 1 billion bytes.
⁽²⁾ Warranty valid for five years from the original date of purchase or before writing the maximum total bytes written (TBW) as published in the product datasheet and as measured in the product’s SMART data, whichever comes first.
⁽³⁾ Results based on PCMark 8 Storage 2.0 benchmark testing from October 2018. Throughput and bandwidth measured using CrystalDiskMark, v6.0.1 Test System: Gigabyte GA-Z170X Ultra Gaming, Intel Core i5, 32GB Ballistix DRAM, Windows 10 Pro x64. Results will vary on different computer systems and test conditions.
⁽⁴⁾ Typical I/O performance numbers as measured using CrystalDiskMark with write cache enabled, a queue depth of 64 (QD=8, Threads=8). Fresh out-of-box (FOB) state is assumed. For performance measurement purposes, the SSD may be restored to FOB state using the secure erase command. System variations will affect measured results.