• About Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise With Us
  • Contact Us
Real Hardware Reviews
RHR
  • Home
  • Reviews
    • All Reviews
    • Accessories
    • Processors (CPU)
    • GPU
    • Mobile
    • Games & Software
    • Systems
    • Cases
    • Tablet & Laptops
    • Ram
    • Storage
    • Motherboards
  • News
  • Off Topic
    • How To
    • Cryptocurrencies
No Result
View All Result
Real Hardware Reviews
RHR
  • Home
  • Reviews
    • All Reviews
    • Accessories
    • Processors (CPU)
    • GPU
    • Mobile
    • Games & Software
    • Systems
    • Cases
    • Tablet & Laptops
    • Ram
    • Storage
    • Motherboards
  • News
  • Off Topic
    • How To
    • Cryptocurrencies
No Result
View All Result
Real Hardware Reviews
RHR
No Result
View All Result
ADVERTISEMENT
Home Reviews

Crucial P5 Plus 2TB Review

GaK_45 by GaK_45
August 31, 2021
in Reviews, Storage
Crucial P5 Plus 2TB Review
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
ADVERTISEMENT
Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 Gaming SSD, up to 6600MB/s - CT2000P5PSSD8
Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 Gaming SSD, up to 6600MB/s - CT2000P5PSSD8
Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 Gaming SSD, up to 6600MB/s - CT2000P5PSSD8
$219.00
in stock
14 new from $219.00
as of May 8, 2025 9:12 pm
BUY NOW
Amazon.com
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD, up to 5000MB/s - CT2000P3PSSD8
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD, up to 5000MB/s - CT2000P3PSSD8
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD, up to 5000MB/s - CT2000P3PSSD8
$121.99
in stock
25 new from $119.00
as of May 8, 2025 9:12 pm
BUY NOW
Amazon.com
Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Hard Drive, V-NAND Technology, Storage...
Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Hard Drive, V-NAND Technology, Storage and Memory Expansion for Gaming, Graphics w/ Heat Control, Max Speed, MZ-V7S2T0B/AM
Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Hard Drive, V-NAND Technology, Storage...
$179.00
$187.90
in stock
9 new from $179.00
4 used from $119.00
as of May 8, 2025 9:12 pm
BUY NOW
Amazon.com
Last updated on May 8, 2025 9:12 pm
Jump to section

6. Testing Methodology

  • 1. Paradigm Shifting NAND
  • 2. Features and Specifications
  • 3. Replacement Gate Technology Primer
  • 4. Closer Look
  • 5. Closer Look at the Heatsink Upgrade kit
  • 6. Testing Methodology
  • 7. Sequential Performance
  • 8. ATTO Disk Benchmark
  • 9. Crystal Diskmark & AS-SSD
  • 10. IOMeter
  • 11. Boot time and Data Transfer
  • 12. Adobe & VMWare
  • 13. Game Load Time
  • 14. Closer Look at the Heatsink Upgrade kit
  • 15. Partial and Full Drive Performance
  • 16. Closing Statement

The reasons to purchase a high-performance storage device are as varied as the consumers who purchase them. For some application load time is the deciding factor in their purchasing decision. For others it is Virtualized Operating System performance. For others it is game load times. For others still, it is to shave a .1 of second off their synthetic test scores so as to climb ever higher in the online rankings that various sites host.

With such a wide variety of criteria it behooves us to use as wide and varied a list of testing protocols as possible. As such we have used a blend of synthetic and real-world benchmarks, as well as custom recorded real-world game benchmarking. For custom game play we have chosen f popular titles: Borderlands 2, Call of Duty: Ghosts, and Saints Row 3. These games should give a good overview of the potential performance a given storage device will offer in real world game centric scenarios.

ADVERTISEMENT

For game load times testing we have chosen games which are clearly not Internet, GPU, RAM or CPU bottlenecked. The system was cold restarted in between each load to make sure no data saved in the GPU’s ram could influence load times. As with all tests all games were run four times and an average rounded the nearest second is recorded as the official result.

For the Call of Duty: Ghosts we timed the level load time for the map called Into the Deep in the single player game. This level was chosen as it contains a large map and loads a lot of data from the storage device to the GPU.

For Borderlands 2 we have recorded the time it takes to fast travel from Sanctuary map to Oasis. Oasis is the beginning of the Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty DLC. This was chosen as it not only is a special level not included in the original Borderlands 2 game and thus contains additional data which should slow the load of this special map.

For Saints Row 3 (labelled ‘SR3’ in the chart) we have recorded the load time from a specific save game. The game was saved just at the end of the ‘Shaundi saved’ version of “Three Way Ending” but before the cut scene. This was chosen as the game not only loads the Three Way Ending data but also the next level “Gangsta’s in Space” DLC level.

For synthetic tests we used a combination of the ATTO Disk Benchmark, AS-SSD, Crystal Disk Benchmark, HDTach, HD Tune, and IOMeter.

For real world (non-gaming orientated) testing we have used OS startup, Adobe Photoshop, VMWare, and data transfer times. For data transfer we timed how long a single 30GB rar file took to copy to and then from the devices. We also used 15gb of small files (from 100kb to 200MB) with a total 36,000 files in 1200 subfolders.

All tests were run 4 times and average results are represented.

Jump to section

6. Testing Methodology

  • 1. Paradigm Shifting NAND
  • 2. Features and Specifications
  • 3. Replacement Gate Technology Primer
  • 4. Closer Look
  • 5. Closer Look at the Heatsink Upgrade kit
  • 6. Testing Methodology
  • 7. Sequential Performance
  • 8. ATTO Disk Benchmark
  • 9. Crystal Diskmark & AS-SSD
  • 10. IOMeter
  • 11. Boot time and Data Transfer
  • 12. Adobe & VMWare
  • 13. Game Load Time
  • 14. Closer Look at the Heatsink Upgrade kit
  • 15. Partial and Full Drive Performance
  • 16. Closing Statement
Page 6 of 16
Previous 12345678910111213141516 Next
Tags: 2tbCrucialCrucial P5 Plusgen 4P5
ADVERTISEMENT
GaK_45

GaK_45

"Knowledgeable, opinionated and not afraid to ask the questions you can’t or won’t." GaK_45's combination of multiple industry certifications(MCSE, CCNA, various CompTIA, etc), and over twenty years' experience in the computer industry allows him to provide detailed analysis that is as trustworthy as it is practical.

Next Post
MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT Gaming X Review

MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT Gaming X Review

Leave Comment

Recommended.

Reeven E12 RGB Review

Reeven E12 RGB Review

New Lexar Products

New Lexar Products

January 8, 2016
ADVERTISEMENT

Trending.

Crucial Pro DDR5-5600 128GB Review

Crucial Pro DDR5-5600 128GB Review

Seagate Exos X18 Review

Seagate Exos X18 Review

Seagate IronWolf Pro 24TB Review

Seagate IronWolf Pro 24TB Review

Seagate Exos X24 Review

Seagate Exos X24 Review

Arctic Liquid Freezer III 420 Review

Arctic Liquid Freezer III 420 Review

Real Hardware Reviews

© 2013 - 2024 | Powered by Real Hardware Reviews

Navigate Site

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Editorial & Disclosure Policy

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Reviews
    • All Reviews
    • Accessories
    • Processors (CPU)
    • GPU
    • Mobile
    • Games & Software
    • Systems
    • Cases
    • Tablet & Laptops
    • Ram
    • Storage
    • Motherboards
  • News
  • Off Topic
    • How To
    • Cryptocurrencies

© 2013 - 2024 | Powered by Real Hardware Reviews

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
x