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Crucial SSD PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2
The Phison E26 controller and 232-layer TLC NAND deliver up to 12,400 MB/s reads and 11,800 MB/s writes, with 1,500K random IOPS, making this one of the fastest PCIe 5.0 drives available. Its aluminum and nickel-plated copper heatsink keeps thermals in check without a fan, and the 2TB capacity with 1200 TBW endurance suits heavy workloads. Best for hardcore gamers and workstation users on Intel 13th Gen or AMD Ryzen 7000 platforms who need maximum throughput for DirectStorage titles and 8K+ content creation.
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 5.0
Read Speed 12,400 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 1200 TBW
96 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong feature (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong speed (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong endurance (83rd percentile) 83rd
Cons
- Below average affordability (24th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 12400 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 11800 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1500000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1500000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Phison E26 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1200 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Crucial SSD | SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Samsung 990 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 12,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 13,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial SSD | 96.6 | 97.6 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 78.7 | 83 | 77.4 | 23.8 |
| SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN Compare | 89 | 95.6 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 94.6 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 10.4 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.5 | 99 | 90.9 | 92.6 | 0 | 93.6 | 87.1 | 6.3 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 78.7 | 86 | 95.3 | 23.4 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.6 | 93.9 | 92.6 | 0 | 81 | 95.3 | 8.5 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO LNM109P004T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 92.6 | 0 | 75.1 | 56.7 | 9.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall95.8
- Budget87.2
- Gaming92.1
- Laptop81.6
- Console91.7
- Portable23.3
- Workstation92.5
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