New On sale 2%
Crucial SSD
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 5.0
Read Speed 14,500 MB/s
NAND TLC
78 Overall Score
Price $385
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong random (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong feature (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong capacity (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average social proof (7th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
- Q1 202593/100
Buyers report excellent speed and low latency, with one noting easy cooling via motherboard heatsink. Another praised performance but mentioned installation challenges near GPU and stock cooler.
- Performance is top-tier: 1.5-2x faster than Firecuda 530, 30% faster 4K reads, and low latency.
- Cooling is manageable with motherboard heatsink; one user saw 51C under stress with extra fan.
- Installation can be tricky: M.2 slot placement near GPU backplate may require additional airflow.
- Recommended for video editing and gamers; one reviewer calls it one of the fastest Gen5 drives.
- Q4 2024100/100
Buyers report the drive is fast, works perfectly, and was easy to install with no issues. One reviewer notes it's only been a couple of weeks, so long-term reliability is unproven.
- Drive is fast and performs well.
- Easy installation with no BIOS or setup issues.
- Long-term reliability not yet tested; only used for a couple of weeks.
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) | 14500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 12700 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1550000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1800000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Crucial SSD | Samsung 9100 Pro MZ-VAP4T0CW | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Seagate FireCuda 530R | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 14,500 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | - |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2000 TBW | 5050 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial SSD | 97.9 | 97.6 | 88.7 | 78.5 | 56.6 | 6.5 |
| Samsung 9100 Pro MZ-VAP4T0CW Compare | 98.9 | 99.7 | 99.8 | 92.8 | 86.2 | 99.7 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.9 | 94.8 | 93.7 | 92.8 | 81.2 | 96.4 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.5 | 93.3 | 93.7 | 78.5 | 94 | 96.4 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.1 | 96.1 | 53.3 | 92.8 | 95.7 | 90.3 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99 | 71.9 | 92.8 | 94.7 | 96.4 |
Price
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