Your MOST Requested Gen4 SSD Tested

Testing the Crucial P5 Plus Gen4 NVMe SSD. Get yours: geni.us/GKGp9Xx (affiliate)
Lots of useful links below, click "show more" for a full overview.
Sponsor: Seasonic Prime PSUs are awesome! Get yours: geni.us/hqKXxw
Also check out my 15 SSD Gen4 SSD Roundup video: • The Big Gen4 SSD Round...
Some other SSDs in this comparison: (affiliate links)
Crucial P5 Plus - geni.us/GKGp9Xx
Corsair MP600 PRO LPX - geni.us/bD6WeE1
WD Black SN850 - geni.us/Xdrv
Kingston KC3000 - geni.us/czu8
Samsung 980 PRO - geni.us/LXpQKhQ
Seagate Firecuda 530 - geni.us/KU8JQO
WD Black SN770 - geni.us/ZVHye4F
Aorus 7000S - geni.us/eO50
MSI Spatium M480 - geni.us/4P3bGz
Sabrent Rocket 4 - geni.us/mCPY
Seagate FireCuda 520 - geni.us/0qiSzjR
Corsair MP600 - geni.us/wVMyDn
Patriot VP4100 - geni.us/SyKI7Jm
Aorus Gen4 SSD - geni.us/kAst
Sabrent Rocket Q4 - geni.us/kmD4
WD Black SN750 SE - geni.us/xFNcEay
Heatsink tips for non-heatsinked SSDs: (affiliate links)
For PC - United States - QIVYNSRY Heatsink (~$8) amzn.to/326gLUi
For PC - Europe - be quiet! MC1 Heatsink (~€13) amzn.to/3ftPcHL
For Playstation 5 - US - QIVYNSRY Heatsink (~$8) amzn.to/326gLUi
For Playstation 5 - EU - be quiet! MC1 Heatsink (~€13) amzn.to/3ftPcHL
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Timestamps:
0:00​ - Introduction
1:05 - Crucial P5 Plus Overview
2:54 - PC Mark 10 - Light Use (For use as a secondary drive)
3:51​ - PC Mark 10 - Heavier Use (OS Drive, Video Editors, etc)
4:43 - Consistency Test - Stress Test, Workstation SSD?
5:26 - Sequential Performance & Playstation 5 Use
6:25 - Thermal Performance - Buy a Heatsink!
7:47 - Pricing & Final Thoughts
Test Bench - (affiliate links)
CPU - Intel Core i9-12900K - geni.us/8ew3
Motherboard - ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero - geni.us/rMCmKs
Memory - 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR5-5200 - geni.us/eqYpBgw
Cooling - Corsair H150i Elite LCD - geni.us/YOmb
GPU - Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 - geni.us/Jn2x
PSU - Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W - geni.us/hqKXxw
Disclosure:
- This product was provided by Crucial for the purpose of testing. As per my own guidelines, they don't get any say about anything in this video or any of my other reviews. It's not sponsored by them, they also didn't get to preview this video beforehand, or any other nonsense like that. My reviews reflect my own views, nothing more, nothing less.
- Amazon links I provide are (typically) affiliate links. Using these does not cost you anything at all. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This means they do provide me with a small commission when you decide to buy a product, at no cost to you.
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[@MrAlexander100]

Bought an 870 Evo and a 970 Evo Plus yesterday and i am really happy. Your reviews on ssd's are very good and informative !!!!

[@gustavogavp]

Friend, how about the performance and speed of your Samsung 870 Evo and 970 Evo plus? Have you had any problems with them? Have you updated to the latest firmware?

[@ToddKortte]

OMG perfect timing! I am buying my SSDs today and wanted some reassurance. I am going for the CORSAIR MP600 PRO LPX. Especially after your review a few weeks ago. I have been following you for several months, LOVE your channel! I used to live in Holland, Tot ziens!

[@davepianist84]

Excellent video Nada!

[@DragunnitumGaming]

Just discovered your channel and i LOVE it! I can't believe i didn't know about your content sooner! 😭❤️🌹

[@glkcox]

Thanks for adding the Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus to the dataset. With mid-table performance, I can see why it didn't get its own video!

[@TechTesters]

I still plan to do a video, it's just I only have so many hours in a day :)

[@wadalzain5]

Excellent review, thank you.

[@DeuxVitae]

Going for the Kioxia. Its quickly becoming the people's champion with a perfect price to performance ratio.

[@AdjointGaming]

Went for the recommended KC3000. Amazing !!!

[@twanc156]

YESSS THANK YOU FOR THIS REVIEW

[@hontam7118]

Great info! Crucial's across the range have all been pretty good price:performance. But the frequent discounts on Samsung's (in Australia at least), just pip them for value.

[@HasTakes]

Finally you reviewed the Crucial P5 Plus

[@the-patient-987]

Another excellent video!

[@emersonboscariol1000]

Thanks, nice review.

[@davidjames4583]

Awesome review !! 👍 !!!

[@fleemwings207]

I don't think a heat spreader is an issue for new builds as most decent motherboards come equipped with them. However upgraders will probably need to buy one.

[@qT_p13]

Vault guy holding on really tightly to this one. Thanks.

[@johnnywoolen1453]

The queen of SSD reviews has spoken.

[@fraxesz1598]

Good benchmark.

[@badbot4ever566]

Now is the time to buy SSD’s . Thanx for the video.

[@crzyces1693]

Just picked one up and in the US you can grab the 2TB model for $159.99-$179.99 an Amazon, or a consistent $169.99 from the Crucial store. I'm not sure if I was lucky with the silicon or my makeshift heatsink made up of 6 mini heatsinks with adhesive on the bottom (I built a retro cyberpunk/industrial aesthetic PC so it works well) let's it stretch its legs a bit, but the read/writes of 6700/5900 are faster than what it is rated for, so I'll take it! Whatever the case, even at slightly lower than rated speeds its still a fantastic drive in general, and *great* for the money. Coming in lower than many of the 2TB gen 3 drives, this is a no-brainer pickup for some extra storage in a gaming PC, as well as media, home office, as an external device, and of course, for a PS5. As stated, I am not just satisfied, but thrilled with the product. With the provided warranty in addition to the rated hours of use this drive should last most users essentially forever, with little, if anything to worry about when it comes to dead sectors unless you're a Hollywood animator type of user, in which case a 2TB drive shouldn't be your main scrub drive anyway ;^p .

[@ronm6585]

Thank you. 👍🏻

[@dunknow9486]

Hope to see a review on WD black 850x

[@arslannamberdar1222]

Nice info Love from India ❤

[@AndrevwZA]

One of my favourite brands. Pitty that it is not "one of the cheaper drives" here in South Africa.

[@vitorcristiano9744]

Lexar nm800 Netac NV 7000 wish i could see testing of these 2 4.0 drives against the more known ones

[@DanielFNG]

Any plans to review the Dell G3223Q 32" 4k 144Hz monitor? Just asking as your reviews of other monitors in this class have been great and there's very little out there about it at the moment!

[@Rocky-AR]

That SN770 absolutely slaps. How the heck is it at the top spots for quick and full benchmark? I thought the SN850 was a superior drive for normal users.

[@koreanguymin3873]

No joke. For 4k performance, SN770 just rocks. Sustained write speed is where it suffers, but for day to day tasks like OS, web browsering, gaming, code compilation, 770 is actually really good.

[@Shadowat00]

I get the Kingston KC3000 512GB at a price lower than SN770 500GB 😎

[@IsaandAli]

$199 in amazon for the 2TB, not bad.

[@Michplay]

Deze gen 4 SSD reviews zullen het goed gaan doen als Direct storage games populair gaan worden

[@GamingCheeto]

Just bought the 2TB crucial p5 plus for $95 Incredible deal, unfortunately my mobo doesn't support gen 4 so limited to gen 3 for now

[@gustavogavp]

Friend, how about the performance and speed of your Crucial P5 plus?

[@tigerbalm666]

I've decided to get a SN770...

[@TazzSmk]

2TB Crucial P5 Plus and 2TB Kingston KC3000 are most reasonably priced Gen4 NVME SSDs right now here in Central Europe, I assume KC3000 is tier higher performance-wise, IF properly cooled?

[@TechTesters]

Slightly higher, if the price difference is small enough.

[@steve2me414]

Do you think G5 will be that much better then G4? ( knowing MS DR S is coming )

[@HaniOveissy]

I have a plan to buy an SSD for my Acer Swift 3 SF315 (8250U, MX150, FHD) Laptop. It has 128Gb SSD, but I want to upgrade it. Which one do you suggest I buy? Samsung 980 pro 500GB or Samsung 970Evo Plus 1TB?

[@danielfernandezaguirre]

If I run on Pcie 3.0 would I need a heatsink as well or the lower speed wont heat it as much?

[@0darkwings0]

What 16gb DDR5 4800mhz RAM Company do you suggest for ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 (2022)? (I got this laptop just with one 16GB)

[@wannachating]

i am still confuse between 980pro and sn770..? previously you make videos without Spectacles, that look better :) (it a personal choise btw)

[@thomas1699]

Crucial Storage Executive does not work at all with other brand name drives.

[@ThePreciseClimber]

If I use a PCIe 4.0 SSD with a PCIe 3.0 laptop, is it okay not to use a heatsink? I assume it's not gonna overheat if it's limited to 3.0 speeds.

[@Nomokuto]

Which m.2 ssd will get hotter, the boot drive or the one with games/documents? Like which one should be on the top slot with the cooler and which on the back. Both gen4 probably

[@TechTesters]

Unless you really stress a drive, like with a video editing scratch drive, neither should get very hot. But between the two, id expect a large game library to warm up more than a boot drive ;)

[@Vientoyluz]

Please, do you explain the encript function? In thats nvme discs

[@techluvin7691]

The problem with all these heatsinks is that they cover the entire Nvme when they actually only need to cool the controller. That’s where the heat problem lies.

[@koreanguymin3873]

But that SN770 is so darn impressive

[@TranceHistorian]

It's also expensive

[@diegooliveira1083]

No d-ram

[@farunjacob7450]

Yes price's are always a problem for me 😂😂😁

[@bhushan2k]

Can you please review WD green 2tb NVME? I am looking for cheapest option for storage. I have only NVME connection inside Asus TUF f15 2022.

[@ihavenoname3925]

what if put this on laptop can laptops have heatsink?

[@cutcorners6005]

Motherboards come with heatsink nowadays so you dont really need to spend extra.

[@phokingnuts]

Are you rerunning all of the benchmarks for all the drives, or just tacking the benchmark results for the p5 on previous results?

[@theeditingdepartment9421]

I've heard the aorus gen4 ssd has been failing within 2-5 months.

[@mapioskoloni9784]

Is there an external USB-C enclosure that you'd recommend for this drive for capturing video? And is there one that may even fit a heatsink?

[@TechTesters]

I haven't really tested many separate enclosures. The only one I personally use is the Cooler Master one which does cool the SSD properly and it's quick to swap SSDs in, but it's clunky and heavy compared to most externals.

[@mapioskoloni9784]

It's kind of pricey, compared to a lot of other ones in the category, but I'll give it a shot if indeed it cools the drive properly, because I want to use it on my camera rig as external storage. Thank you much.

[@bobgame763]

What happens when you reach the TBW limit by using only 60% of the drive? Will it become a read-only drive instantly?

[@whyjay9959]

From what I understand you just lose the warranty. Wear is not so predictable. The drive will spread the work over all of its parts regardless, so the TBW count is for all of it. Though keeping a portion of it empty should still make its internal workings easier, preserving performance and possibly allowing it to do less writes for the same tasks in practice.

[@blamethedingus2470]

TBW is a calculation based off of writing for 24/7 365 so xGB per day/* 365/ * years of waranty = total write endurance per day which is always severely underestimated for the safe side of things, but 99% of consumer use is not going to write like that

[@tehdreamer]

KC3000 costs the same as Crucial P5 plus here in UK.

[@TechTesters]

In that case I’d get the KC3000.

[@tehdreamer]

@@TechTesters Decided not to because I have G15 Zephyrus laptop and its recommended only for single sided SSDs, KC3000 has chips on both sides. Plus it runs hot. So I went for a slower NV2 Kingston drive which is single sided. Heard Crucial P5 can overheat and disconnects in my laptop.

[@HorstJt]

How many SSD reviews would you like? Techtesters: yes.

[@bojke91]

Ohh this must be nice ;)

[@omkarshigwan1033]

❤❤❤

[@saddamsk4211]

Nice SSD 😇😇😇

[@Grolmusl]

Good days. It is normal that in load with heatsink Is temperature ( p5 plus) about 70 Celsius? Thanks

[@TechTesters]

70 C under load is fine :)

[@yohan7083]

How different is M.2 SSD and Gen 4? Are they the same type?

[@whyjay9959]

Those are completely different aspects. M.2 is a form factor- The shape, which also says what kind of slot you can connect the drive to. Gen 4 refers to the 4th generation of PCIe- A standard of data connection between the CPU and other components, allowing for roughly double the speed of Gen 3. This is an M.2 drive with a PCIe gen 4 connection.

[@yohan7083]

@@whyjay9959 Oh, okay. Thanks.

[@AngelAngel-kr6ii]

currently am looking out for a 2TB for OS, Crucial P5+ $135 WD SN770 $118 Crucial P3+ $125 Crucial P3 $97 Any kind advice on which is more suitable (DRAM vs DRAMless, using 2*DDR5 4800mhz 16gb) and worthed?

[@TechTesters]

I'd personally pick the P5+ for the DRAM cache from that list :)

[@AngelAngel-kr6ii]

@@TechTesters Thanks for the input. Yeah am struggling to decide between P5+ and SN770 while im reading up on DRAM vs DRAMless and the strong performance (and yet cooler) of SN770 as i'll be switching over to a mini pc 7735HS

[@merrq1]

Which one did u end up picking? Im also tied between sn770 and p5+ and using it for my main os, everyday drive

[@AngelAngel-kr6ii]

@@merrq1 i gotten sn770 for the lower temp as its for my mini pc. P5+ supposedly slightly better performance but can get up to 70°c++, thus heatsink highly recommended

[@merrq1]

@@AngelAngel-kr6ii dope, i ended up returning my 770 n getting a p5 instead, my motherboard comes with a heatsink so i should be fine. Dont honestly think id see a difference in gaming compared to the sn770 but the other features like d ram is what made me swap it out

[@Mjet403]

What did she review again 😅

[@kamalalaloush9364]

If your build doesn't have a heat sink so it's a budget build so u wont buy a 1Tb gen4 ssd, I mean I've never seen a motherboard without a heat sink that support gen 4 and it's not ultra budget. I think actually it's better to not include one for E waste reasons.

[@StardustOneReviews]

The Crucial P5 Plus must be used with a heatsink, because it is completely useless without. Don’t even think about considering to install it in a notebook. It thermal throttles extremely even when reaching 60+ degrees.

[@-CornDawg]

I have installed MSI Spatium M480 M.2 Gen 4 1TB and that's where I have installed Windows but I need to buy 500GB one for that and use this for save projects and stuff. I was wondering if the CRUCIAL P5 PLUS 500GB PCIE 4.0 500GB GEN4 a good ssd to install the windows and the software, it is cheaper than SAMSUNG 980 PRO GEN.4 500GB NVME M.2 SSD.

[@TechTesters]

If the P5 Plus is cheap, it's a good option, simple.

[@-CornDawg]

@@TechTesters Cool, hope it won't slow down booting speed and program opening and running speed than what it is currently with msi spatium.

[@kalitvenec]

😊

[@mapuiatluanga3202]

👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@nyiceone2075]

best value at the time of this comment...2TB for 122$. Great Deal

[@memberberry462]

it it normal that after 5 months the SSD's health went from 100% to 98% ??

[@GamingCheeto]

necro reply but it really depends on what you're doing if you're writing on it alot it's most likely fine

[@memberberry462]

@@GamingCheeto well here is my use case scenario I've split it to 2 partitions 250gb for windows C drive and the rest for my games and i only use my pc for games now its 14 mounts of use and it dropped to 96% i have an other ssd Samsung 970evo and its still at 100% i think maybe i got scammed with that p5 plus maybe amazon sent me i used drive or something 😥

[@GamingCheeto]

@@memberberry462 if it's an OS drive it writes a lot, if you have crystal disk info installed you can see how much it's written and it's overall uptime, usually this number cannot be modified so it's almost always accurate, but you're fine not only does the crucial p5 plus have a 5 year warranty it's rated for anywhere between 300TB write to 1200TB (depending on the drive size 500gb - 2tb). I have some random dell sk hynix 512gb m.2 I've been using for a few years with around 250TB of write and it's showing 82% health and it's working perfectly fine. The p5 plus will last you well beyond it's warranty If your Evo drive is a mostly a static drive (gaming other occasional things NOT an OS drive it will last longer)

[@stephenstrassen1135]

can you game with one of these ?

[@jrwong2181]

Girl reviewer do not game but they give excellent deep information specs and detailed report

[@Jelpronir]

Niceeeeeee

[@piyushchowdhury9790]

Nice mam

[@patrickcadette]

😁😁😁👍👍👍

[@Galexlol]

Ehi Nada, if you know this could you tell me something, i'm looking for an SSD to puts lots of games on that will probably get patched. What's the best "endurance" SSD that would last a long time (so no QLC?), i'm looking for 2TB+, because it's so confusing to get which ones are TLC or QLC or MLC or whatever

[@julesjacobs1]

According to the manufacturer, you can completely overwrite this SSD 600 times, so there should be no need to focus on endurance for your use case.

[@whyjay9959]

There are many other aspects to the design of a drive that determine its write endurance and performance.

[@Galexlol]

@@whyjay9959 thanks captain obvious

[@Kapono5150]

Micron is usually not soo good quality

[@tarekzo746]

Can som1 help me is it important to have an integrated heatsink if you gonna use this ssd on a laptop for example the samsung 990 pro has an integrated heatsink but the wx black sn850 does not i

[@user-ri2oo4dd2p]

FAR behind E18

[@iam4740]

Lol, thanks for putting some fem in the reviews.

[@GabeDobsky]

Your mom?

[@Ez0X_]

no

[@GabeDobsky]

@@Ez0X_ ok

[@bintaher8035]

✅👍❤