90
Tony Hoffman
PCMag
“The P3 offers the right combination of affordability, capacity, and performance to earn a PCMag Editors' Choice award as a budget PCIe 3.0 internal drive.”
Critical Assessment
What Critics Praise
- Excellent price per gigabyte
- Good sequential read performance
- Solid benchmark results for PCIe 3.0
- Available up to 4 TB capacity
- 5-year warranty
- Efficient and cool-running
Points of Contention
- Relatively low write durability
- Lacks 256-bit AES hardware encryption
- Lower endurance than TLC drives
- Limited TBW for heavy workloads
- Latency spikes on large capacities
- Very low TBW ratings
Professional Reviews
3 reviews from 3 critics80
Jon Jacobi
PCWorld
“If you’re looking for lots of capacity without robbing a mint, then the Crucial’s P3 fills the bill.”
70
Shane Downing
Tom's Hardware
The Crucial P3 delivers solid performance and value as an inexpensive secondary drive or budget upgrade, with competitive pricing and efficient operation. However, its QLC flash and DRAM-less design result in lower endurance and some performance limitations for heavy workloads.
