Crucial P1 1000GB NVMe SSD Review

 
The drive comes in a box without any image on the drive on the front or back. On the bottom left hand side of the box front is the drive's capacity.

The rear of the box has three icons for Data Transfer Software (Acronis True Image HD 2015), Installation Guide and Firmware update which are all available via Crucial’s SSD support web page.

The only thing in the box beside the drive is a setup / warranty information pamphlet.

 
Crucial's P1 is built on a standard M.2 2280 format with all the components housed on one side of the PCB.

Sitting under the label (a plain label without any copper layer) are two packages of Micron 64-layer 3D QLC NAND, a single 1GB DDR3 IC and the Silicon Motion SM2263EN controller. Silicon Motion's SM2263EN is a four channel controller that supports the NVMe 1.3 specification and can be used in conjunction with DDR3, DDR3L, LPDDR3 or DDR4 cache. It also supports full drive encryption with AES and TCG Opal protocols.

Crucial’s Storage Executive is a pretty comprehensive SSD toolkit. With it you can check the drive’s S.M.A.R.T data, update the firmware, see how the drive’s capacity is being used, monitor the drive’s operating temperature and overall health, adjust the Over Provisioning and enable the Momentum Cache feature. There's also some options in the software that aren't supported by the P1; resetting the PSID, Flex Capacity (improve's endurance) and Device Self-Test.

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