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Crucial P3 Plus 4 TB

4 TB
Capacity
Phison E21T
Controller
QLC
Flash
PCIe 4.0 x4
Interface
M.2 2280
Form Factor
Front
SSD Controller
Controller
The Crucial P3 Plus is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on May 25th, 2022. It is available in capacities ranging from 500 GB to 4 TB. This page reports specifications for the 4 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Crucial P3 Plus interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5021-E21T from Phison, a DRAM cache is not available. Crucial has installed 176-layer QLC NAND flash on the P3 Plus, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are handled more quickly. The cache is sized at 1100 GB. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The P3 Plus is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 4,800 MB/s and 4,100 MB/s write.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 400 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Crucial guarantees an endurance rating of 800 TBW, a relatively low value compared to other SSDs.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 4 TB (4000 GB)
Variants: 500 GB 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB
Overprovisioning: 370.7 GB / 10.0 %
Production: Active
Released: May 25th, 2022
Price at Launch: 400 USD
Part Number: CT4000P3PSSD8
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: M.2 2280 (Double-Sided)
Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 1.4
Power Draw: Unknown

Controller

Manufacturer: Phison
Name: PS5021-E21T
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5
Core Count: Triple-Core
Frequency: 1,000 MHz
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 12 nm
Flash Channels: 4 @ 1,600 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: HMB (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Micron
Name: N48R FortisFlash
Type: QLC
Technology: 176-layer
Speed: 1600 MT/s
Capacity: Unknown
ONFI: 4.2
Topology: Replacement Gate
Die Size: 69 mm²
(14.8 Gbit/mm²)
Planes per Die: 4
Decks per Die: 2
Word Lines: 195 per NAND String
90.3% Vertical Efficiency
Read Time (tR): 98 µs
Program Time (tProg): 2339 µs
Block Erase Time (tBERS): 7.5 ms
Die Read Speed: 695 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 27 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)		 1500 P/E Cycles
(100000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 2816 Pages
Plane Size: 817 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: None
Host-Memory-Buffer (HMB): 64 MB

Performance

Sequential Read: 4,800 MB/s
Sequential Write: 4,100 MB/s
Random Read: Unknown
Random Write: Unknown
Endurance: 800 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 1.5 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.1
SLC Write Cache: approx. 1100 GB
(dynamic only)

Features

TRIM: Yes
SMART: Yes
Power Loss Protection: No
Encryption:
  • No
RGB Lighting: No
PS5 Compatible: Yes

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Notes

Controller:

1 main core using Cortex-R5 with CoXProcessor technology running at 980 ~ 1000 MHz (one additional dual-core) Cortex-R5 clocked at a lower clock for better efficiency

NAND Die:

Read Time (tR): 98 µs ~ 128 µs
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