How to Choose the Best External SSD for Gaming
Investing in an external SSD for gaming can hugely optimize your experience. Find the best external SSD to suit your needs for PC, Xbox and PS5, at Crucial.
Read MoreCrucial P3 Plus SSD
The Gen4
SPEED you need
Feed your system with
Crucial P3 Plus performance
Powerful
performance
The Crucial P3 Plus NVMe SSD delivers load times and data transfers that are 8.9 times faster than SATA6 and 43% faster than the fastest Gen3 SSDs3.
Spacious storage
- Generous space of up to 4TB2
- Gen4 storage for loads of apps, programs, files, docs, photos, videos, and games
Trusted technology
- Built with high-quality Micron Advanced 3D NAND
- One of the world's largest manufacturers of flash memory
Solid security
- SSD management software for performance optimization
- Firmware updates for security and peace of mind
Compatible speed
- Impressive read/write speeds up to 5,000/4,200MB/s1
- Flexible backward compatibility for most Gen3 systems
1. Typical I/O performance numbers as measured using CrystalDiskMark® with command queue full and write cache enabled. Fresh out-of-box (FOB) state is assumed. For performance measurement purposes, the SSD may be restored to FOB state using the secure erase command. System variations will affect measured results.
2. Some of the storage capacity is used for formatting and other purposes and is not available for data storage. 1GB equals 1 billion bytes.
3. Speed comparison are between Crucial P3 Plus published top speeds of 5000MB/s and the fastest published Gen3 speeds for NVMe SSDs, at 3500MB/s.
4. Micron reserves the right to transition between NAND series during future production cycles.
5. Warranty valid for 5 years from the original date of purchase or before writing the maximum total bytes written (TBW) as published in the product datasheet and as measured in the product’s SMART data, whichever comes first.
6. SSD speed comparison between Crucial P3 Plus NVMe SSD top read speeds of 5000MB/s and Crucial MX500 SATA SSD read speeds of 560MB/s.
7. OEM warranty statements are only applicable to customers in the U.S. Some manufacturers have reserved the right to void warranties, based on their discretion.
8. Based on published PCIe Gen4 sequential read speeds of 5000MB/s compared to published PCIe Gen3 sequential read speeds of 3500MB/s. PCIe 3.0 throughput is 1GB per second per lane, yielding up to 32GB/s of overall bandwidth. PCIe 4.0 is double that, yielding up to 64GB/s of overall bandwidth.
9. SSD speed comparison between Crucial P5 Plus NVMe SSD read/write speeds of 6600/5000MB/s and Crucial MX500 SATA SSD read/write speeds of 560/510MB/s.