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 500 GB 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. Please note that this SSD is sold in multiple variants with different NAND flash or controller, which could affect performance, the "Notes" section at the end of this page has more info. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are absorbed more quickly. 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 4,700 MB/s and 1,900 MB/s write.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 60 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Crucial guarantees an endurance rating of 110 TBW, a relatively low value compared to other SSDs.