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Crucial P3 4 TB

4 TB
Capacity
Phison E21T
Controller
QLC
Flash
PCIe 3.0 x4
Interface
M.2 2280
Form Factor
Front
SSD Controller
Controller
The Crucial P3 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on May 22nd, 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 interfaces using a PCI-Express 3.0 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, 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 P3 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 3,500 MB/s and 3,000 MB/s write.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 350 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 22nd, 2022
Price at Launch: 350 USD
Part Number: CT4000P3SSD8
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: M.2 2280 (Single-Sided)
Interface: PCIe 3.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 1.3
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
Part Number: NY161
Type: QLC
Technology: 176-layer
Speed: 1600 MT/s
Capacity: 4 chips @ 8 Tbit
ONFI: 4.2
Topology: Replacement Gate
Die Size: 69 mm²
(14.8 Gbit/mm²)
Dies per Chip: 8 dies @ 1 Tbit
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: 3,500 MB/s
Sequential Write: 3,000 MB/s
Random Read: Unknown
Random Write: Unknown
Endurance: 800 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.1
SLC Write Cache: Yes

Features

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

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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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