Crucial P510 2TB NMVE

2. Tests

Review Pages

1. Introduction - Retail package
2. Tests
3. Conclusion

In order to test the NVME drive we used the following configuration:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Case: be quiet! Dark Base Pro 901
Case fans: 2x140 be quiet! Silent Wings 4 PWM
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12A Chromax.Black + 2x120mm Stock Noctua fans
Motherboard: Asus ProArt X670E-CREATOR WIFI 3402 BIOS
Memory: 2x16GB AddLink Spider X5 DDR5-6000MHz (EXPO Profile)
PSU: be quiet! Dark Pro 13 1300Watt
Main Storage: Samsung 980Pro 1TB
VGA: MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM X 24G
Operating system: Windows 11 x64 + latest motherboard/AMD chipset drivers installed (DirectStorage enabled drive)

We used the PCI-e Gen5 slot next to the main CPU area to install the drive and we used the drive as it was stock with the build-in heatsink. The drive despite our efforts didn't dropped speed at all tests, meaning it can withstand all torture tests and use like with Sony PS5 console at closed enviroments.

Starting our tests, we used many different CrystalDiskMark software versions to get how the drive would perform.

The latest CrystalDiskMark 9.0.1 promises up to 10.0GB/sec reading and 9.0GB/sec writing performance with sequential files that is according to the specs that Crucial advertises.

In the latest ATTO Disk Benchmark 4.01.0f1 version, we got good results, up to 8.54GB/sec reading and 8.46GB/sec writing performance.

At the I/O Meter test, the Crucial 510 2TB NVME SSD showed low (!) performance with only 36.362,88 points, where Samsung 990 Pro for example can reach easily 150.000 points.

More tests are available with the TxBENCH v0.96, which shows that the Crucial P510 NVME SSD can reach 9.43B/sec reading and 8.52GB/sec writing speeds.

Lastly with the PCMark10 Full System drive benchmark, we can see some performance differences between the Crucial P510 series and the top-of-the-line P700-705-710 series, as was expected the Crucial P710 2TB is the highest performer with 4.776points, an average bandwitdh of 739.62MB/sec and 34ms average access time. The Crucial P510 is much lower with 609.99MB/sec and 42ms Average access time.