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Kingston DC500M 3.8 TB

3.8 TB
Capacity
Phison E12
Controller
TLC
Flash
SATA 6 Gbps
Interface
2.5"
Form Factor
Front
Package
Package
PCB Front
AnandTech
PCB Front
PCB Back
AnandTech
PCB Back
DRAM
AnandTech
DRAM
Flash
AnandTech
Flash
SSD Controller
Controller
NAND Die
NAND Die
The Kingston DC500M is a solid-state drive in the 2.5" form factor, launched on March 18th, 2019. It is available in capacities ranging from 480 GB to 3.8 TB. This page reports specifications for the 3.8 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Kingston DC500M interfaces using a SATA 6 Gbps connection. The SSD controller is the PS5012-E12-27 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Kingston has installed 96-layer TLC NAND flash on the DC500M, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are absorbed more quickly. The DC500M is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 555 MB/s and 520 MB/s write; random IO reaches 98K IOPS for read and 70K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 823 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Kingston guarantees an endurance rating of 4555 TBW, a good value.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 3.8 TB (3840 GB)
Variants: 480 GB 960 GB 1.9 TB 3.8 TB
Overprovisioning: 519.7 GB / 14.5 %
Production: Active
Released: Mar 18th, 2019
Price at Launch: 823 USD
Part Number: SEDC500M/3840G
Market: Enterprise

Physical

Form Factor: 2.5"
Interface: SATA 6 Gbps
Protocol: AHCI
Power Draw: 1.6 W (Idle)
1.8 W (Avg)
7.5 W (Max)

Controller

Manufacturer: Phison
Name: PS5012-E12-27
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5
Core Count: Quad-Core
Frequency: 667 MHz
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 28 nm
Flash Channels: 8 @ 667 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: DRAM (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Micron
Name: B27A FortisFlash
Rebranded: FP51208UCN1-46 (Rebranded by Kingston)
Type: TLC
Technology: 96-layer
Speed: 50 MT/s .. 800 MT/s
Capacity: 10 chips @ 4 Tbit
ONFI: 4.0
Topology: Floating Gate
Die Size: 82 mm²
(6.2 Gbit/mm²)
Dies per Chip: 8 dies @ 512 Gbit
Planes per Die: 4
Decks per Die: 2
Word Lines: 106 per NAND String
90.6% Vertical Efficiency
Read Time (tR): 88 µs
Program Time (tProg): 800 µs
Block Erase Time (tBERS): 15 ms
Die Read Speed: 727 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 80 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)		 2000 P/E Cycles
(40000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 5184 Pages
Plane Size: 236 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: DDR4-2400 CL17
Name: Micron MT40A1G8SA-075:E
Capacity: 6144 MB
(6x 1024 MB)
Organization: 8Gx8

Performance

Sequential Read: 555 MB/s
Sequential Write: 520 MB/s
Random Read: 98,000 IOPS
Random Write: 70,000 IOPS
Endurance: 4555 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 2.0 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.6
SLC Write Cache: Yes

Features

TRIM: Yes
SMART: Yes
Power Loss Protection: Yes
Encryption:
  • AES-256
  • TCG Opal
RGB Lighting: No
PS5 Compatible: No

Reviews

Notes

Drive:

This drive uses tantalum capacitors A337C (330 μF 10 V) for it's Power Loss Protection Circuitry.
Since this drive had more than 4TB of storage in the 3.84TB version, it had a much larger over-provisioned area, and i think it could also be allocated for a static pSLC Cache for higher performance, reliability and endurance

Controller:

2 main cores using Cortex-R5 clocked at 667 MHz with CoXProcessor technology (one additional dual-core) Cortex-R5 clocked at a lower clock for better efficience.
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