Kingston Digital Introduces New UV500 Family of SSDs
Kingston announced it is shipping the UV500 family line of SSD products. UV500 is powered by the Marvell 88SS1074 controller, and combined with 3D NAND Flash, delivers read/write speeds of up to 520MB/s and 500MB/s.
UV500 protects sensitive data with 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption and supports TCG Opal 2.0. It is available in three different form factors (2.5″, M.2 2280, mSATA) to accommodate any client system. UV500 is perfect as a boot drive or for primary storage as it is available in 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 960GB and 1920GB* capacities.
“We are proud to bring the UV500 family of SSDs featuring self-encryption to market,” said Ariel Perez, SSD business manager, Kingston. “The combination of a powerful controller, 3D NAND and data encryption in multiple form factors makes UV500 perfect for both consumers and enterprise users looking for a performance boost on existing systems.”
UV500 is backed by a limited five-year warranty and legendary Kingston support.
UV500 Features and Specifications:
- Form factor: 2.5″/M.2 2280/mSATA
- Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s)
- Capacities2:
- 2.5″: 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 960GB, 1920B*
- M.2 2280: 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 960GB*
- mSATA: 120GB, 240GB, 480GB
- Controller: Marvell 88SS1074
- NAND: 3D TLC
- Baseline Performance1:
Data Transfer (ATTO)
120GB — up to 520/320MB/s
240GB — up to 520/500MB/s
480GB — up to 520/500MB/s
960GB — up to 520/500MB/s
Maximum Random 4k Read/Write (IOMETER)
120GB — up to 79,000/18,000 IOPS
240GB — up to 79,000/25,000 IOPS
480GB — up to 79,000/35,000 IOPS
960GB — up to 79,000/45,000 IOPS
- Power Consumption:
0.195W Idle / 0.5W Avg / 1.17W (MAX) Read / 2.32 W (MAX) Write
- Storage temperature: -40°C~85°C
- Operating temperature: 0°C~70°C
- Dimensions:
100.1mm x 69.85mm x 7mm (2.5″)
80mm x 22mm x 3.5mm (M.2)
50.8mm x 29.85mm x 4.85mm (mSATA)
- Weight:
120GB – 480GB — 41g (2.5″)
960GB — 57g (2.5″)
120GB — 6.6g (M.2)
240GB — 6.7g (M.2)
480GB — 7.7g (M.2)
120GB — 6.2g (mSATA)
240GB – 480GB — 6.7g (mSATA)
- Vibration operating: 2.17G Peak (7–800Hz)
- Vibration non-operating: 20G Peak (10–2000Hz)
- Life expectancy: 1 million hours MTBF
- Warranty/support3: Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support
- Total Bytes Written (TBW)4:
120GB — 60TB
240GB — 100TB
480GB — 200TB
960GB — 480TB
This SSD is designed for use in desktop and notebook computer workloads, and is not intended for Server environments.
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