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Western Digital Blue 3D 4 TB

4 TB
Capacity
88SS1074
Controller
TLC
Flash
SATA 6 Gbps
Interface
2.5"
Form Factor
SSD Controller
Controller
NAND Die
NAND Die
The Western Digital Blue 3D is a solid-state drive in the 2.5" form factor, launched on May 29th, 2017. It is available in capacities ranging from 250 GB to 4 TB. This page reports specifications for the 4 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Western Digital Blue 3D interfaces using a SATA 6 Gbps connection. The SSD controller is the 88SS1074 Dean from Marvell. Western Digital has installed 64-layer TLC NAND flash on the Blue 3D, the flash chips are made by Toshiba. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are handled more quickly. The Blue 3D is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 560 MB/s and 530 MB/s write; random IO reaches 95K IOPS for read and 82K for writes.
The SSD's price at launch is unknown. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Western Digital guarantees an endurance rating of 600 TBW, a very low value compared to other SSDs.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 4 TB (4000 GB)
Variants: 250 GB 500 GB 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB
Overprovisioning: 370.7 GB / 10.0 %
Production: Active
Released: May 29th, 2017
Part Number: WDS400T2B0A
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: 2.5"
Interface: SATA 6 Gbps
Protocol: AHCI
Power Draw: 0.06 W (Idle)
3.0 W (Avg)
3.8 W (Max)

Controller

Manufacturer: Marvell
Name: 88SS1074 Dean
Architecture: ARM 32-bit ARM9/ARMv5
Core Count: Dual-Core
Frequency: 400 MHz
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 28 nm
Flash Channels: 4 @ 400 MT/s
Chip Enables: 8
Controller Features: DRAM

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Toshiba
Name: BiCS3
Rebranded: (Rebranded as Sandisk)
Type: TLC
Technology: 64-layer
Speed: 533 MT/s
Capacity: Unknown
Toggle: 2.0
Topology: Charge Trap
Process: 19 nm
Die Size: 132 mm²
(3.9 Gbit/mm²)
Planes per Die: 2
Decks per Die: 2
Read Time (tR): 80 µs
Program Time (tProg): 695 µs
Die Read Speed: 400 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 46 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)
3000 P/E Cycles
(30000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 768 Pages
Plane Size: 2732 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: Unknown
Capacity: 4096 MB

Performance

Sequential Read: 560 MB/s
Sequential Write: 530 MB/s
Random Read: 95,000 IOPS
Random Write: 82,000 IOPS
Endurance: 600 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 1.8 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.1
SLC Write Cache: Yes

Features

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

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Notes

NAND Die:

Read latency:
tR: 64µs (SBL)
tR: 80µs (ABL)
tPROG withoug Overhead: ~ 695µs (Avg) (~ 46 MB/s per die)
tPROG w/ ~25% Overhead: ~ 927µs (Avg) (~ 34.5 MB/s per die)

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