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MSI Spatium M390 250 GB

250 GB
Capacity
Phison E15
Controller
TLC
Flash
PCIe 3.0 x4
Interface
M.2 2280
Form Factor
SSD Controller
Controller
NAND Die
NAND Die
The MSI Spatium M390 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on September 25th, 2021. It is available in capacities ranging from 250 GB to 2 TB. This page reports specifications for the 250 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the MSI Spatium M390 interfaces using a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5015-E15-35 from Phison, a DRAM cache is not available. MSI has installed 176-layer TLC NAND flash on the Spatium M390, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are soaked up more quickly. The Spatium M390 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 3,300 MB/s and 1,200 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 150K for reads and 300K for writes.
The SSD's price at launch is unknown. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. MSI guarantees an endurance rating of 150 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 250 GB
Variants: 250 GB 500 GB 1 TB 2 TB
Overprovisioning: 23.2 GB / 10.0 %
Production: Active
Released: Sep 25th, 2021
Part Number: Unknown
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: M.2 2280 (Single-Sided)
Interface: PCIe 3.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 1.4
Power Draw: Unknown (Idle)
Unknown (Avg)
3.2 W (Max)

Controller

Manufacturer: Phison
Name: PS5015-E15-35
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5
Core Count: Triple-Core
Frequency: 667 MHz
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 28 nm
Flash Channels: 4 @ 1,200 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: HMB (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Micron
Name: B47R FortisFlash
Type: TLC
Technology: 176-layer
Speed: 1200 MT/s .. 1600 MT/s
Capacity: 2 chips @ 1 Tbit
ONFI: 4.1
Topology: Replacement Gate
Die Size: 50 mm²
(10.2 Gbit/mm²)
Dies per Chip: 2 dies @ 512 Gbit
Planes per Die: 4
Decks per Die: 2
Word Lines: 195 per NAND String
90.3% Vertical Efficiency
Read Time (tR): 56 µs
Program Time (tProg): 502 µs
Block Erase Time (tBERS): 15 ms
Die Read Speed: 1143 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 127 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)
3000 P/E Cycles
(40000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 2112 Pages
Plane Size: 550 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: None
Host-Memory-Buffer (HMB): 64 MB

Performance

Sequential Read: 3,300 MB/s
Sequential Write: 1,200 MB/s
Random Read: 150,000 IOPS
Random Write: 300,000 IOPS
Endurance: 150 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 1.5 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.3
SLC Write Cache: Yes

Features

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

Notes

Controller:

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

NAND Die:

This Flash can run safely at 1600 MT/s (800 MHz)
tPROG with overhead: ~ 533 µs (Avg 120 MB/s per die)

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