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Kingston DC3000ME 7.5 TB

7.5 TB
Capacity
Bravera
Controller
TLC
Flash
PCIe 5.0 x4
Interface
U.2
Form Factor
Front
SSD Controller
Controller
NAND Die
NAND Die
The Kingston DC3000ME is a solid-state drive in the U.2 form factor, launched in February 2025. It is available in capacities ranging from 3.8 TB to 15 TB. This page reports specifications for the 7.5 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Kingston DC3000ME interfaces using a PCI-Express 5.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the MV-SS1333 from Marvell, a DRAM cache chip is available. Kingston has installed 232-layer TLC NAND flash on the DC3000ME, the flash chips are made by Micron. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 5.0 interface, performance is excellent. The DC3000ME is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 14,000 MB/s and 10,000 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 2800K for reads and 500K for writes.
The SSD's price at launch is unknown. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Kingston guarantees an endurance rating of 14016 TBW, a high value.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 7.5 TB (7680 GB)
Variants: 3.8 TB 7.5 TB 15 TB
Overprovisioning: 1039.4 GB / 14.5 %
Production: Active
Released: Feb 2025
Part Number: SEDC3000ME/7T6
Market: Enterprise

Physical

Form Factor: U.2
Interface: PCIe 5.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 2.0
Power Draw: 8.0 W (Idle)
Unknown (Avg)
24.0 W (Max)

Controller

Manufacturer: Marvell
Name:
MV-SS1333
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Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R8 + Cortex-M7 + Cortex-M3
Core Count: 11-Core
Foundry: TSMC FinFET
Process: 12 nm
Flash Channels: 16 @ 1,600 MT/s
Chip Enables: 8
Controller Features: DRAM (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Micron
Name: B58R FortisMax
Type: TLC
Technology: 232-layer
Speed: 2400 MT/s
Capacity: 16 chips @ 4 Tbit
ONFI: 5.0
Topology: Replacement Gate
Die Size: 70 mm²
(14.6 Gbit/mm²)
Dies per Chip: 4 dies @ 1 Tbit
Planes per Die: 6
Decks per Die: 2
Word Lines: 253 per NAND String
91.7% Vertical Efficiency
Program Time (tProg): 433 µs
Block Erase Time (tBERS): 15 ms
Die Write Speed: 222 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)		 10000 P/E Cycles
(80000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 2784 Pages
Plane Size: 3402 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: DDR4
Capacity: 9216 MB
(9x 1024 MB)
Organization: 8Gx8

Performance

Sequential Read: 14,000 MB/s
Sequential Write: 10,000 MB/s
Random Read: 2,800,000 IOPS
Random Write: 500,000 IOPS
Endurance: 14016 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 2.0 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 1.0
Write Cache: N/A

Features

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

Same Drive

This section lists other SSDs in our database using the exact same hardware components

Notes

Controller:

The Bravera SC5 SSD controllers feature 72-bit DDR interface
with the option of using either DDR4 or LPDDR4X and has 10
embedded processor cores: Arm® Cortex®-R8 cores plus
additional Cortex-M7 cores for providing further flexibility. In
addition, a Cortex-M3 processor core with integrated
instruction/data SRAM and crypto engines (AES, SHA, RSA, ECC)
in a secure boundary handles the security (TCG) standards for
all secure drive control and key management.

NAND Die:

Higher Endurance Rating than regular FortisFlash
2-Deck design with 116 word line per deck
Programming Throughput - not confirmed, calculated by estimated tPROG
tPROG - Estimated, not confirmed
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