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Kingston KC3000 4 TB (Kioxia BiCS5 HDR 1Tb)

4 TB
Capacity
Phison E18
Controller
TLC
Flash
PCIe 4.0 x4
Interface
M.2 2280
Form Factor

Multiple hardware versions found.

Performance could vary due to unannounced flash/controller changes.

SSD Controller
Controller
The Kingston KC3000 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched in 2023. It is only available in the 4 TB capacity listed on this page. With the rest of the system, the Kingston KC3000 interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5018-E18-41 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Kingston has installed 112-layer TLC NAND flash on the KC3000, the flash chips are made by Kioxia. Please note that this SSD is sold in multiple variants with different NAND flash or controller, which could affect performance, the "Notes" section at the end of this page has more info. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are absorbed more quickly. Copying data out of the SLC cache (folding) completes at 1600 MB/s. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The KC3000 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 7,000 MB/s and 7,000 MB/s write; random IO reaches 1000K IOPS for read and 1000K 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 3200 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 4 TB (4096 GB)
Hardware Versions:
Overprovisioning: 281.3 GB / 7.4 %
Production: Active
Released: 2023
Part Number: SKC3000D/4096G
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: M.2 2280 (Double-Sided)
Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 1.4
Power Draw: 0.05 W (Idle)
2.7 W (Avg)
10.2 W (Max)

Controller

Manufacturer: Phison
Name: PS5018-E18-41
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5
Core Count: 5-Core
Frequency: 1,000 MHz
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 12 nm
Flash Channels: 8 @ 1,600 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: DRAM (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Kioxia
Name: BiCS5
Type: TLC
Technology: 112-layer
Speed: 1200 MT/s
Capacity: 8 chips @ 4 Tbit
Toggle: 4.0
Topology: Charge Trap
Dies per Chip: 4 dies @ 1 Tbit
Planes per Die: 2
Word Lines: 128 per NAND String
87.5% Vertical Efficiency
Read Time (tR): 56 µs
Endurance:
(up to)
3000 P/E Cycles
(100000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 1344 Pages
Operating frequency:1333 MT/s (666.5MHz)

DRAM Cache

Type: DDR4
Capacity: 4096 MB
(2x 2048 MB)

Performance

Sequential Read: 7,000 MB/s
Sequential Write: 7,000 MB/s
Random Read: 1,000,000 IOPS
Random Write: 1,000,000 IOPS
Endurance: 3200 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 2.0 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.4
SLC Write Cache: Yes
Cache Folding Speed: 1600 MB/s

Features

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

Notes

Controller:

3 main cores using Cortex-R5 clocked at 1000 MHz with CoXProcessor technology (one additional dual-core) Cortex-R5 clocked at a lower clock for better efficience. (200 - 300 MHz)

NAND Die:

Typ. Endurance: 1700 ~ 3000 P.E.C.
Typ. pSLC Endurance: 50.000 ~ 100.000 P.E.C.
Typ. Endurance eTLC: 5.000 ~ 7.000 P.E.C.

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