Intel 520 Series SSDs Information

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IOPS diagram taken from the Intel 520 Series TKperf test report (PDF)

Intel 520 Series 180 GB

Intel 520 Series 180 GB
(board upper side)

Intel 520 Series 180 GB
(board lower side)

General information

SSD series: Intel 520 Series
Data sheets:
- Intel 520 Series Product Brief
- Intel 520 Series Product Specification
Form factor: 2,5"
NAND flash memory: MLC
Process technology: 25nm (8 KiB Page Size)
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s ("SATA III")
Additional information:
- Intel 520 Series SSDs (ark.intel.com)
- Die unten angeführten Performance-Werte beziehen sich auf Incompressible Performance Messungen von Intel
Special features:
- Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 256-bit Encryption
- End-to-End Data Protection
- Data Compression

TKperf test report

Intel 520 Series TKperf Testreport

Models

SSD	Capacity (net)	Capacity (gross)	Spare Area (GB and % in add. to net cap.)	Flash-Chips	Endurance	Throughput		IOPS (max. random IOPS performance)
SSD	Capacity (net)	Capacity (gross)	Spare Area (GB and % in add. to net cap.)	Flash-Chips	Endurance	Read	Write	Read	Write (on first 8 GiB)	Write (on whole capacity)
SSDSC2CW060A3xx	60 GB (60.022.480.896 Byte)	64 GiB (68,7 GB)	8,7 GB (14,5%)	8x8 GiB (29F64G08ACME2)	36,5 TB	475 MB/s	80 MB/s	12.000 IOPS	6.900 IOPS	-
SSDSC2CW120A3xx	120 GB (120.034.123.776 Byte)	128 GiB (137,4 GB)	17,4 GB (14,5%)	8x16 GiB (29F16B08CCME2)	36,5 TB	515 MB/s	170 MB/s	24.000 IOPS	13.000 IOPS	-
SSDSC2CW180Axx	180 GB (180.045.766.656 Byte)	192 GiB (206,1 GB)	26,1 GB (14,5%)	12x16 GiB (29F16B08CCME2)	36,5 TB	485 MB/s	240 MB/s	46.000 IOPS	13.000 IOPS	-
SSDSC2CW240Axx	240 GB (240.057.409.536 Byte)	unbek.	unbek.	unbek.	36,5 TB	515 MB/s	295 MB/s	46.000 IOPS	16.500 IOPS	-
SSDSC2CW480Axx	480 GB (480.103.981.056 Byte)	unbek.	unbek.	unbek.	36,5 TB	500 MB/s	235 MB/s	46.000 IOPS	9.500 IOPS	-

Test reports

Intel SSD 520 Review: Cherryville Brings Reliability to SandForce (anandtech.com, 06.02.2012)
Test: Intel SSD520 SSDSC2CW240A3K5 (chip.de, 06.02.2012)
Test: Intel SSD 520 Series mit SATA 6 Gb/s (tecchannel.de, 09.02.2012)

Firmware

Date	Revision	Description
-	400i	Initial Firmware.

Source: Firmware Release Notes or querying of SSD's.

Outputs

smartctl

smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [x86_64-linux-3.5.0-25-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

#=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Intel 520 Series SSDs
Device Model:     INTEL SSDSC2CW240A3
Serial Number:    CVCV241200NZ240CGN
LU WWN Device Id: 5 001517 bb2aa193c
Firmware Version: 400i
User Capacity:    240,057,409,536 bytes [240 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   8
ATA Standard is:  ACS-2 revision 3
Local Time is:    Wed Mar 13 14:07:31 2013 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)	Offline data collection activity
					was never started.
					Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed
					without error or no self-test has ever 
					been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection: 		( 2097) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x7f) SMART execute Offline immediate.
					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
					Abort Offline collection upon new
					command.
					Offline surface scan supported.
					Self-test supported.
					Conveyance Self-test supported.
					Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
					power-saving mode.
					Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
					General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (  48) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x0021)	SCT Status supported.
					SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours_and_Msec 0x0032   000   000   000    Old_age   Always       -       894832h+58m+04.700s
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       9
170 Available_Reservd_Space 0x0033   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
171 Program_Fail_Count      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
172 Erase_Fail_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
174 Unexpect_Power_Loss_Ct  0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       8
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0033   100   100   090    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
187 Uncorrectable_Error_Cnt 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       8
225 Host_Writes_32MiB       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1120
226 Workld_Media_Wear_Indic 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       65535
227 Workld_Host_Reads_Perc  0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       19
228 Workload_Minutes        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       65535
232 Available_Reservd_Space 0x0033   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
233 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
241 Host_Writes_32MiB       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1120
242 Host_Reads_32MiB        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       272
249 NAND_Writes_1GiB        0x0013   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       18

SMART Error Log not supported
SMART Self-test Log not supported
Note: selective self-test log revision number (0) not 1 implies that no selective self-test has ever been run
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 0
Note: revision number not 1 implies that no selective self-test has ever been run
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

hdparm

/dev/sda:

ATA device, with non-removable media
	Model Number:       INTEL SSDSC2CW240A3                     
	Serial Number:      CVCV241200NZ240CGN  
	Firmware Revision:  400i    
	Transport:          Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0
Standards:
	Used: unknown (minor revision code 0x0110) 
	Supported: 9 8 7 6 5 
	Likely used: 9
Configuration:
	Logical		max	current
	cylinders	16383	16383
	heads		1	1
	sectors/track	63	63
	--
	CHS current addressable sectors:    1032129
	LBA    user addressable sectors:  268435455
	LBA48  user addressable sectors:  468862128
	Logical  Sector size:                   512 bytes
	Physical Sector size:                   512 bytes
	Logical Sector-0 offset:                  0 bytes
	device size with M = 1024*1024:      228936 MBytes
	device size with M = 1000*1000:      240057 MBytes (240 GB)
	cache/buffer size  = unknown
	Nominal Media Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Capabilities:
	LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
	Queue depth: 32
	Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
	R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16	Current = 16
	Advanced power management level: 254
	DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 
	     Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
	PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
	     Cycle time: no flow control=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
	Enabled	Supported:
	   *	SMART feature set
	    	Security Mode feature set
	   *	Power Management feature set
	   *	Write cache
	    	Look-ahead
	   *	Host Protected Area feature set
	   *	WRITE_BUFFER command
	   *	READ_BUFFER command
	   *	NOP cmd
	   *	DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
	   *	Advanced Power Management feature set
	    	Power-Up In Standby feature set
	   *	SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up
	   *	48-bit Address feature set
	   *	Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
	   *	FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
	   *	SMART error logging
	   *	SMART self-test
	   *	General Purpose Logging feature set
	   *	WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
	   *	64-bit World wide name
	   *	IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD
	   *	WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command
	   *	{READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
	   *	Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
	   *	Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
	   *	Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
	   *	Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s)
	   *	Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
	   *	Host-initiated interface power management
	   *	Phy event counters
	   *	unknown 76[14]
	   *	DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
	    	Device-initiated interface power management
	   *	Software settings preservation
	   *	SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
	   *	SCT Data Tables (AC5)
	   *	Data Set Management TRIM supported (limit 1 block)
	   *	Deterministic read data after TRIM
Security: 
	Master password revision code = 65534
		supported
	not	enabled
	not	locked
		frozen
	not	expired: security count
		supported: enhanced erase
	4min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 2min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 5001517bb2aa193c
	NAA		: 5
	IEEE OUI	: 001517
	Unique ID	: bb2aa193c

Intel 520 Series SSDs Information

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