Intel DC S3700 Series SSDs Details

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This article contains detailed information on Intel DC S3700 Series SSDs.

IOPS diagram taken from the Intel DC S3700 TKperf test report (PDF)
Intel DC S3700 200 GB
Intel DC S3700 200 GB
(board upper side)
Intel DC S3700 200 GB
(board lower side)

General information

TKperf test report

Intel DC S3700 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)
Read Write Read Write
(on first
8 GiB) 		Write
(on whole
capacity)
SSDSC2BA100G3 100 GB
(100.030.242.816 Byte) 		unbek. unbek. unbek. 1,825 PB[3] 500 MB/s 200 MB/s 75.000 IOPS n/a 19.000 IOPS
SSDSC2BA200G3 200 GB
(200.049.647.616 Byte) 		264 GiB
(283,5 GB) 		83,5 GB
(41,7%) 		1x32 GiB (29F32B16NCME1)
+
14x16 GiB (29F16B16MCME1)
+
1x8 GiB (29F64G08LCME1)[4] 		3,65 PB[3] 500 MB/s 365 MB/s 75.000 IOPS n/a 29.000 IOPS
SSDSC2BA400G3 400 GB
(400.088.457.216 Byte) 		unbek. unbek. unbek. 7,3 PB[3] 500 MB/s 460 MB/s 75.000 IOPS n/a 36.000 IOPS
SSDSC2BA800G3 800 GB
(800.166.076.416 Byte) 		unbek. unbek. unbek. 14,6 PB[3] 500 MB/s 460 MB/s 75.000 IOPS n/a 36.000 IOPS

Test reports

Firmware

Date Revision Description
- 5DV10250 Initial Firmware of production devices. (seen on a 400 GB production SSD)
- 5DV10206 Firmware of sample devices. (seen on a 200 GB sample SSD)

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

Outputs

smartctl


Note: The data record in the smartmontools database was added on 2013-01-23 with the smartmontool Changeset 3752: 

 	515	  { "Intel DC S3700 Series SSDs", // tested with INTEL SSDSC2BA200G3/5DV10250 
 	516	    "INTEL SSDSC(1N|2B)A(100|200|400|800)G3", 
 	517	    "", "", 
 	518	  //"-v 3,raw16(avg16),Spin_Up_Time " 
 	519	  //"-v 4,raw48,Start_Stop_Count " 
 	520	  //"-v 5,raw16(raw16),Reallocated_Sector_Ct " 
 	521	  //"-v 9,raw24(raw8),Power_On_Hours " 
 	522	  //"-v 12,raw48,Power_Cycle_Count " 
 	523	    "-v 170,raw48,Available_Reservd_Space " 
 	524	    "-v 171,raw48,Program_Fail_Count " 
 	525	    "-v 172,raw48,Erase_Fail_Count " 
 	526	    "-v 174,raw48,Unsafe_Shutdown_Count " 
 	527	    "-v 175,raw48,Power_Loss_Cap_Test " 
 	528	    "-v 183,raw48,SATA_Downshift_Count " 
 	529	  //"-v 184,raw48,End-to-End_Error " 
 	530	  //"-v 187,raw48,Reported_Uncorrect " 
 	531	    "-v 190,tempminmax,Temperature_Case " 
 	532	    "-v 192,raw48,Unsafe_Shutdown_Count " 
 	533	    "-v 194,tempminmax,Temperature_Internal " 
 	534	  //"-v 197,raw48,Current_Pending_Sector " 
 	535	    "-v 199,raw48,CRC_Error_Count " 
 	536	    "-v 225,raw48,Host_Writes_32MiB " 
 	537	    "-v 226,raw48,Workld_Media_Wear_Indic " // Timed Workload Media Wear Indicator (percent*1024) 
 	538	    "-v 227,raw48,Workld_Host_Reads_Perc "  // Timed Workload Host Reads Percentage 
 	539	    "-v 228,raw48,Workload_Minutes " // 226,227,228 can be reset by 'smartctl -t vendor,0x40' 
 	540	  //"-v 232,raw48,Available_Reservd_Space " 
 	541	  //"-v 233,raw48,Media_Wearout_Indicator " 
 	542	    "-v 234,raw48,Thermal_Throttle " 
 	543	    "-v 241,raw48,Host_Writes_32MiB " 
 	544	    "-v 242,raw48,Host_Reads_32MiB"

The output below did not contain this updated data record yet: 

user@ubuntu-12-04:~$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdb 
smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [x86_64-linux-3.2.0-35-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     INTEL SSDSC2BA200G3
Serial Number:    BTTV241303MG200GGN
LU WWN Device Id: 5 001517 8f3560169
Firmware Version: 5DV10206
User Capacity:    200,049,647,616 bytes [200 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   8
ATA Standard is:  ATA-8-ACS revision 4
Local Time is:    Thu Jan 24 14:13:50 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: 		(    0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x79) SMART execute Offline immediate.
					No Auto Offline data collection support.
					Suspend 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: 	 (   3) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   3) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x003d)	SCT Status supported.
					SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
					SCT Feature Control supported.
					SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0020   100   100   ---    Old_age   Offline      -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0030   100   100   ---    Old_age   Offline      -       0
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       1
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       434
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       10
170 Unknown_Attribute       0x0033   099   099   ---    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
171 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
172 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       1
174 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       1
175 Program_Fail_Count_Chip 0x0033   100   100   ---    Pre-fail  Always       -       8697283230
183 Runtime_Bad_Block       0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0033   100   100   ---    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   073   073   ---    Old_age   Always       -       27 (Min/Max 16/27)
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       1
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       27
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
225 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       166864
226 Load-in_Time            0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       65535
227 Torq-amp_Count          0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       4294967295
228 Power-off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       65535
232 Available_Reservd_Space 0x0033   099   099   ---    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
233 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
234 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       166864
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       108910

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]


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

user@ubuntu-12-04:~$ sudo hdparm -I /dev/sdb 

/dev/sdb:

ATA device, with non-removable media
	Model Number:       INTEL SSDSC2BA200G3                     
	Serial Number:      BTTV241303MG200GGN  
	Firmware Revision:  5DV10206
	Media Serial Num:   
	Media Manufacturer: 
	Transport:          Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6
Standards:
	Used: unknown (minor revision code 0x0029) 
	Supported: 8 7 6 5 
	Likely used: 8
Configuration:
	Logical		max	current
	cylinders	16383	16383
	heads		16	16
	sectors/track	63	63
	--
	CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
	LBA    user addressable sectors:  268435455
	LBA48  user addressable sectors:  390721968
	Logical  Sector size:                   512 bytes
	Physical Sector size:                   512 bytes
	Logical Sector-0 offset:                  0 bytes
	device size with M = 1024*1024:      190782 MBytes
	device size with M = 1000*1000:      200049 MBytes (200 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 = 1	Current = 1
	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
	    	SET_MAX security extension
	   *	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
	    	unknown 119[6]
	   *	Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
	   *	Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
	   *	Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s)
	   *	Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
	   *	Phy event counters
	   *	unknown 76[15]
	   *	Software settings preservation
	   *	SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
	   *	SCT LBA Segment Access (AC2)
	   *	SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3)
	   *	SCT Features Control (AC4)
	   *	SCT Data Tables (AC5)
	   *	reserved 69[4]
	   *	Data Set Management TRIM supported (limit 8 blocks)
	   *	Deterministic read ZEROs after TRIM
Security: 
	Master password revision code = 65534
		supported
	not	enabled
	not	locked
		frozen
	not	expired: security count
		supported: enhanced erase
	2min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 2min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 50015178f3560169
	NAA		: 5
	IEEE OUI	: 001517
	Unique ID	: 8f3560169
Checksum: correct

References

  1. ↑ protects the content of the cache of the SSD in case of a power outage, see Technology Brief: Enhanced power-loss data protection in the Intel® Solid-State Drive 320 Series
  2. ↑ High Endurance Technology (HET) Technical Brief (intel.com)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Intel DC S3700 Product Specification: 10 drive writes/day over 5 years while running JESD218 standard (Refer to JESD218 standard table 1 for UBER, FFR and other Enterprise SSD requirements)
  4. ↑ The Intel SSD DC S3700 (200GB) Review (page 2) (anandtech.com), 09.11.2012


Author: Werner Fischer

Werner Fischer, working in the Knowledge Transfer team at Thomas-Krenn, completed his studies of Computer and Media Security at FH Hagenberg in Austria. He is a regular speaker at many conferences like LinuxTag, OSMC, OSDC, LinuxCon, and author for various IT magazines. In his spare time he enjoys playing the piano and training for a good result at the annual Linz marathon relay.


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