Toshiba Europe GmbH (TEG) Storage Peripherals Division has introduced new entry internal 2.5”/7mm Solid State Drives (SSDs) that allow users to quickly and easily upgrade storage capacity and system performance. Featuring advanced, high-performance 15nm flash memory technology, the SSD A100 drives reduce power consumption, improve system responsiveness, shorten boot times and operate silently compared to conventional HDDs.

Available in 240 GB^[1] and 120 GB capacities, the SSD A100 drives combine advanced 3-bit-per-cell 15nm flash memory with Toshiba controller and SLC (single-level cell) cache technology. The drives are ideal for personal or office users looking to upgrade their PCs to a more responsive, power-efficient, shock-resistant solid-state internal hard drive.

Toshiba’s SLC write cache advanced speed technology optimises processing speed to deliver random read and write performance of up to 87000 IOPS and 82000 IOPS respectively. Sequential read speeds are 550MB/s and sequential write speeds are up to 480MB/s. A backward-compatible SATA III interface is rated for maximum data transfer rates of 6.0Gbit/s.

The A100 SSDs offer support for native command queuing (NCQ), S.M.A.R.T. (self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology) and TRIM (requiring OS support). MTTF ratings for A100 models are 1,500,000 hours.

The new 2.5”/7mm drives will be available from October. A three-year warranty is provided as standard.

SSD A100

Performance

Sequential Read Speed (measured with Iometer)

Up to 550 MB/s

Sequential Write Speed (measured with Iometer)

Up to 480 MB/s

Random Read Speed (measured with CrystalDiskMark3.0.3, 4kiB, QD32)

Up to 87,000 IOPS

Random Write Speed (measured with CrystalDiskMark3.0.3, 4kiB, QD32)

Up to 82,000 IOPS

Specifications:

Storage memory

3-bit-per-cell 15nm NAND Flash

Capacity

240 GB, 120 GB

Controller

Toshiba TC58NC1010

Interface

SATA III (6.0 Gbit/s, backwards compatible with 3.0 Gbit/s and 1.5 Gbit/s)

Max. transfer rate

6.0 Gbit/s

Advance Speed Technology

SLC Write Cache Technology

TRIM Support

Yes and requires OS support

Native Command Queuing (NCQ)

Yes

S.M.A.R.T Support

Yes

Garbage collection

Yes

Read only mode

Yes

MTTF

1.500.000 hours

TBW (Client endurance workload specified by JESD219A Solid-State Drive (SSD) Endurance Workloads)

240 GB: 60 TB

120 GB: 30 TB

Operating temperature

0° C - 65° C

Non-Operating temperature

-40 °C – 85 °C

Power consumption

Active: 3.4 W typ. Idle: 440 mW typ.

Dimension

100 x 69.85 x 7 (mm)

Weight

37.5 g typ.

Warranty

3 years

Box content

Solid State Drive - A100

Quick Start Guide

[1] One Gigabyte (1GB) means 109 = 1,000,000,000 bytes and One Terabyte (1TB) means 1012 = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes using powers of 10. A computer operating system, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1GB= 230 = 1,073,741,824 bytes and 1TB = 240 = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes, and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system and other factors.

[2] Performance data is based on Toshiba internal test results. The read and write speed may vary depending on the conditions