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Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series
Product Specification
Capacity: 60/120/180/240/480 GB Power Management
— 5 V SATA Supply Rail
Components:
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— SATA Link Power Management (LPM)
—Intel 25nm NAND Flash Memory
— Multi-Level Cell (MLC) Power
— Active (MobileMark* 2007 Workload):
Form Factor: 2.5-inch
850 mW (TYP)
Thickness: 7 mm and 9.5 mm
— Idle: 600 mW (TYP)
— 7 mm: 120/180/240 GB
Temperature
— 9.5 mm: 60/120/180/240/480 GB
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—Operating: 0 C to 70 C
Weight: Up to 78 grams
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® Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series Contents 1.0 Overview...................................................................................................................5 2.0 Product Specifications ...............................................................................................6 2.1 Capacity ............................................................................................................6 2.2 Performance...............................................................
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® Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series ® Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series Product Specification February 2012 4 Order Number: 325968-001US
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® Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series 1.0 Overview ® This document describes the specifications and capabilities of the Intel Solid-State ® 1 Drive 520 Series (Intel SSD 520 Series) . The Intel SSD 520 Series delivers leading performance for Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA)-based computers in capacities ranging up to 480 GB. By combining Intel's leading 25nm NAND flash memory technology with SATA 6Gb/s interface support, the Intel SSD 520 Series delivers sequential read speeds of
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® ® Inte Intell S So olid lid-State Driv -State Drive 520 S e 520 Se eri ries es 2.0 Product Specifications 2.1 Capacity Table 1. User Addressable Sectors Unformatted Capacity Intel SSD 520 Series (Total User Addressable Sectors in LBA Mode) 60 GB 117,231,408 120 GB 234,441,648 180 GB 351,651,888 240 GB 468,862,128 480 GB 937,703,088 Notes: 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes; 1 sector = 512 bytes. LBA count shown represents total user storage capacity and will remain the same throughout the life of the
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® Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series Table 3. Incompressible Performance Intel SSD 520 Series Specification Unit 60 GB 120 GB 180 GB 240 GB 480 GB 1 1 1 1 1 12,000 24,000 46,000 46,000 46,000 Random 4 KB Read (up to) IOPS 2 2 2 2 2 18,000 35,000 56,000 56,000 56,000 1 1 1 1 1 6,900 13,000 13,000 16,500 9,500 Random 4 KB Write (up to) IOPS 2 2 2 2 2 22,000 42,000 54,000 60,000 36,000 1 1 1 1 1 430 550 550 550 550 Sequential Read (up to) MB/s 2 2 2 2 2 475 515 485 515 500 1 1 1 1 1 80 150 170 23
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® ® Inte Intell S So olid lid-State Driv -State Drive 520 S e 520 Se eri ries es 2.3 Electrical Characteristics Table 5. Operating Voltage and Power Consumption Electrical Characteristics Value Operating Voltage for 5 V (±5%) Min 4.75 V Max 5.25 V Power Consumption (TYP) 1 Active 850 mW 2 Idle 600 mW Notes: 1. Active power measured during execution of MobileMark* 2007 with SATA Link Power Management (LPM) enabled. 2. Idle power defined as SSD at idle with SATA Link Power Management (LPM) enabled
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® Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series 2.5 Product Regulatory Compliance The Intel SSD 520 Series meets or exceeds the regulatory or certification requirements in Table 7. Table 7. Product Regulatory Compliance Specifications Region for which Title Description conformity declared European Union Low Voltage EN 60950-1 2nd edition for Information Technology Equipment - European Union Directive (LVD) 2006/95/EC Safety - Part 1: General Requirements UL/CSA 60950-1, Second Edition Information Techn
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® ® Inte Intell S So olid lid-State Driv -State Drive 520 S e 520 Se eri ries es 2.6 Reliability The Intel SSD 520 Series meets or exceeds SSD endurance and data retention requirements as specified in the JESD218 specification. Reliability specifications are listed in Table 8. Table 8. Reliability Specifications Parameter Value Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER) Uncorrectable bit error rate will not exceed one sector in the 16 specified number of bits read. In the unlikely event of a < 1 se
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® Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series 3.0 Mechanical Information Figure 1 shows the physical package information for the 7mm height 2.5-inch Intel SSD 520 Series. All dimensions are in millimeters. Figure 1. Dimensions for 7mm 2.5-inch Form Factor ® Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series February 2012 Product Specification Order Number: 325968-001US 11
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® ® Inte Intell S So olid lid-State Driv -State Drive 520 S e 520 Se eri ries es Figure 2 shows the physical package information for the 9.5mm height 2.5-inch Intel SSD 520 Series. All dimensions are in millimeters. Figure 2. Dimensions for 9.5mm 2.5-inch Form Factor ® Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series Product Specification February 2012 12 Order Number: 325968-001US
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® Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series 4.0 Pin and Signal Descriptions 4.1 Pin Locations Figure 3. Layout of Signal and Power Segment Pins Signal Segment S1 Power Segment P1 Note: 2.5-inch connector supports in-built latching capability. 4.2 Signal Descriptions 4.2.1 Connector Pin Signal Definitions Table 9. Serial ATA Connector Pin Signal Definitions Pin Function Definition S1 Ground 1st mate S2 A+ Differential signal pair A S3 A- S4 Ground 1st mate S5 B- Differential signal pair B S6 B+ S7 Groun
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® ® Inte Intell S So olid lid-State Driv -State Drive 520 S e 520 Se eri ries es 4.2.2 Power Pin Signal Definitions Table 10. Serial ATA Power Pin Definitions 1 Pin Name Definition Mating Order 2 P1 V 3.3 V Power; not used 2nd Mate 33 2 P2 V 3.3 V Power; not used 2nd Mate 33 2 P3 V 3.3 V Power; not used 1st Mate 33 3,4 P4 Ground 1st Mate 3 P5 Ground 1st Mate 3 P6 Ground 1st Mate 3,5 P7 V 5 V Power 1st Mate 5 3,5 P8 V 5 V Power 2nd Mate 5 3,5 P9 V 5 V Power 2nd Mate 5 3 P10 Ground 1st Mate 6 P11
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® Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series 5.0 Supported Command Sets The Intel SSD 520 Series supports all mandatory Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) and Serial ATA (SATA) commands defined in the ACS-2 and SATA Revision 3.0 specifications. The mandatory and optional commands are defined in this section. 5.1 ATA General Feature Command Set General Feature command set (non-PACKET), which consists of: • EXECUTE DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC • FLUSH CACHE •IDENTIFY DEVICE Note: See Appendix A, “IDENTIFY DEVICE
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® ® Inte Intell S So olid lid-State Driv -State Drive 520 S e 520 Se eri ries es 5.3 Security Mode Feature Set The Intel SSD 520 Series supports the Security Mode command set, which consists of: • SECURITY SET PASSWORD •SECURITY UNLOCK • SECURITY ERASE PREPARE • SECURITY ERASE UNIT •SECURITY FREEZE LOCK • SECURITY DISABLE PASSWORD 5.4 SMART Command Set The Intel SSD 520 Series supports the SMART command set, which consists of: •SMART READ DATA • SMART READ ATTRIBUTE THRESHOLDS • SMART ENABLE/DIS
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® Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series 5.4.1 SMART Attributes Table 11 lists the SMART attributes supported by the Intel SSD 520 Series; Table 12 on page 19 lists the corresponding status flags and threshold settings. Table 11. SMART Attributes 1 Status Flags ID Attribute Threshold SP EC ER PE OC PW Re-allocated Sector Count The raw value of this attribute shows the 05h 110010 0 (none) number of retired blocks since leaving the factory (grown defect count). Power-On Hours Count The raw value repo
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® ® Inte Intell S So olid lid-State Driv -State Drive 520 S e 520 Se eri ries es Table 11. SMART Attributes (Continued) 1 Status Flags ID Attribute Threshold SP EC ER PE OC PW Power-Off Retract Count (Unsafe Shutdown Count) The raw value of this attribute reports the cumulative number of unsafe (unclean) C0h 110010 0 (none) shutdown events over the life of the device. An unsafe shutdown occurs whenever the device is powered off without STANDBY IMMEDIATE being the last command. Host Writes The r
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® Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series Table 12 defines the SMART Attribute status flags. Table 12. SMART Attribute Status Flags Status Description Value = 0 Value = 1 Flag SP Self-preserving attribute Not a self-preserving attribute Self-preserving attribute EC Event count attribute Not an event count attribute Event count attribute ER Error rate attribute Not an error rate attribute Error rate attribute PE Performance attribute Not a performance attribute Performance attribute Collected d
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® ® Inte Intell S So olid lid-State Driv -State Drive 520 S e 520 Se eri ries es Table 13. Device Statistics Log (Continued) Equivalent SMART attribute if Page Offset Description applicable E9h This statistic counts up from 0 0x07 - Solid State Device Statistics 0x08 Percentage Used Endurance Indicator rather than down from 100, and may go beyond 100 for drives that exceed their expected lifetime. 5.6 SMART Command Transport (SCT) With SMART Command Transport (SCT), a host can send comma
