KBG30ZMS256G NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB.ADDA0102: This is first 2230 HMB NVMe SSD.
PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB.80003E00: SSD from Hynix.

Specification

Information

Here is some basic information of this SSD in the following table, such as its model name and some identifier.

ITEM INFORMATION PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB.80003E00
Vendor ID Toshiba America Info Systems (0x1179) SK hynix (0x1c5c)
Device ID 0x113 0x1527
Controller Vendor ID Toshiba America Info Systems (0x1179) SK hynix (0x1c5c)
Controller Device ID 0x1 0x1527
Model Number KBG30ZMS256G NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
Firmware Revision ADDA0102 80003E00
PCIe Link Gen3 x2 Gen3 x4
L1 substates Yes Yes
NVMe Specification Version 1.2 1.2
LBA size (byte) 512 512
Capacity (GB) 0 0
Number of Namespaces 1 1
Maximum Data Transfer Size (KBytes) 2048 128
Write Speed (MB/s, up to) 1000 610
Read Speed (MB/s, up to) 1600 2500
Host Memory Buffer Preferred Size (KBytes) 38912 0
Host Memory Buffer Minimum Size (KBytes) 10240 0
Write Speed (MB/s, HMB enabled, up to) 820 740
Read Speed (MB/s, HMB enabled, up to) 1500 2500
page-tag-nand 3D-TLC 3D-TLC
page-tag-vendor Toshiba Hynix
page-tag-controller Toshiba Hynix
page-tag-form-factor 2230 2280

NVMe hosts and devices communicate commands and completions data in Submittion and Competion Queues. Queue is the most essential data structure defined by NVMe specification.

INFORMATION PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB.80003E00
Admin Queue Size 128 128
Maximum Queue Entries Supported 128 512
Number of Queues 31 16
Arbitration Mechanism Supported Round Robin Arbitration Round Robin Arbitration

Supported Commands

List basic device information.

ADMIN COMMAND OPCODE COMMAND NAME PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB.80003E00
0x0 Delete I/O Submission Queue Delete I/O Submission Queue
0x1 Create I/O Submission Queue Create I/O Submission Queue
0x2 Get Log Page Get Log Page
0x4 Delete I/O Completion Queue Delete I/O Completion Queue
0x5 Create I/O Completion Queue Create I/O Completion Queue
0x6 Identify Identify
0x8 Abort Abort
0x9 Set Features Set Features
0xa Get Features Get Features
0xc Asynchronous Event Request Asynchronous Event Request
0x10 Firmware Commit Firmware Commit
0x11 Firmware Image Download Firmware Image Download
0x80 Format NVM Format NVM

List basic device information.

IO COMMAND OPCODE COMMAND NAME PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB.80003E00
0x0 Flush Flush
0x1 Write Write
0x2 Read Read
0x4 Write Uncorrectable Write Uncorrectable
0x9 Dataset Management Dataset Management

Thermal

SSD is becoming faster, and then hotter. Fundementally, hot is bad to the data in NAND media, and so it is necessary to control and monitor temperature.

ITEM DATA PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB.80003E00
Number of Power States 5 5
Power State #0 3.30 W 6.00 W
Power State #1 2.70 W 3.80 W
Power State #2 2.30 W 2.40 W
Power State #3 0.05 W, non operational 0.07 W, non operational
Power State #4 0.01 W, non operational 0.01 W, non operational
Thermal Management Temperature 1 (°C) -273 -273
Thermal Management Temperature 2 (°C) -273 -273

Health

SMART data before tests.

HEALTH ITEM DATA PC401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB.80003E00
Composite Temperature (°C) 55 49
Available Spare (%) 100 100
Percentage Used (%) 5 0
Data Units Read (LBA) 6528574000 1599014000
Data Units Write (LBA) 4602036000 510650000
Host Read Commands 203987339 9001914
Host Write Commands 25207644 2644386
Controller Busy Time (minutes) 1542 333
Power On Hours (hours) 42 35
Power Cycles 42 46
Unsafe Shutdowns 17 16
Media and Data Integrity Errors 28 0

Function

Performance

Reliability