Intel SSD DC S3700 Series
User Capacity
100 GB200 GB
400 GB
800 GB
Interface
2.5" 6 Gb/s SATA
2.5"/1.8" 6 Gb/s SATA
2.5" 6 Gb/s SATA
Sequential Read
500 MB/s
Sequential Write
200 MB/s365 MB/s
460 MB/s
460 MB/s
4K Random Read
75,000 IOPS
4K Random Write
19,000 IOPS32,000/29,000 IOPS
36,000 IOPS
36,000 IOPS
Power Consumption (+5 V Active)
2.8 W
4.2 W
5.2 W
5.8 W
Power Consumption (+5 V Idle)
0.6 W
Write Endurance
1.83 PB3.65 PB
7.3 PB
14.6 PB
Encryption
AES-256



Inside Intel's SSD DC S3700




The 200 GB drive.


The 800 GB sample.







Endurance Rating
Sequential Workload, QD=1, 8 MB, Random
Intel SSD DC S3700
Intel SSD 710
Intel SSD 910
NAND Type
Intel 25 nm HET-MLC 
Intel 25 nm HET-MLC 
Intel 25 nm HET-MLC 
RAW NAND Capacity
264 GB320 GB896 GB
IDEMA Capacity (User Accessible)
200 GB200 GB800 GB
Over-provisioning
32%60%12%
P/E Cycles Observed (IDEMA)
36,343
36,60046,339
P/E Cycles Observed (Raw)
27,532
22,87541,374
Host Writes per 1% of MWI
72.69 TB
73.20 TB370.71 TB
$/PB-Written
$64.66
$181.72$106.60



Performance Consistency


Performance Consistency Specification
100 GB
200/400/800 GB
Random 4/8 KB Read
90%
90%
Random 4/8 KB Write
85%
90%


QoS Specification
Queue Depth=1
Queue Depth=32
Capacity
100 GB
200/400/800 GB
100 GB
200/400/800 GB
QoS (99.9%)
Reads
0.5 ms
0.5 ms
1 ms
1 ms
Writes
0.5 ms
0.5ms
15 ms
10 ms
QoS (99.9999%)
Reads
10 ms
5 ms
10 ms
5 ms
Writes
10 ms
5 ms
20 ms
20 ms






Test Setup, Benchmarks, And Methodology


Test Hardware
ProcessorIntel Core i7-3960X (Sandy Bridge-E), 32 nm, 3.3 GHz, LGA 2011, 15 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost Enabled
Motherboard
Intel DX79SI, X79 Express
Memory
G.Skill Ripjaws Z-Series (4 x 4 GB) DDR3-1600 @ DDR3-1600, 1.5 V
System Drive
Intel SSD 320 160 GB SATA 3Gb/s
Tested Drives
Intel SSD DC S3700 200 and 800 GB, Firmware: 5DVA0138
Graphics
AMD FirePro V4800 1 GB
Power Supply
OCZ ModXStream Pro 700 W
System Software and Drivers
Operating SystemWindows 7 x64 Ultimate
DirectXDirectX 11
DriverGraphics: ATI 8.883
Iometer 1.1.0# Workers = 4, 4 KB Random: LBA= Full Span varying Queue Depths


AS SSDv1.6437.30508

ATTOv2.47, 2 GB, QD=4

CustomC++, 8 MB Sequential, QD=4

Enterprise Testing: Iometer WorkloadsReadRandomTransfer Size
Database67%100%8 KB: 100%
File server80%100%512 Bytes: 10%
1 KB: 5%
2 KB: 5%
4 KB: 60%
8 KB: 2%
16 KB: 4%
32 KB: 4%
64 KB: 10%
Web server100%100%512 Bytes: 22%
1 KB: 15%
2 KB: 8%
4 KB: 23%
8 KB: 15%
16 KB: 2%
32 KB: 6%
64 KB: 7%
128 KB: 1%
512 KB: 1%





Results: 4 KB Random Performance And Latency











Results: Enterprise Workload Performance












Results: Sequential Performance








Results: Enterprise Video Streaming Performance





Threshold
Best-Case Buffer Size
Worst-Case Buffer Size
450 MB/s
7 MB
50 MB
460 MB/s28 MB74 MB
470 MB/s185 MB228 MB
475 MB/s6,967 MB7,008 MB






Power Consumption






Intel SSD DC S3700
100 GB
200 GB
400 GB
800 GB
+5 V Supply (+12 V Supply)
Active Write: RMS Average
2.8 (2.9) W
4.2 (4.4) W
5.2 (5.4) W
5.8 (6.0) W
Active Write: RMS Burst
3.1 (3.3) W
4.6 (4.8) W
7.7 (7.6) W
8.2 (8.2) W
Idle
0.6 (0.8) W





Intel's SSD DC S3700 Redefines The Way We Look At Performance