Well, it wasn’t that long ago that Toshiba picked up OCZ and brought the OCZ brand into their lineup as their enthusiast oriented brand. So it may take a little while to adjust to the new Toshiba branding sitting next to the OCZ, but for those concerned with any OCZ issues in the past, having Toshiba backing the brand now should be reassuring. On top of the new branding, Toshiba has also introduced their first M.2 PCIe drive with the RD400. The RD stands for the previous Revo Drive branding from OCZ and this drive was originally shown off as a Revo Drive. The drive has a native PCIe controller and is an NVMe drive so we can expect performance to be significantly better than any of the SATA based drives. Today I’m going to check out the drive and then run it through our testing to see just how it performs.

Product Name: Toshiba OCZ RD400 512GB

Review Sample Provided by: Toshiba/OCZ

Written by: Wes

Pictures by: Wes

Amazon Link: HERE

 

Specifications
Usable Capacities 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1024 GB
Form Factor M.2 2280, M.2 2280+AIC
Sequential Read Speed 128 GB - Up to 2,200 MB/s
256 GB - Up to 2,600 MB/s
512 GB - Up to 2,600 MB/s
1024 GB - Up to 2,600 MB/s
Sequential Write Speed 128 GB - Up to 620 MB/s
256 GB - Up to 1,150 MB/s
512 GB - Up to 1,600 MB/s
1024 GB - Up to 1,550 MB/s
Random Read (4 KiB) 128 GB - Up to 170,000 IOPS
256 GB - Up to 210,000 IOPS
512 GB - Up to 190,000 IOPS
1024 GB - Up to 210,000 IOPS
Random Write (4 KiB) 128 GB - Up to 110,000 IOPS
256 GB - Up to 140,000 IOPS
512 GB - Up to 120,000 IOPS
1024 GB - Up to 130,000 IOPS
TBW (Total Bytes Written) 128 GB - 74 TB
256 GB - 148 TB
512 GB - 296 TB
1024 GB - 592 TB
Daily Usage Guidelines 128 GB - 40 GB/day
256 GB - 81 GB/day
512 GB - 162 GB/day
1024 GB - 324 GB/day
Interface

PCI Express Base Specification Revision 3.1 (PCIe)

Maximum Speed: 32 GT/s (PCIe Gen3x4L )

Command: NVM Express Revision 1.1b (NVMe)

NAND Flash Memory Type MLC
Dimension (L x W x H)

128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB: 80 x 22 x 2.23 mm

1024 GB: 80 x 22 x 3.58 mm

AIC: 157.64 x 105.51 x 17.2 mm

Drive Weight

256 GB, 512 GB: 7.2 g (typ.)

1024 GB: 8.6 g (typ.)

AIC: 63 g (typ.)

Supply Voltage

128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1024 GB: 3.3 V +/- 5%

AIC: 12 V +/- 5%

Power Consumption (Active)

128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB: 6.0 W (typ.)

1024 GB and AIC: 6.4 W (typ.)

Power Consumption (Power State 5) 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1024 GB and AIC: 6.0 mW (typ.)
Operating Temperature 0 °C to 70 °C
Storage Temperature -40 °C to 85 °C
Shock Resistance

9.8 km/s2

 {1000 G} (0.5 ms)

Vibration

Operational 21 m/s2

 {2.17 Grms} (Peak, 7 to 800 Hz)

Non-operational 30 m/s2

 {3.13 Grms} (Peak, 5 to 800 Hz)

Certifications UL/cUL, FCC, CE, RCM, KC, BSMI, VCCI, and ISED
MTBF 1.5 Mhours
Product Health Monitoring Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) Support
PCI Express Compatibility Compatible with PCI Express® Base Specification Revision 3.1
OS Compatibility

Windows® 10, Windows® 8.1, Windows® 7; Linux® Fedora 21, Mint 17.1, ElementaryOS

Freya, OpenSUSE 13.2, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10

Connector Type

M.2: M.2 M key socket

AIC: PCIe slot

Performance Optimization TRIM, Idle Time Garbage Collection
Service & Support 5-Year Advanced Warranty Program, Toll-Free Tech Support
Software SSD management software: SSD Utility and Command Line Online Update Tool (CLOUT)

 

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garfi3ld replied the topic: #38158 31 Aug 2016 20:54
Who else is ready to start moving to PCIe based NVMe drives? I know I am, look at those numbers!

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