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) |