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Mushkin Delta 2 TB

2 TB
Capacity
Phison E16
Controller
QLC
Flash
PCIe 4.0 x4
Interface
M.2 2280
Form Factor
SSD Controller
Controller
NAND Die
NAND Die
The Mushkin Delta is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on March 30th, 2021. It is available in capacities ranging from 1 TB to 4 TB. This page reports specifications for the 2 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Mushkin Delta interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5016-E16-32 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Mushkin has installed 96-layer QLC NAND flash on the Delta, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are handled more quickly. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The Delta is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 4,975 MB/s and 3,750 MB/s write; random IO reaches 380K IOPS for read and 650K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 300 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Mushkin guarantees an endurance rating of 400 TBW, a relatively low value compared to other SSDs.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 2 TB (2000 GB)
Variants: 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB
Overprovisioning: 185.4 GB / 10.0 %
Production: Active
Released: Mar 30th, 2021
Price at Launch: 300 USD
Part Number: MKNSSDDE2TB-D8
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: M.2 2280 (Double-Sided)
Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 1.3
Power Draw: Unknown

Controller

Manufacturer: Phison
Name: PS5016-E16-32
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5
Core Count: Quad-Core
Frequency: 733 MHz
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 28 nm
Flash Channels: 8 @ 800 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: DRAM (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Micron
Name: N28A FortisFlash
Type: QLC
Technology: 96-layer
Speed: 50 MT/s .. 800 MT/s
Capacity: 4 chips @ 4 Tbit
ONFI: 4.0
Topology: Floating Gate
Die Size: 115 mm²
(8.9 Gbit/mm²)
Dies per Chip: 4 dies @ 1 Tbit
Planes per Die: 4
Read Time (tR): 90 µs
Program Time (tProg): 2080 µs
Block Erase Time (tBERS): 15 ms
Die Read Speed: 711 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 30 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)
1500 P/E Cycles
(30000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 4608 Pages
Plane Size: 492 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: DDR4
Capacity: 2048 MB
(2x 1024 MB)

Performance

Sequential Read: 4,975 MB/s
Sequential Write: 3,750 MB/s
Random Read: 380,000 IOPS
Random Write: 650,000 IOPS
Endurance: 400 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 1.8 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.1
SLC Write Cache: Yes

Features

TRIM: Yes
SMART: Yes
Power Loss Protection: No
Encryption:
  • AES-128
  • AES-256
RGB Lighting: No
PS5 Compatible: Yes

Same Drive

This section lists other SSDs in our database using the exact same hardware components

Notes

Controller:

2 main cores using Cortex-R5 clocked at 733 MHz with CoXProcessor technology (one additional dual-core) Cortex-R5 clocked at 200MHz ~ 300MHz for better efficience.

NAND Die:

tPROG with overhead: 2080 µs (Avg 30 MB/s per die)

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