Intel 480GB 730 Series SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive

No-Compromise Storage Has Arrived

The Intel® Solid-State Drive 730 Series combines enthusiast-grade performance with the endurance and dependability that has traditionally been reserved for data center storage products. In other words, it's the best of both worlds, and what that means to you is freedom from compromise.

Equip your next build with an Intel® Solid-State Drive 730 Series and get**

• Optimized Performance. We specially qualified components and pushed factory performance tuning limits by boosting the controller speed by 50 percent and NAND bus speed 20 percent. The result, 50µs read latencies, consistently high transfer rates of up to 550 MB/s sequential reads, and up to 89,000 IOPS random reads.1
• Data Center DNA. Gain extreme endurance--up to 70 GB of writes per day compared to the industry typical 20 GB per day--and enjoy peace-of-mind dependability throughout the life of the drive with advanced firmware algorithms, delivering performance consistency across all data types.2
• RAID Performance Scaling. Achieve extreme storage performance for the most demanding usage models with RAID 0 configurations combining two or more Intel® SSD 730 Series drives with an Intel® platform supporting Intel® Rapid Storage Technology for throughput exceeding 1,000 MB/s.3
• Quality and Reliability. 3rd generation Intel controller, optimized Intel firmware, and 20nm NAND technology provide dependable up-time for intensive storage workloads--backed by a limited five-year warranty.4

Optimized for Performance

Maximize your computing experience with the Intel® SSD 730 Series built with a specially qualified 3rd generation Intel controller, 20nm NAND and optimized firmware. Intel has taken storage a step further by factory overclocking these components to push the limits of performance with a 50% increase in controller speed and 20% increase in NAND bus speed. Intel SSD 730 Series are optimized for the most demanding tasks including digital content creation, video capture/editing, extreme gaming and other client usages where storage performance improves the user's experience and efficiency. Applications will benefit from the 50µs read latency, up to 550MB/s sequential reads and 89,000 IOPs random reads.

730 Series + Intel® Rapid Storage Technology = Amazing Performance

Digital Content Creation experts and PC Enthusiasts know the highest storage perfromance is achieved with RAID-0 configurations as SSDs saturate the SATA interface. Comparing two 730 Series drives in a RAID-0 array to a single alternative SSD, results in the same capacity and nearly double the performance. As shown below, two 730 Series drives in a RAID-0 configuration can provide throughput numbers exceeding 1000MB/s when coupled with Intel platforms supporting Intel Rapid Storage Technology. Similarly four 730 Series drives in a RAID-

Specfication

• Capacity: 480 GB
• Sequential 4KB Read/Write (up to): 550 MB/s / 470 MB/s
• 2-Drive RAID 0 Sequential Read/Write (up to): 1073 MB/s / 960 MB/s
• Random 4KB Read/Write (up to): 89,000 IOPS / 74,000 IOPS
• 2-Drive RAID 0 Random 4KB Read/Write (up to): 168,000 IOPS / 145,000 IOPS
• Endurance (writes / day): 70 GB
• Form Factor: 2.5-inch SATA