Kingston announced it is shipping the UV500 family line of SSD products. UV500 is powered by the Marvell 88SS1074 controller, and combined with 3D NAND Flash, delivers read/write speeds of up to 520MB/s and 500MB/s.

UV500 protects sensitive data with 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption and supports TCG Opal 2.0. It is available in three different form factors (2.5″, M.2 2280, mSATA) to accommodate any client system. UV500 is perfect as a boot drive or for primary storage as it is available in 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 960GB and 1920GB* capacities.

“We are proud to bring the UV500 family of SSDs featuring self-encryption to market,” said Ariel Perez, SSD business manager, Kingston. “The combination of a powerful controller, 3D NAND and data encryption in multiple form factors makes UV500 perfect for both consumers and enterprise users looking for a performance boost on existing systems.”

UV500 is backed by a limited five-year warranty and legendary Kingston support. 

UV500 Features and Specifications:

• Form factor: 2.5″/M.2 2280/mSATA
• Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s)
• Capacities2:
  • 2.5″: 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 960GB, 1920B*
  • M.2 2280: 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 960GB*
  • mSATA: 120GB, 240GB, 480GB
• Controller: Marvell 88SS1074
• NAND: 3D TLC
• Baseline Performance1:
  Data Transfer (ATTO)
  120GB — up to 520/320MB/s
  240GB — up to 520/500MB/s
  480GB — up to 520/500MB/s
  960GB — up to 520/500MB/s
  Maximum Random 4k Read/Write (IOMETER)
  120GB — up to 79,000/18,000 IOPS
  240GB — up to 79,000/25,000 IOPS
  480GB — up to 79,000/35,000 IOPS
  960GB — up to 79,000/45,000 IOPS

• Power Consumption:
  0.195W Idle / 0.5W Avg / 1.17W (MAX) Read / 2.32 W (MAX) Write

• Storage temperature: -40°C~85°C
• Operating temperature: 0°C~70°C
• Dimensions:
  100.1mm x 69.85mm x 7mm (2.5″)
  80mm x 22mm x 3.5mm (M.2)
  50.8mm x 29.85mm x 4.85mm (mSATA)

• Weight:
  120GB – 480GB — 41g (2.5″)
  960GB — 57g (2.5″)
  120GB — 6.6g (M.2)
  240GB — 6.7g (M.2)
  480GB — 7.7g (M.2)
  120GB — 6.2g (mSATA)
  240GB – 480GB — 6.7g (mSATA)

• Vibration operating: 2.17G Peak (7–800Hz)
• Vibration non-operating: 20G Peak (10–2000Hz)
• Life expectancy: 1 million hours MTBF
• Warranty/support3: Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support
• Total Bytes Written (TBW)4:
  120GB — 60TB
  240GB — 100TB
  480GB — 200TB
  960GB — 480TB

This SSD is designed for use in desktop and notebook computer workloads, and is not intended for Server environments.