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RC500 Series
Upgrade SSD for
NVMe™ Solid State Drive (SSD)
Mainstream Notebooks & PCs
October 2019
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Overview
Upgrading from a hard drive or SATA SSD should be easy and affordable and that’s where RC500 SSDs come in. The
RC500 NVMe™ SSD Series is built to boost your mobile or PC experience and deliver well-balanced performance,
reliability, and value that will transform your system. Leveraging 96-layer 3D ash memory (BiCS FLASH™), this new
mainstream-class SSD series offers up to 1TB of capacity and a 3-year warranty in a M.2 2280 form factor suitable for
both desktops and notebooks.
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Bye Bye Bottleneck
It’s time to unleash your system. The RC500 SSD redenes mainstream storage for
everyday users that feel held back by SATA-based hardware. Say goodbye to hard
disk drive lag and get a computing experience worthy of your time.
NVMe™ Technology
Why keep using an interface that was designed for hard drives? Utilizing the latest
NVMe 1.3c technology, the RC500 reduces latency in your system’s I/O path
between your SSD and your CPU, resulting in smooth and responsive performance.
Small and Compact
Featuring a thin and light M.2 2280 form factor, the RC500 series plugs directly into
the motherboard, reducing additional cable clutter for a sleeker system
State-of-the-Art 3D Flash Memory
Each RC500 SSD is built with KIOXIA’s advanced BiCS FLASH™ and a vertically
stacked cell structure, delivering a state-of-the-art storage experience.
SSD Utility SSD Management Software
The SSD Utility management software was designed to help your drive thrive and
lets you be in control of maintenance, monitoring, SSD tuning and more!
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Specications
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Performance
Sequential Read/Write Speed
Random Read/Write
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Sequential speeds are measured with CrystalDiskMark 6.0.2 x64, Q=32, T=1
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4KiB random performance is measured with CrystalDiskMark 6.0.2 x64, Q=8,T=8
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Endurance
TBW (Total Bytes Written)
Daily Usage Guideline
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250 GB 500 GB
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Up to 1,700/1200 MB/s Up to 1700/1600 MB/s
Up to 190,000/290,000 IOPS Up to 290,000/390,000 IOPS
250 GB 500 GB
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100 TB 200 TB
91 GB/day 183 GB/day
Physical
Capacites 250 GB, 500 GB
NAND Flash Memory Type
Interface
96 Layer 3D BiCS FLASH™ TLC
PCI Express® Base Specication Revision 3.1a (PCIe®)
Maximum Speed
32 GT/s (PCIe® Gen3x4L)
Command
NVM Express™ Revision 1.3c command set
Form Factor M.2 Type 2280-S2-M
Dimension (L x W x H) 80.00 ± 0.15 mm x 22.00 ± 0.15 mm x 2.38 mm Max
Drive Weight
250GB: 6.0 g (typ.)
500GB: 6.9 g (typ.)
Power Requirements
Supply Voltage 3.3 V ±5 %
Power Consumption (Active)
Power Consumption (L1.2 Power) 50 mW (typ.)
250GB: 3.8 W (typ.)
500GB: 3.9 W (typ.)
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Environmental
Operating Temperature (Tc) 0°C (Tc) to 85°C (Tc)
Storage Temperature -40°C to 85°C
Shock Resistance 9.806 km/s2 {1,000 G} 0.5 ms half sine wave
Vibration 196 m/s2 {20 G} Peak, 10~2000 Hz, (20 min / Axis) x 3 Axis
Reliability / Security
MTTF 1.5 Mhours
Product Health Monitoring SSD Utility version 3.4 and above
Compatibility
PCI Express
Operating System
Connector Type M.2 M key Socket
Targeted Applications Client desktops and laptops
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Compatible operating system for SSD is not the same as compatible operating system for SSD Utility
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Compatible with PCI Express® Base Specication Revision 3.1a and NVM Express™ Revision
1.3c command set
Windows® 10 x64
Additional Features
Performance Optimization TRIM, Idle Time Garbage Collection
Services and Support 3-Year Standard Warranty Program, Online Tech Support
Software SSD management software: SSD Utility v3.4 and above.
Ordering Information Model Part Number UPC
RC500 250 GB THN-RC50Z2500C8(CS 811375030086
RC500 500 GB THN-RC50Z5000C8(CS 811375030093
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NVMe is a trademark of NVM Express, Inc.
PCIe and PCI Express are registered trademarks of PCI-SIG.
All other company names, product names, and service names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
Denition of capacity: KIOXIA denes a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes, a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes and a terabyte (TB) as
1,000,000,000,000 bytes. A computer operating system, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the denition of 1GB = 230 =
1,073,741,824 bytes and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media les) will vary based
on le size, formatting, settings, software and operating system, such as Microsoft Operating System and/or pre-installed software applications, or
media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.
A kibibyte (KiB) means 210, or 1,024 bytes, a mebibyte (MiB) means 220, or 1,048,576 bytes, and a gibibyte (GiB) means 230, or 1,073,741,824 bytes.
IOPS: Input Output Per Second (or the number of I/O operations per second)
MTTF (Mean Time to Failure) is not a guarantee or estimate of product life; it is a statistical value related to mean failure rates for a large number of
products which may not accurately reect actual operation. Actual operating life of the product may be different from the MTTF.
Read and write speed may vary depending on the host device, read and write conditions, and le size.
Subject to Change: While KIOXIA has made every effort at the time of publication to ensure the accuracy of the information provided herein, product
specications, congurations, prices, system/component/options availability are all subject to change without notice.
Product image may represent design model.
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