Datasheet
Intel® Solid-State Drive 730 Series
Product Specification December 2014
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1 Introduction
This document describes the specifications and capabilities of the Intel® Solid-State Drive 730 Series
(Intel SSD 730 Series).
The Intel SSD 730 Series is a standard 2.5-inch form factor solid-state drive delivering leading performance for
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA)-based desktop and workstation computers in 240GB and 480GB
capacities.
The Intel SSD 730 Series is a high performance client SSD utilizing high-endurance components engineered for PC
enthusiast and workstation systems with demanding storage workload requirements. Intel SSD 730 Series is Intel’s
first SSD engineered with factory overclocked SSD controller and NAND bus speeds. By increasing the controller
clock speed from 400MHz to 600MHz, increasing NAND bus speeds from 83MHz to 100MHz and optimizing
firmware for client platforms, Intel has developed its highest performance client SSD for uncompressible
workloads. This allows 550 MB/s sequential read and 450 MB/s sequential write performance.
Intel SSD 730 Series component and NAND management provide consistent performance for single drive and RAID
configurations across all data types. This same Intel design delivers higher endurance far exceeding the
requirements of client usages with up to 70GB writes per day.
The 730 Series also supports AES 256-bit encryption. AES 256-bit encryption is an industry standard in data
security, providing a hardware-based mechanism for encryption and decryption of user data. Utilizing a 256-bit
encryption key, AES encryption—when combined with an ATA drive password—helps protect user data.
These features, offered with Intel’s 5 year warranty makes the Intel SSD 730 Series a remarkably compelling PC
client storage solution for PC enthusiast and workstation platforms.