Intel SSDSC2BA800G3 800 GB DC S3700 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5 inch 7mm Enterprise/Write-Intensive Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Intel
Model	DC S3700
Capacity	800 GB
Usage Class	Enterprise/Write-Intensive

Interface

Host Interface	SATA 6Gb/s
Total Interface Bandwidth	6 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5 inch 7mm

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	25nm MLC
Drive Writes Per Day	10
Total Bytes Written	14600 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	500 MB/s
Sequential Write	460 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	75000
Random Write IOPS	36000
Average Latency	45 μs

Reliability

Mean Time Between Failures	2 Million Hours
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate	1.0×10⁻¹⁷
Power Loss Protection	Yes

Part Number

MPN	SSDSC2BA800G301

Engineer's Note

Compared with SSDSC2BA800G301, the SSDSC2BA800G3 is the refreshed orderable DC S3700 SKU, retaining the platform’s class-leading 10 DWPD endurance, 14.6 PBW rating, and consistent 75,000/36,000 IOPS behavior while improving lifecycle continuity for enterprise standardization. For write-intensive OLTP databases, logging, and virtualization tiers, its 25nm MLC design and 500/460 MB/s SATA 6Gb/s performance deliver a distinctly stronger endurance margin than typical same-generation SATA SSDs.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 14,600 TBW and 10 DWPD, the SSDSC2BA800G3 is built for very heavy write workloads and can reliably handle full-drive rewrites day after day throughout its service life. In typical enterprise use, this level of endurance is far beyond the needs of a boot or system drive, meaning it can be deployed for many years with ample write margin and minimal concern about wear-related replacement. For enterprise reliability, the drive includes power-loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and maintain metadata integrity if power is suddenly interrupted. Its ultra-low unrecoverable bit error rate of 1.0E-17, together with a 2 million-hour MTBF, indicates a highly dependable design suited for business-critical environments where data integrity and uptime are priorities.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables broad drop-in compatibility with mainstream enterprise servers and storage arrays, simplifying upgrades without changing existing infrastructure.
2. Its 500 MB/s sequential read performance accelerates large-block data access, helping analytics, backup, and media streaming workloads complete faster.
3. With 75,000 IOPS in random reads, the drive can sustain responsive performance for metadata-heavy databases and virtualized application environments under concurrent access.
4. A 10 DWPD endurance rating makes it well suited for write-intensive enterprise workloads such as logging, caching, and high-churn transactional systems with long service life expectations.
5. Built on 25nm MLC NAND with a typical latency of 45 µs, it balances strong media reliability with consistently fast response times for latency-sensitive business applications.

Endurance & Reliability

Lower-capacity reference: 400 GB, Intel SSD DC S3700, MPN SSDSC2BA400G3, approximately 500 MB/s sequential read, 460 MB/s sequential write, up to 75K random read IOPS, and about 36K random write IOPS. Higher-capacity reference: None in the exact SSDSC2BA/G3 2.5-inch lineup; 800 GB is the largest standard capacity in this series. Capacity positioning analysis: The 800 GB SSDSC2BA800G3 sits at the sweet spot of the S3700 family by combining near-constant enterprise performance with meaningfully better space flexibility than the 400 GB model. It gives architects more headroom for OS images, logs, swap, and workload growth without forcing a step into a larger and more expensive storage class. In practice, it is an excellent fit for a mid-sized virtualization cluster, such as hosting boot and infrastructure volumes for roughly 40 to 60 virtual machines with comfortable operational margin.

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