General

Brand	Micron
Model	7450 MAX
Capacity	800GB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

Host Interface	PCIe Gen4 NVMe
Total Interface Bandwidth	16 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	U.3 15mm

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	3D TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	3
Total Bytes Written	4300 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	6800 MB/s
Sequential Write	1400 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	530000
Random Write IOPS	145000
Average Latency	80 μs

Reliability

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

Engineer's Note

The Micron 7450 MAX 800GB (MTFDKCC800TFS-1BC1ZABDA) is best suited for write-intensive cache, logging, metadata, and journal tiers where 3 DWPD endurance and 4,300 TBW are more critical than raw capacity, while still delivering up to 6,800 MB/s read throughput and 530K/145K random read/write IOPS over PCIe Gen4 NVMe. Compared with typical read-optimized Gen4 SSDs in this capacity class, its standout value is the combination of high-endurance 3D TLC media and MAX-series write durability, making it a stronger choice for always-on enterprise workloads that would quickly wear out lower-DWPD alternatives.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 4,300 TBW and 3 DWPD, the MTFDKCC800TFS-1BC1ZABDA is built for sustained write-intensive enterprise use rather than light client workloads. In practical terms, this level of endurance is more than sufficient for a typical OS or boot-drive role for well over 10 years, and it also provides strong margin for virtualization, logging, caching, and other daily server workloads. Its power-loss protection (PLP) helps preserve data in flight during an unexpected power interruption, reducing the risk of corruption and improving operational resilience. Combined with an ultra-low UBER of 1.0E-17 and a 2 million-hour MTBF, it delivers enterprise-class data integrity and dependability that procurement teams can deploy with confidence.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen4 NVMe interface provides the bandwidth and parallelism needed to keep modern virtualization, analytics, and scale-out storage platforms from being bottlenecked by legacy media paths.
2. With up to 6800 MB/s sequential read performance, this drive accelerates large-block workloads such as database backup restores, media streaming, and AI dataset ingestion.
3. Delivering 530,000 K random read IOPS, it is well suited for read-intensive enterprise applications where VM responsiveness and fast access to small data sets directly affect service quality.
4. Rated for 3 DWPD and built on 3D TLC NAND, it offers the write endurance required for sustained mixed-use data center workloads without giving up the capacity efficiency enterprises expect.
5. A typical latency of 80 µs helps reduce storage wait time, improving transaction consistency and enabling faster response in latency-sensitive applications such as OLTP and real-time analytics.

Capacity Sweet

Reference capacities in the same series: Lower capacity: 400GB Higher capacity: 1.6TB The 800GB model sits at the sweet spot of this enterprise SSD family. Compared with the 400GB version, it provides much better headroom for OS images, logs, metadata, and application growth, reducing the risk of early capacity pressure. Compared with the 1.6TB option, it delivers a more balanced mix of acquisition cost, usable space, and broadly similar enterprise-class sequential and random performance. In practice, 800GB is well suited for mid-scale virtualization, such as hosting boot and utility volumes for about 40 to 60 mixed-workload virtual machines.

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