General

Brand	Samsung
Model	PM1733
Capacity	3.84 TB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

Host Interface	PCIe Gen4 x4 / Dual-port x2
Total Interface Bandwidth	16 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	1
Total Bytes Written	7008 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	7000 MB/s
Sequential Write	3800 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	1450000
Random Write IOPS	1150000
Average Latency	95 μs

Reliability

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

Part Number

MPN	MZ-XLL3T80

Engineer's Note

The MZ-XLJ3T80 PM1733 is a strong generational upgrade over the MZ-XLL3T80, moving to PCIe Gen4 x4 with dual-port x2 connectivity and delivering up to 7,000/3,800 MB/s plus 1.45M/1.15M IOPS for substantially higher bandwidth and transaction density. With 3.84 TB of TLC NAND and 7,008 TBW endurance at 1 DWPD, it is especially well suited for enterprise databases, virtualization clusters, and HA storage platforms that need both high performance and dual-port resiliency.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 7008 TBW and 1 DWPD, this SSD is designed to handle writing its full 3.84 TB capacity every day for five years, which is a strong fit for enterprise servers, virtualization, and mixed business workloads. In typical lighter-duty use such as an OS boot drive, application drive, or read-heavy infrastructure storage, this level of endurance provides ample write headroom for long-term, worry-free operation. Its enterprise reliability features further reduce operational risk: built-in power loss protection (PLP) helps preserve in-flight data and protects metadata integrity if power is interrupted unexpectedly. An UBER of 1.0E-17 means the probability of an unrecoverable bit error is extremely low, supporting dependable data integrity for business-critical environments, while the 2-million-hour MTBF reflects a robust design for continuous service.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen4 x4 interface with dual-port capability provides both high-bandwidth host access and path redundancy, making it well suited for mission-critical servers that require nonstop availability.
2. Its sequential read performance accelerates large-block data movement, helping analytics platforms, media pipelines, and AI clusters reduce dataset loading and recovery windows.
3. The strong random read capability enables ultra-fast access to small data blocks, which translates into better VM density, faster database query response, and smoother high-concurrency service performance.
4. Rated for one full drive write per day, it offers a balanced endurance profile for mainstream enterprise workloads such as virtualization, read-heavy databases, and cloud infrastructure with predictable write cycles.
5. Built on TLC NAND and tuned for low typical latency, the drive delivers cost-efficient enterprise capacity while maintaining the fast response consistency needed for transactional and latency-sensitive applications.

Capacity Sweet

Lower capacity reference: 1.92 TB Higher capacity reference: 7.68 TB At 3.84 TB, this SSD sits at the sweet spot of the family. Compared with the 1.92 TB model, it gives materially better headroom for VM growth, log expansion, and mixed application datasets without changing the expected enterprise-class read/write or random IOPS profile. Compared with the 7.68 TB option, it usually delivers the best balance between acquisition cost, usable capacity, and performance consistency. It is especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization, such as a 4 to 6 host cluster supporting about 80 to 140 general-purpose virtual desktops or business application instances.

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