Samsung MZWLR3T8HBLS-00007 3.84 TB PM1733 PCIe Gen4 x4 U.2 (2.5") Read Intensive Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Samsung
Model	PM1733
Capacity	3.84 TB
Usage Class	Read Intensive

Interface

Host Interface	PCIe Gen4 x4
Total Interface Bandwidth	64 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	U.2 (2.5")

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	Samsung V-NAND 5th-Gen 9x-Layer 3D 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	115000
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	MZWLR3T8HBLS-0007C

Engineer's Note

Compared with the earlier MZWLR3T8HBLS-0007C, the PM1733 MZWLR3T8HBLS-00007 delivers a clear generational uplift with PCIe Gen4 x4 throughput, Samsung 5th-Gen V-NAND, and up to 7,000/3,800 MB/s plus 1.45M/115K IOPS for substantially faster response in read-intensive enterprise workloads. At 3.84 TB with 1 DWPD and 7,008 TBW, it offers a stronger balance of endurance, capacity density, and low-latency performance than prior-generation mainstream TLC NVMe drives, making it especially well suited for virtualization clusters, large-scale OLTP databases, and analytics caching tiers.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 7008 TBW, this SSD is designed to handle approximately 7.0 petabytes of total writes, which is far beyond the write volume generated by typical OS, boot, office, and most general enterprise application workloads. In practical terms, when used as a system drive or in read-heavy to mixed-use deployments, it offers ample write headroom for many years of stable, worry-free operation. Its enterprise-class reliability is strengthened by built-in Power Loss Protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and critical metadata during unexpected power interruptions, reducing the risk of corruption and service disruption. The UBER of 1.0E-17 indicates an extremely low unrecoverable bit error rate, supporting strong data integrity and giving procurement teams greater confidence in business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen4 x4 interface provides enough host-side bandwidth to keep modern virtualization, analytics, and scale-out application servers from being gated by the storage link.
2. Its class-leading sequential read performance shortens large dataset loading, backup restore, and checkpoint recovery times in enterprise platforms.
3. The exceptionally strong random read capability supports dense OLTP databases, metadata-intensive file systems, and VDI environments with high concurrency and stable responsiveness.
4. A one-drive-write-per-day endurance profile makes it a strong fit for mixed-use enterprise workloads that need predictable lifespan under steady daily overwrite activity.
5. Samsung’s fifth-generation high-layer-count 3D TLC V-NAND, paired with very low typical latency, helps deliver fast QoS, efficient power-to-performance, and consistent service times for latency-sensitive applications.

Capacity Sweet

Lower capacity reference: 1.92 TB Higher capacity reference: 7.68 TB At 3.84 TB, this SSD sits in the sweet spot of the family. Compared with the 1.92 TB version, it gives meaningfully more headroom for OS images, application growth, snapshots, and short-term data bursts, reducing the need for early capacity expansion. Compared with the 7.68 TB model, it usually delivers the best balance between acquisition cost, usable capacity, and standard enterprise performance consistency. It is especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and application volumes for roughly 40 to 60 general-purpose virtual machines.

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