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Seagate IronWolf Pro 125 960 GB

960 GB
Capacity
Phison S12
Controller
TLC
Flash
SATA 6 Gbps
Interface
2.5"
Form Factor
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The Seagate IronWolf Pro 125 is a solid-state drive in the 2.5" form factor, launched in 2019. It is available in capacities ranging from 240 GB to 3.8 TB. This page reports specifications for the 960 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Seagate IronWolf Pro 125 interfaces using a SATA 6 Gbps connection. The SSD controller is the PS3112-S12-27 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Seagate has installed 96-layer TLC NAND flash on the IronWolf Pro 125, the flash chips are made by Toshiba. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are handled more quickly. The IronWolf Pro 125 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 545 MB/s and 520 MB/s write; random IO reaches 96K IOPS for read and 25K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 220 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Seagate guarantees an endurance rating of 1759 TBW, a high value.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 960 GB
Variants: 240 GB 480 GB 960 GB 1.9 TB 3.8 TB
Overprovisioning: 129.9 GB / 14.5 %
Production: Active
Released: 2019
Price at Launch: 220 USD
Part Number: ZA960NX10001
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: 2.5"
Interface: SATA 6 Gbps
Protocol: AHCI
Power Draw: 1.6 W (Idle)
Unknown (Avg)
4.0 W (Max)

Controller

Manufacturer: Phison
Name: PS3112-S12-27
Architecture: ARM 32-bit
Core Count: Quad-Core
Frequency: 666 MHz
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 28 nm
Flash Channels: 8 @ 667 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: DRAM (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Toshiba
Name: BiCS4
Part Number: TA7AG65AWV
Type: TLC
Technology: 96-layer
Speed: 533 MT/s .. 800 MT/s
Capacity: 8 chips @ 1 Tbit
Toggle: 3.0
Topology: Charge Trap
Process: 19 nm
Dies per Chip: 4 dies @ 256 Gbit
Planes per Die: 2
Decks per Die: 2
Word Lines: 109 per NAND String
88.1% Vertical Efficiency
Read Time (tR): 59 µs
Program Time (tProg): 625 µs
Die Read Speed: 551 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 56 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)		 1500 P/E Cycles
(3000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 1152 Pages
Plane Size: 1980 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: DDR4-2400 CL17
Name: SK Hynix H5AN4G8NBJR-UHC
Capacity: 1024 MB
(2x 512 MB)
Organization: 4Gx8
Host-Memory-Buffer (HMB): N/A

Performance

Sequential Read: 545 MB/s
Sequential Write: 520 MB/s
Random Read: 96,000 IOPS
Random Write: 25,000 IOPS
Endurance: 1759 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 1.8 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 1.0
SLC Write Cache: Yes

Features

TRIM: Yes
SMART: Yes
Power Loss Protection: Yes
Encryption:
  • TCG Opal
RGB Lighting: No
PS5 Compatible: No

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Notes

Drive:

Although Seagate has re-branded the controller as "STXXA0123185" it is manufactured by Phison and it is the model S12.

Controller:

2 main cores using Cortex-R5 clocked at 666 MHz with CoXProcessor technology (one additional dual-core) Cortex-R5 clocked at a lower clock for better efficience.

NAND Die:

Read latency tR: 58 µs (ABL)
Performance:
tPROG (typical) - 2100 µs (MSB)
tR (typical) - 59 µs
tPROG (ower page) ~ 200 µs
Estimated tPROG between 625 ~ 975 µs
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