Intel 320 series solid-state drive hits 600GB. Technical specifications.

WorldWideTech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

"This greatly improves a user's multitasking capabilities. For example, a user can easily play background music or download a video, while working on a document with no perceivable slow down," Intel said in a statement. 320 series SSDs also add enhanced data security features, power-loss management and innovative data redundancy features.

The higher performance of SSDs will cost you. Though a 160GB drive is offered for a relatively reasonable $289 (in 1,000-unit quantities), this jumps to $1,069 for the 600GB drive.

Intel SSDs are available at retailers such as Best Buy and Fry's Electronics.

Smart meets fast. The Intel® Solid-State Drive 320 Series is the hard drive alternative that offers better performance and protects your data.

Shift your PC’s performance into high gear

Intel® Solid-State Drives (Intel® SSDs) just got better. The next generation Intel SSD 320 Series offers built-in data protection features, better performance, larger capacities and more value for your money.

Built with 25 nanometer (nm) compute-quality Intel® NAND Flash Memory, the Intel SSD 320 Series accelerates PC performance where it matters most. With random read performance up to 39,500 Input/Output Operations per Second (IOPS)¹ and sequential read performance of up to 270 megabytes per second (MB/s), your PC will blaze through the most demanding applications and will handle intense multi-tasking needs. Couple that performance with random writes up to 23,000 IOPS and sequential writes up to 220MB/s to unleash your system.

Superior built-in data protection features

The new Intel SSD 320 Series contains built-in features to protect your data from external threats and internal system snags.


The Intel SSD 320 Series comes pre-configured with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128 bit encryption capabilities². In the event of theft or loss of your computer, you have the peace of mind that your personal data is secured by an advanced encryption technologies.
Additionally, two new data protection features guard your data from internal system mishaps. 


To reduce potential data loss, the Intel SSD 320 Series detects and protects from an unexpected system power loss. The drive saves all cached data in the process of being written before shutting down, thereby minimizing potential data loss.


The Intel SSD 320 Series also improves reliability by providing an array of surplus NAND flash. If the controller encounters a faulty NAND array, the Intel SSD 320 Series automatically reconfigures itself to reduce the prospect of data loss.

Capacities to fit your needs

Available in a wide range of capacities, the Intel SSD 320 Series provides you with the flexibility to choose an SSD that best fits your need and budget.


Whether you choose the 40 gigabytes (GB), 80GB, 120GB, 160GB, 300GB or 600GB capacity, the Intel SSD 320 Series delivers the highly responsive PC experience you desire.

SSD Management Tool Suite

Install and manage the Intel SSD 320 Series with two FREE Intel utilities—the Intel® Data Migration Software and the Intel® SSD Toolbox with Intel® SSD Optimizer.

• Intel Data Migration Software The Intel Data Migration Software helps you install an Intel SSD in an existing PC system. With minimal steps, this useful tool replicates the operating system and all files from a PC’s hard drive or SSD to any Intel SSD. The Intel Data Migration Software supports Microsoft Windows* 7, Vista*, and XP. Download this utility, free of charge, at www.intel.com/go/ssdinstallation

• Intel SSD Toolbox with Intel SSD Optimizer The Intel SSD Toolbox with Intel SSD Optimizer provides a powerful set of management, information, and diagnostic tools to maintain the health of your Intel SSD and optimize performance to "fresh-out-of-the-box" levels. The toolbox offers options to securely erase your SSD or access the System Configuration Tuner that helps your system take full advantage of your Intel SSD’s performance. Download the toolbox, free of charge, at www.intel.com/go/ssdtoolbox

World-Class reliability – better by design

As the third generation of the SSD that changed the industry with its overall performance, value and reliability, the Intel SSD 320 Series draws from decades of memory engineering experience, and new industry leading, compute-quality Intel 25nm NAND Flash memory manufacturing processes. 


The Intel SSD 320 Series features an advanced architecture that employs 10 parallel NAND flash channels³ equipped with multi-level cell NAND flash memory. With powerful Native Command Queuing that enables up to 32 concurrent operations; the Intel SSD 320 Series drastically outperform traditional hard disk drives.


The Intel SSD 320 Series also features low write amplification and a unique wear-leveling design for higher reliability; meaning Intel SSDs not only perform better, they last longer.
Thrust your PC’s performance into overdrive with an Intel SSD 320 Series!
Solid-State Computing Starts with Intel Inside®.

Technical specifications

Model name	Intel® Solid-State Drive 320 Series
Capacity	40GB, 80GB, 120GB, 160GB, 300GB and 600GB
NAND flash components	25nm Intel NAND Flash Memory Multi-Level Cell Compute-Quality Components
Bandwidth4	Sustained sequential reads
	40GB up to 200 MB/s 80GB up to 270 MB/s 120GB up to 270 MB/s	160GB up to 270 MB/s 300GB up to 270 MB/s 600GB up to 270 MB/s
	Sustained sequential writes
	40GB up to 45 MB/s 80GB up to 90 MB/s 120GB up to 130 MB/s	160GB up to 165 MB/s 300Gb up to 205 MB/s 600GB up to 220 MB/s
Read latency5	75 microseconds
Write latency5	90 microseconds
Random I/O Operations per Second (IOPS)1	Random 4KB Reads
	40GB up to 30,000 IOPS 80GB up to 38,000 IOPS 120GB up to 38,000 IOPS	160GB up to 39,000 IOPS 300GB up to 39,500 IOPS 600GB up to 39,500 IOPS
	Random 4KB Writes
	40GB up to 3,700 IOPS 80GB up to 10,000 IOPS 120GB up to 14,000 IOPS	160GB up to 21,000 IOPS 300Gb up to 23,000 IOPS 600GB up to 23,000 IOPS
Interface	SATA 3Gb/s, compatible with SATA 1.5 Gb/s
Form Factor, Height and Weight	Form Factor Capacities Height / Weight 2.5 inch 40GB, 80GB, 120GB, 160GB, 300GB, and 600GB 7.0 mm / 82 grams 9.5 mm / 88 grams 1.8 inch 80GB, 160GB, 300GB 5.0 mm / 49 grams
Life expectancy	1.2 million hours Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
Power consumption	Active: 150 mW Typical6 Idle: 100 mW Typical7
Operating shock	1,500G/0.5 ms
Operating temperature	0°C to 70°C
Compatibility and compliance	SATA Revision 2.6 compliant. Compatible with SATA 3.0 Gb/s with Native Command Queuing and SATA 1.5 Gb/s interface rates. This product certified by the following organizations:
RoHS compliance	Meets the requirements of European Union (EU) RoHS Compliance Directives
Product health monitoring	Intel® Data Migration Software Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) commands

Related products

• Intel® Solid-State Drive 310 Series
• Intel® Solid-State Drive 510 Series
• Intel® X25-E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive
• Intel® X25-M and X18-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drives
• Intel® X25-Value SATA Solid-State Drive

¹ Performance measured using Iometer with queue depth set to 32; measurements are performed on 8GB of Logical Block Address (LBA) range. Write Cache enabled. One KB equals 4,096 bytes.
² Requires BIOS level password setup to enable user-unique encryption.
³ The 40GB Intel SSD 320 Series offers five (5) channels.
⁴ Performance measured using Iometer* with queue depth equal to 32.
⁵ Device measured using Iometer workload based on sequential 4KB at queue depth 1. One KB equals 4,096 bytes.
⁶ Active power measured during execution of BAPCo MobileMark* 2007 Workload with Device Initiated Power Management (DIPM) enabled.
⁷ Idle power defined as SSD in idle mode with Device Initiated Power Management (DIPM) enabled.