Kingston® SSD OM3PGP4 Series

Product Specification

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Nov. 2022

Part Number Information

Kingston part number Capacity Form factor FW Version Flash IC

OM3PGP4128Q-A0 128GB M.2 2230 ELFK00.0 Kioxia BiCS5 TLC Flash IC

OM3PGP4256Q-A0 256GB M.2 2230 ELFK0S.6 Kioxia BiCS5 TLC Flash IC

OM3PGP4512Q-A0 512GB M.2 2230 ELFK0S.6 Kioxia BiCS5 TLC Flash IC

Kingston Digital International Ltd Taiwan Branch

No.1-5, Li-Hsin RD. I, Science Park, Hsin-Chu 30078
Phone(886)3 5641539‧Fax(886)3 5666459
http://www.kingston.com
 Content
Revision History ....................................................................................................................................... 2
1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 General Description ........................................................................................................................ 3
1.2 Advanced Flash Management ........................................................................................................ 4
1.2.1 Background Garbage Collection ............................................................................................. 4
1.2.2 Wear-Leveling ......................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Functional Description ................................................................................................................... 5
2. General Product Specification .......................................................................................................... 6
2.1 Capacity .......................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Fundamental Specification ............................................................................................................. 7
2.3 Power Specification ........................................................................................................................ 8
2.4 Endurance Specification ................................................................................................................. 8
2.5 Warranty Policy .............................................................................................................................. 9
3. Physical Specification ........................................................................................................................ 10
4. Environment Specification ................................................................................................................. 12
4.1 Storage Specification .................................................................................................................... 12
4.2 Durability Specification................................................................................................................ 12
4.3 Safety Compliance Specification.................................................................................................. 13
5. Pin Definition ..................................................................................................................................... 14
6. Supported NVMe Command List ....................................................................................................... 16
7. Label Definition.................................................................................................................................. 17
8. SMART Attributes ............................................................................................................................. 18

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 Revision History
Rev. Date Changed Contents

V1.0 2022.11.03 First version republished

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 1. Introduction
1.1 General Description
The Kingston® SSD OM3PGP4 is designed and built for personal computing machines, providing
the mobility, stability, reliability and power loss handling capability. The Kingston® SSD OM3PGP4
utilizes a PCIe Gen4 x4 interface, Non-Volatile Memory Express protocol and adopt PS5021-E21T
controller, Kioxia NAND Flash. The device comes in M.2 2230-S3-M form factor.

Hard drive replacement - Solid-state drives are the next evolution of PC storage and run faster,
quieter and cooler than the aging technology inside hard drives. With no moving parts, SSDs are
also more durable and more reliable than hard drives.

For desktops and notebooks - Kingston solid-state drives will make your system more responsive,
so it boots quicker, loads applications faster and shuts down faster.

PS5021 –E21T KIOXIA NAND Flash (BGA)

PCIe Interface: Controller Toggle 4.0
Gen.4 x 4 ECC Hard Bit: 130bit/2KB <R: 1600 MT / W: 1600 MT>
ECC Soft Bit: 340bit/2KB DDP for 128GB
QDP for 256GB
ODP for 512GB
2 Channel for 128GB
4 Channel for 256GB
4 Channel for 512GB

Fig 1-1: Kingston SSD OM3PGP4 Block Diagram

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 1.2 Advanced Flash Management
1.2.1 Background Garbage Collection
SSDs incorporate advanced controllers that manage the NAND Flash storage. Kingston® uses
Phison®-based controllers in specific SSDs to provide customers with better endurance and
performance. These controllers use proprietary technologies to conduct Garbage Collection (GC).

When files are deleted in an Operating System such as Windows, the OS just marks its internal file
table indicating that the file is deleted. On hard disk drives (HDDs), the now-invalid data remains
there and can be directly overwritten by the system to store new data.

NAND Flash-based devices cannot overwrite data that is already there. They have to go through a
Program/Erase cycle; to write to an already used block of data, an SSD controller would first copy
all valid data (that which is still in use) and write it to empty pages of a different block, erase all the
cells in the current block (both valid and invalid data), and then start writing new data to the newly
erased block. This process is called Garbage Collection. Newer OSs also support the TRIM
command, whereby the OS notifies the SSD that it has deleted specific files so that the SSD can
better manage the GC process to recover that space earlier and prevent saving and moving all that
invalid data.

1.2.2 Wear-Leveling
Kingston Flash storage devices incorporate controllers utilizing advanced wear-leveling
technology, which distributes the number of P/E cycles (program/erase) across the Flash memory
evenly. Wear-leveling thus extends the useful life of a drive and help maintain consistent
performance levels over the life of the drive.

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 1.3 Functional Description
Key Feature Specification

APST Support

ASPM/PCI-PM Support

Multiple Submission and Completion Queues Support (Up to queue depth=64K)

S.M.A.R.T Support

Trim Command Support

Modern Standby Support

TCG Pyrite 2.0 Specification Support

NVMe Revision 1.4 Support

Dynamic & Static Wear-Leveling Support

Background Garbage Collection Support

Compatible with PCIe I/II/III/IV x 4 interface Support

Power Management: Support

(1) PS00

(2) PS01

(3) PS02
(4) PS03

(5) PS04

Table 1-1: Kingston SSD OM3PGP4 Functional Description

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 2. General Product Specification
2.1 Capacity
Addressable sectors follow the IDEMA organization standard, reference to Document LBA1-03 LBA
Count for Disk Drives Standard.

Detail information can refer to website: http://www.idema.org/

1 2
Unformatted Capacity Total User Addressable Sectors in LBA Mode

128GB 250,069,680

256GB 500,118,192

512GB 1,000,215,216

Table 2-1: Kingston SSD OM3PGP4 Capacity Specification

1
1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes and not all of the memory can be used for storage.
2
1 sector = 512 bytes

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 2.2 Fundamental Specification
1
◆ Capacity – supporting unformatted capacities of 128GB, 256GB and 512GB

◆ Form-Factor –NGFF-2230, M.2 type

◆ Interface – PCIe Gen.4 x4

◆ Based on out-of-box performance, speed may vary due to host hardware, software configuration
and usage.

2
◆ Performance –

◼ Capacity 128GB 256 GB 512 GB

◼ Sequential Read 1800 MB/s 3900 MB/s 4700 MB/s

◼ Sequential Write 900 MB/s 1800 MB/s 3400 MB/s
◼ 4K Random Read (QD32) 100K IOPs 230K IOPs 460K IOPs
◼ 4K Random Write (QD32) 210K IOPs 410K IOPs 690K IOPs

3
◆ Power consumption –

◼ Capacity 128 GB 256 GB 512 GB

◼ Maximum Read 1.5W 1.6W 1.6W

◼ Maximum Write 3.1W 4.1W 4.5W
◼ Avg. consumption 0.06W 0.06W 0.06W
◼ L1.2 Substate 1.7mW 1.7mW 1.7mW

1
1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes and not all of the memory can be used for storage.
2 Performance data reveal the Max. performance consequence, based on CrystalDiskMark 8.0.4
Based on out-of-box performance, speed may have 10% variation due to host hardware, software
configuration and usage.
3
Maximum Power bases on IOMeter Read/Write workload. Average bases on MobileMark2018 workload.

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 2.3 Power Specification

Parameter Specification

Input Voltage 3.3V +/- 5%

Maximum Ripple 3.3V +/- 10%

Table 2-2: Kingston SSD OM3PGP4 Power Specification

2.4 Endurance Specification

Parameter Value

Uncorrectable Bit Error -15

Less than 1 sector 10 bits read
Rate(UBER)

Mean Time between

1,500,000 hours
Failure(MTBF)

Table 2-3: Kingston SSD OM3PGP4 Endurance Specification

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 2.5 Warranty Policy
Kingston warrants to the original end user customer that its products are free from defects in
material and workmanship. This product is covered by Kingston warranty for one of the following
periods, whichever occurs first:

( i ) Three years from the date of purchase by the original end user customer

( ii ) Until the date when the SSD reached its TBW threshold as measured by Kingston software.

Parameter Specification

Warranty Period 3 years warranty

128G – 80 TBW
1
TBW
256G – 160 TBW
(Terabyte Written)
512G – 320 TBW

Table 2-4: Kingston SSD OM3PGP4 Warranty Policy

1
The value of TBW is calculated by WAF (Write Amplification Factor), which is measured with JEDEC
219A Standard Client Workload.

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 3. Physical Specification
The M.2 2230 Form-Factor complies with NGFF M.2 SSD standard. Detail mechanical design
parameters as below. Tolerance data also included. Some Golden finger may be unimplemented.

Parameter Specification

Length 30.00mm ±0.15mm

Width 22.00mm ±0.15mm

Thickness 2.3mm (max)

Height 1.50mm (max) (S3)

Weight 3.5g (max)

Table 3-1: Mechanical Design Parameters

Figure 3-1: Side View of SSD

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 Figure 3-2: Top View of SSD

Figure 3-3: Bottom View of SSD

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 4. Environment Specification
4.1 Storage Specification
OM3PGP4 SSD is known as the consumer grade storage product.

Environment Mode Min Max Unit

Operating 0 70 ℃
1
Temperature
Storage -40 85 ℃

Operating 85 %
Humidity
Storage 85 %

Table 4-1: Kingston SSD OM3PGP4 Environment Specification

4.2 Durability Specification

Every material needs to pass the IQC unit’s Visual Inspection and quality test. Regular durability
test includes the new PCBA and the running material. To make sure product durability is
consistence.

Item Mode Timing/Frequency Max

Operating @0.5ms/half wave sin 1000G

Shock
Non-operating @0.5ms/half wave sin 1500G

Operating 7-800Hz 2.17Grms

Vibration
Non-operating 20-1000Hz 20Grms

Table 4-2: Kingston SSD OM3PGP4 Durability Specification

1
Temperature is measured by sensor, from SMART Attributes.

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 4.3 Safety Compliance Specification
The Kingston SSD OM3PGP4 is certified to comply with the following standards

Certification Standard

EN 55032:2015+A11:2020
CE
EN 55035:2017+A11:2020

FCC FCC 47 CFR Part 15, Subpart B: 2020

ICES ICES-003 Issue 7 (2020)

RCM AS/NZS CISPR 32:2015

VCCI VCCI-CISPR 32:2016

CNS 13438 (95 full version) Category B or

BSMI
CNS 15936 (full version 105) Class B

CB IEC 62368-1:2018
CB
CB IEC 62368-1:2014

EN 62368-1:2014+A11:2017
LVD
IEC 62368-1:2014

UL 62368-1:2019
TUV
CSA C22.2 NO. 62368-1:19

KCC KCC KN 32, KN 35

BS EN 55032:2015+A11:2020
UKCA
BS EN 55035:2017+A11:2020

Others RoHS, REACH/SVHC, California Prop 65

Table 4-3: Kingston SSD OM3PGP4 Safety Compliance Specification

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 5. Pin Definition
Pin # Type Description Pin # Type Description

P1 GND Connect to GND P31 TXP1 PCIe TX Differential signal

P2 +3.3V AUX1 3.3V Source P32 GND Connect to GND

P3 GND Connect to GND P33 GND Connect to GND

P4 +3.3V AUX2 3.3V Source P34 N/C No Connect

P5 TXN3 PCIe TX Differential signal P35 RXN1 PCIe RX Differential signal

P6 N/C No Connect P36 N/C No Connect

P7 TXP3 PCIe TX Differential signal P37 RXP1 PCIe RX Differential signal

P8 PLN Power Loss Notification P38 GND Connect to GND

P9 GND Connect to GND P39 GND Connect to GND

P10 DAS Device Activity Signal P40 N/C No Connect

P11 RXN3 PCIe RX Differential signal P41 TXN0 PCIe TX Differential signal

P12 +3.3V AUX3 3.3V Source P42 N/C No Connect

P13 RXP3 PCIe RX Differential signal P43 TXP0 PCIe TX Differential signal

P14 +3.3V AUX4 3.3V Source P44 N/C No Connect

P15 GND Connect to GND P45 GND Connect to GND

P16 +3.3V AUX5 3.3V Source P46 N/C No Connect

P17 TXN2 PCIe TX Differential signal P47 RXN0 PCIe RX Differential signal

P18 +3.3V AUX6 3.3V Source P48 N/C No Connect

P19 TXP2 PCIe TX Differential signal P49 RXP0 PCIe RX Differential signal

PE-Reset defined by PCIe Mini CEM

P20 N/C No Connect P50 PERST#
Spec

P21 GND Connect to GND P51 GND Connect to GND

Clock Request defined by PCIe Mini

P22 N/C No Connect P52 CLKREQ# CEM Spec. Used by L1 PM
Substates as well.

P23 RXN2 PCIe RX Differential signal P53 REFCLKN PCIe reference clock signals

P24 N/C No Connect P54 N/C No Connect

P25 RXP2 PCIe RX Differential signal P55 REFCLKP PCIe reference clock signals

P26 N/C No Connect P56 N/C No Connect

P27 GND Connect to GND P57 GND Connect to GND

P28 N/C No Connect P58 N/C No Connect

P29 TXN1 PCIe TX Differential signal P59 Module Key No Connect

P30 N/C No Connect P60 Module Key No Connect

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 P61 Module Key No Connect P69 N/C No Connect

P62 Module Key No Connect P70 +3.3V AUX7 3.3V Source

P63 Module Key No Connect P71 GND Connect to GND

P64 Module Key No Connect P72 +3.3V AUX8 3.3V Source

P65 Module Key No Connect P73 N/C No Connect

P66 Module Key No Connect P74 +3.3V AUX9 3.3V Source

P67 N/C No Connect P75 GND Connect to GND

P68 N/C No Connect

Table 5-1: Pin Assignment

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 6. Supported NVMe Command List
The Admin Command Set defines the commands that may be submitted to the Admin Submission
Queue. Admin commands should not be impacted by the state of I/O queues (e.g., a full I/O
completion queue should not delay or stall the Delete I/O Submission Queue command). Table 6-
2 defines Admin commands that are specific to the NVM Command Set.

Op Code Command
00h Delete I/O Submission Queue
01h Create I/O Submission Queue
02h Get Log Page
04h Delete I/O Completion Queue
05h Create I/O Completion Queue
06h Identify
08h Abort
09h Set Features
0Ah Get Features
0Ch Asynchronous Event Request
1
10h Firmware Commit
11h Firmware Image Download
Table 6-1: Supported Admin Command
Op Code Command
80h Format NVM
81h Security Send
82h Security Receive
Table 6-2: Supported Admin Command – NVM Command Set Specific
Op Code Command
00h Flush
01h Write
02h Read
04h Write Uncorrectable
05h Compare
08h Write Zeroes
09h Dataset Management
Table 6-3: Supported NVM Command

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 7. Label Definition
Label definition on the label samples (as Fig. 7-1) is only for demonstration of every part on the
label, not real information. Detail information is in Table 7-1.

Figure 7-1: Label Sample

Table 7-1: Label Information

No. Item Display Sample Remark

1 SKU OM3PGP4XXXQ-A0 KTC SKU number (Part number)

2 Firmware XXXXXXX Firmware

3 Format: 50026BXXXXXXXXXX
Serial Number 50026B50026BXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
* XXXXXXXXXX : Suffix code
4 Format: SN+ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
PSID 50026BXXXXXXXXXXZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
* ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ: Suffix code
5 Product Made In TAIWAN / CHINA
6 Capacity 128GB, 256GB, 512GB 2D Barcode

7 2D Barcode SKU+PSID
8 Compliance logos

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 8. SMART Attributes
SMART Attributes provide the SSD’s detail working information, like power-on hours or write from
host…etc. to help SSD vendor to monitor the health situation and diagnosis while SSD have been
damaged or panic under abnormal user behavior.

Attribute Description Unit

Critical Warning -
Composite Temperature K
Available Spare %
Available Spare Threshold %
Percentage Used %
Data Units Read 1000sector
Data Units Written 1000sector
Host Read Commands Count
Host Write Commands Count
Controller Busy Time Count
Power Cycles Count
Power On Hours Count
Unsafe Shutdowns Count
Media and Data Integrity Errors: Count
Number of Error Information Log Entries Count
Table 8-1: SMART Attribute

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