Kingston’s DC3000ME U.2 SSD features a high-speed PCIe 5.0 NVMe interface and 3D TLC NAND, ideal for AI, HPC, OLTP, cloud applications and edge computing in both Gen4 and Gen5 NVMe servers. The DCM3000ME is designed with system integrators, hyperscale data centers and cloud service providers in mind, offering hardware-based power loss protection, AES 256-bit encryption, TCG-Opal support, low-latency performance and I/O consistency to ensure reliability and security. Available in capacities of up to 15.36TB.
| Form factor |
U.2, 2.5” x 15mm |
| Interface |
PCIe NVMe Gen5 x4 (backward compatible with Gen4) |
| Capacities{{Footnote.N37130}} |
3.84TB, 7.68TB, 15.36TB |
| NAND |
3D eTLC |
| Sequential read/write{{Footnote.N75936}} |
3.84TB – 14,000MB/s / 5,800MB/s 7.68TB – 14,000MB/s / 10,000MBs 15.36TB – 14,000MB/s / 9,700MB/s |
| 4k random read/write (IOPS){{Footnote.N75936}} |
3.84TB – 2,700,000 / 300,000 7.68TB – 2,800,000 / 500,000 15.36TB – 2,700,000 / 400,000 |
| Latency quality of service (QoS){{Footnote.N75936}}, {{Footnote.N47723}}, {{Footnote.N75937}} |
99% – read/write: <10 µs / < 70 µs |
| Static and dynamic wear levelling |
Yes |
| Power loss protection (power caps) |
Yes |
| Encryption |
Yes – TCG Opal 2.0, AES 256-bit encryption |
| Namespace management support |
Yes – 128 namespaces supported |
| Enterprise diagnostics |
Telemetry, media wear, temperature, health, etc. |
| Endurance (TBW/DWPD){{Footnote.N63869}} |
3.84TB – 7,008TB, 1DWPD (5 years) 7.68TB – 14,016TB, 1DWPD (5 years) 15.36TB – 28,032TB, 1DWPD (5 years) |
| Power consumption |
Idle: 8W Max read: 8.2W Max write: 24W |
| Operating temperature |
0℃ ~ 70℃ |
| Dimensions |
100.50mm x 69.8mm x 14.8mm |
| Weight |
3.84TB – 146.2g 7.68TB – 151.3g 15.36TB – 152.3g |
| Vibration non-operating |
10G peak (10–1000Hz) |
| MTBF |
2 million hours |
| Warranty/support{{Footnote.N57503}} |
Limited 5-year warranty with free technical support |