he MAX has been designed specifically for write-intensive applications and has much higher endurance than the ECO. All of the 5100 series come with built-in AES-256 bit encryption and TCG enterprise protection. The MAX drives also come with FIPS 140-2 validation. As with the rest of the 5100 series, the MAX can be optimized through Micron’s FlexPro firmware.

Micron 5100 MAX specifications:

• Form factor: 2.5”
• NAND: Micron 3D eTLC
• Capacity:240GB, 480GB, 960GB, 1.92TB,
• Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
• Endurance
  • DWPD: 5
  • TBW: 2.2-17.6PB
  • MTTF: 2M
• Performance
  • Sequential read performance (128K): 540MB/s
  • Sequential write performance (128K): 310-520MB/s
  • Random read performance (4K): 93,000 IOPS
  • Random write performance (4K): 48,000-74,000 IOPS

Design and Build

The Micron 5100 MAX has a very similar design to the ECO, in fact they are nearly identical. The drive is housed in a dark blue aluminum case with a large sticker taking up most of the real estate on the front with information such as model, capacity, and so on. The back of the drive is mostly blank with tamper proof stinkers on the corners.