The Micron 5100 Max is the highest-endurance variant within the 5100 family of enterprise-class SSDs. It was released alongside the 5100 Pro and ECO in 2017, and shares the same Marvell 88SS1074 controller and 32-layer 3D TLC NAND as the other 5100 tiers but carries a workload rating of approximately 3 DWPD (full drive writes per day) over five years, making it suitable for write-intensive workloads such as database logging and transaction processing.
Compared to the 5100 Pro, the MAX variant delivers higher sequential write speeds at the lower capacities: 310 MB/s at 240GB versus the Pro's 250 MB/s, and 460 MB/s at 480GB versus 410 MB/s — and also substantially higher random write IOPS. The 480GB and 960GB models reach 74,000 random write IOPS. The 1920GB model drops to 66,000 IOPS, a consequence of the write amplification that accompanies higher endurance NAND programming.
The MAX is offered only in the traditional 2.5-inch form factor and tops out at 1920GB, while the Pro extends to 3840GB. Both share the same power envelope: idle at 1.5W and up to 6W under sustained sequential load at larger capacities. Enterprise features include AES-256 hardware encryption, TCG Enterprise SED, power-loss data protection. This feature set is identical across the 5100 family.
