OWC Mercury Electra 6G 500GB 2.5" SSD for Mac and PC

OWC Mercury Electra 6G 500GB 2.5" SSD for Mac and PCThe OWC Mercury Electra 500BG 6G SATA SSD delivers the latest flash NAND and controller technology, utilizing 3D NAND + SLC caching for long lasting, power efficient performance. They offer a powerful combination of performance and reliability for demanding everyday computer users. This SSD delivers fast, reliable performance thanks to its 6G SATA connection. It works as a hard drive upgrade internally and in bus powered or self powered external

The OWC Mercury Electra 500BG 6G SATA SSD delivers the latest flash NAND and controller technology, utilizing 3D NAND + SLC caching for long-lasting, power-efficient performance. They offer a powerful combination of performance and reliability for demanding everyday computer users. This SSD delivers fast, reliable performance thanks to its 6G SATA connection. It works as a hard drive upgrade internally and in bus-powered or self-powered external enclosures (any Mac, PC, or enclosure that supports 2.5" SATA drives, must support 7mm drive height). OWC SSDs have no moving parts, resulting in a quiet, cool, highly rugged storage solution that also offers near-instantaneous system response. With real-world speeds over 500MB/s, the OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD line delivers unbeatable performance.

FEATURES:

• The perfect solution for everyday computing
• Latest flash NAND and controller technology
• Global wear leveling data distribution
• Static data refresh technology for free space management
• Hardware ECC (error correction)
• S.M.A.R.T and TRIM command support
• Standby power benefits to extend battery life for laptop road warriors

SPECIFICATIONS:

• Capacity:
• 500GB Useable Capacity
• Total Flash Memory Components_ 512GB
• 12GB Allocated to real-time data redundancy and error correction
• Formatted Capacity_ 466GiB
• S.M.A.R.T. Attributes_ Standard attributes supported
• Native Command Queuing (NCQ): Up to 32 simultaneous commands
• RAID Support_ Yes
• Form Factor_ 2.5-inch 7mm
• Storage Interface_ SATA 6.0 Gb/s
• Random 4K Read_ Up to 100,000 IOPS
• Random 4K Write_ Up to 90,000 IOPS
• Sequential Read (Max): Up to 540 MB/s
• Sequential Write (Max): Up to 500 MB/s
• Nonrecoverable Read Errors_ 1 per 1015 bits read
• MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures): 1,500,000 hours
• Wear Leveling_ Supported
• TRIM Support_ OS Dependent
• Security:
  • TCG Opal
  • Secure Erase (SE): Chip Based Data Encryption_ 256-bit AES-compliant
• Endurance: 340TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 187 GB per day for 5 years
• Mac OS Compatibility_ Yes
• PC OS Compatibility_ Yes
• Other Requirements_ Host or device with a built-in SATA connection.
• Write Mode (Max): Up to 2.055 Watts
• Seek Mode (Max): Up to 1.48 Watts
• Idle Mode (Max): Up to 0.07 Watts
• Product Dimensions_ 10 x 7 x 0.7 cm
• Product Weight_ 55g

WHAT'S IN THE BOX_

• OWC Mercury Electra 500BG 6G SATA SSD - Black x1