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

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