Designed to provide a perfect solution for everyday computing, the Mercury Electra 6G 2.5" SATA 7mm SSD from OWC uses 3D NAND + SLC caching for long-lasting, power-efficient performance. It offers a combination of performance and reliability for demanding everyday computer users. It works as a hard drive upgrade internally and in bus-powered or self-powered external enclosures, including any Mac or PC that supports 2.5" SATA drives with a 7mm drive height. The SSD has no moving parts, ensuring a quiet, cool, and reliable storage solution that also offers near-instantaneous system response.
Capacity: 500GB Useable Capacity; Total Flash Memory Components: 512GB; 12GB Allocated to real-time data redundancy and error correction
Formatted Capacity: 466GiB
Form Factor: 2.5-inch 7mm
Storage Interface: SATA 6.0 Gb/s
Format: Unformatted (Instructions on formatting here)
S.M.A.R.T. Attributes: Standard attributes supported
Native Command Queuing (NCQ): Up to 32 simultaneous commands
RAID Support: Yes
RoHS Compliant: Yes
Reach Certification: Yes
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
Average Access Time: <0.1 ms
Nonrecoverable Read Errors: 1 per 10 bits read
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures): 1,500,000 hours
Wear Leveling: Supported
TRIM Support: OS Dependent
Error Correction: Built-in ECC
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: Requires a Mac, PC, or drive enclosure with an available SATA drive bay. SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) or faster required for best performance.
Seek Mode (Max): Up to 1.48 Watts
Idle Mode (Max): Up to 0.7 Watts
Dimensions: Height: 0.7 cm (0.3 in); Length: 10.0 cm (4.0 in); Width: 7.0 cm (2.7 in)
Weight: 55.0 g (0.12 lbs)
Ambient Temperature: Operating: 32°F to 158°F (0°C to 70°C); Non-Operating: -40°F to 185°F (-40°C to 85°C)
Altitude: Operating: -304.8 m to 3,048.0 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000 ft); Non-Operating: -304.8 m to 12,192.0 m (-1,000 ft to 40,000 ft)
Humidity: Operating: 5% to 95% non-condensing
Shock: Operating: 1500 G max at 0.5 ms; Non-Operating: 1500 G max at 0.5 ms