Description

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