OWC Mercury Electra 6G 500GB 2.5″ SSD for Mac and PC
Overview:
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:
| Product Code | OWCS3D7E6GD05![]() |
| 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 |




















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