OWC Mercury Electra 6G 1TB 2.5" SSD for Mac and PC

Overview:

The OWC Mercury Electra 1TB 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 best performance upgrade for Macs and PCs with SATA drive bay
• 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	OWCS3D7E6GD10
Capacity	960GB usable capacity
Total Flash Memory Components	1024GB
	64GB Allocated to real-time data redundancy and error correction
Formatted Capacity	894GiB
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 530 MB/s
Nonrecoverable Read Errors	1 per 1016 bits read
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)	1,600,000 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 Watts
Seek Mode (Max)	Up to 2.2 Watts
Idle Mode (Max)	Up to 0.1 Watts
Product Dimensions	10 x 7 x 0.7 cm
Product Weight	55g