OWC Mercury M.2 1Tb NVMe SSD review
What memory type installed in OWC Mercury M.2 1Tb and another characteristics read below here.
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OWC's 1Tb Mercury M.2 use Silicon Motion SM2260 controller. The Mercury M.2 comes equipped with MLC memory. OWC Mercury M.2 is offered also in 3 capacities, including 2 Tb, 500 Gb and 250 Gb volume sizes.
✅ Storage Comparisons:
🚀 Performance and benchmarks
SSD works on PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 with maximum write speeds equals to 1087 Mbps, and sequential read speeds 1872 MB/s. It also has input/output performance 155000 on reading and 190000 on writing operations.
🖥️ Endurance and warranty
OWC provide 3 years warranty.
📊 Specs
Category | Value |
Capacity | 1 Tb |
Interface | M.2 3.0 x 4 |
Controller | Silicon Motion SM2260 |
Memory type | MLC |
DRAM | n/a |
Read speed (Mb/s) | 1872 |
Write speed (Mb/s) | 1087 |
Read IOPS | 155000 |
Write IOPS | 190000 |
Endurance (TBW) | n/a |
MTBF (million hours) | n/a |
Warranty (years) | 3 |
Conclusion
OWC Mercury M.2 1Tb use PCIe 3 that is undoubtedly slower than PCIe 4.0. The write speed is 1087 Mb/s, that is slower than has most of competitors. On balance, OWC Mercury M.2 1Tb has more disadvantages and our editor strongly do not advise to buy it.
+ Pros
- Capacity
- Cons
- Slow writing speed
- PCIe 3.0
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