OWC Mercury M.2 500Gb SSD detailed specs
OWC's Mercury M.2 NVMe SSD works on PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 computer expansion bus standard. More details about this NVMe SSD here.
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Mercury M.2 (500Gb) produced by OWC is powered by Silicon Motion SM2260. The Mercury M.2 comes equipped with MLC memory. Internal SSD is offered also in three capacities: 250 Gb, 1 Tb and 2 Tb.
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🚀 Performance and benchmarks
Storage use PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 bus with read speeds 1872 Mbps, and sequential write speeds equals to 1087 Mbps. Mercury M.2 has IOPS 155000 on reading and 190000 on writing operations per second.
🖥️ Endurance and warranty
OWC provide 3 years warranty for this product.
📊 Specs
Category | Value |
Capacity | 500 Gb |
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
Mercury M.2 (500Gb) produced by OWC may work on PCIe 3.0 that is twice slower than PCIe 4. The write speed is 1087 Mb/s, that is slower than has most of rivals. Overall, OWC Mercury M.2 500Gb has more minuses and our editor do not advise to spend money for it.
+ Pros
- None
- Cons
- Slow writing speed
- PCIe 3.0
- Capacity
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