Name: 240GB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 2.5-inch 7mm SATA 6.0Gb/s Solid-State Drive
Brand: OWC
SKU: OWCS3D7P6G240
Rating: 4.92 (228 reviews)

240GB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G

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The best performance and longevity in a 2.5-inch SATA SSD for every use

Game Changer: the best performance upgrade for Macs and PCs with SATA drive bay
No Slow Downs: maintains read/write speeds exceeding 500MB/s over entire drive capacity
Saves money: use drive until full versus replacing slowed down drive
A/V Ready: use with Blackmagic and Atomos devices
Universal Fit: includes full-sized 7mm-9.5mm profile spacer for 100% secure and compatible use
5 Year OWC Limited Warranty

Reviews (228)

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When the first Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD was launched nearly a decade ago, it was built to be the fastest, most reliable, and longest enduring 2.5-inch SATA Solid State Drive on the market. The evolution of OWC’s premier 2.5-inch SATA SSD continues that legacy with up to 5x faster performance over the duration of its capacity versus other drives. If you have a Mac or PC with a 6G SATA drive bay, the Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD is the fastest 2.5-inch SSD available today.

Starts Fast, Stays Fast

Even though many SSDs use low cost, less robust components in their design, they can still offer enticing short term bust speeds which are perfectly suitable for light duty uses. However, these drives are not designed to deliver consistent sustained speeds over their capacity rating, which results in a dramatic slowdown to even hard drive speeds under demanding use.

The fifth generation of Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD was built to start fast and stay fast. Its development began with using the best flash storage components and technology available. Next, after being nearly completely filled to capacity with data, it had to deliver the same high speed as if it were empty. This drive doesn’t flinch at any time or capacity level and drop read/write speeds like other drives do…it easily handles the most extreme, mission-critical uses you can throw at it.

Get Your Money’s Worth

When a low-priced “commodity” built SSD’s performance drops off significantly, many users replace the drive far before all its storage capacity is used to regain that “like new” speed feeling. The Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD was engineered to keep you working full speed ahead over the duration of the drive to deliver an overall lower cost of ownership.

Workhorse Revitalizer

With your investment in apps and time getting that beloved workhorse Mac or PC configured just the way you like; it makes sense to get all the use you can out of the machine before retiring it. By revitalizing your Mac or PC with a Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD, you’ll transform your machine with like-new performance with the best performance upgrade available. From faster boots and application launch times to greatly improved system responsiveness, you’ll love using your “new” computer for a fraction of the cost of buying the latest model.

Go Big or Go Home

Want to use the Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD in a computer, dock, camera, or external storage enclosure with a 9.5mm height drive bay? Unlike other brand 7mm SSDs that either don’t include an adapter or have an edge spacer with limited adhesive surface, the Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD comes with a full-sized spacer for 100% secure and compatible use.

Includes

(1) OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G Solid-State Drive
5 Year OWC Limited Warranty

Specs

Total Capacity

240GB Useable Capacity
Total Capacity: 256GB
16GB Allocated to real-time data redundancy and error correction

Formatted Capacity

224GiB

Drive Format

Unformatted (Instructions on formatting here)

Controller

Phison PS3112-S12 with 7% over-provisioning

NAND Flash Components

Micron Synchronous Triple-Level Cell (TLC) 3D NAND Flash

S.M.A.R.T. Attributes

Standard attributes supported

Native Command Queuing (NCQ)

Up to 32 simultaneous commands

RAID Support

Form Factor

2.5-inch 7mm

Drive 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 550 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

Endurance

175TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 69 GB per day for 7 years

Mac OS Compatibility

PC OS Compatibility

Other Requirements

Requires a Mac, PC, or drive enclosure with an available SATA drive bay and connection. SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) required for best performance.

Write Mode (Max)

Up to 2 Watts

Seek Mode (Max)

Up to 2.1 Watts

Idle Mode (Max)

Up to 0.1 Watts

DEVSLP / DevSleep

Up to 5mW

Dimensions

Height: 0.7 cm (0.3 in)
Length: 10.0 cm (3.9 in)
Width: 7.0 cm (2.8 in)

Weight

77.0 g (0.17 lbs)

RoHS Compliant

Country of Origin

Taiwan

TAA Compliance

Ambient Temperature

Operating: 32°F to 158°F (0°C to 70°C)
Non-Operating: -40°F to 185°F (-40°C to 85°C)

Altitude

Operating: -304.8 m to 3,048.0 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000 ft)
Non-Operating: -304.8 m to 12,192.0 m (-1,000 ft to 40,000 ft)

Humidity

Operating: 0% to 90% non-condensing
Non-Operating: 0% to 93% non-condensing

Shock

Non-Operating: 1500 G max

Idle (Typical)

0.0 bels

Seek (Typical)

0.0 bels

Applications

Select Macs And PCs
Select External Enclosures
Select PCIe Host Cards
Productivity Apps
Creative Apps
Backups
Gaming

Use of a 2.5-inch SSD in a 3.5-inch drive bay requires an adapter bracket such as the NewerTech AdaptaDrive.
Use of any SSD in an external enclosure is dependent on the power available from the enclosure. OWC Mercury Electra 6G and Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSDs are engineered for use in any OWC Enclosure that supports 2.5-inch SSDs.

Compatibility & Installation Videos

MacBook Pro

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

Mid 2012

Model ID: MacBookPro9,2

2.5GHz Core i5 & 2.9GHz Core i7