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OWC Mercury Electra 120GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 120GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
30 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong social proof (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
- Below average capacity (4th percentile)
- Below average speed (13th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has held steady over time
Based on 13 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 120 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | OWC Mercury Electra | Crucial P5 Plus CT2000P5PSSD8 | Corsair MP600 Elite CSSD-F1000GBMP600ENH | Team Group MP44L | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 | MSI SPATIUM M560 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 120GB | 2TB | 1TB | 500GB | 500GB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 6,600 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 10,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | - |
| Dram Cache | false | true | false | false | false | - |
| Endurance | - | - | 1200 TBW | 160 TBW | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWC Mercury Electra | 12.9 | 22.4 | 53.7 | 4 | 42.2 | 77.3 | 95.8 |
| Crucial P5 Plus CT2000P5PSSD8 Compare | 78.2 | 80.8 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 14.7 | 95 | 23.7 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite CSSD-F1000GBMP600ENH Compare | 83.5 | 61.5 | 53.7 | 54.9 | 93.7 | 95 | 59.4 |
| Team Group MP44L Compare | 70.6 | 86.3 | 78.8 | 26.4 | 69 | 86.8 | 74.7 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 81.8 | 93.5 | 53.7 | 26.4 | 88 | 50.5 | 73.4 |
| MSI SPATIUM M560 Compare | 95.3 | 61.5 | 37 | 54.9 | 94.5 | 44.3 | 73.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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