Technical details
| Non-operating shock |
175 G |
| Operating shock |
65 G |
Performance
| Memory type |
MLC |
| Read speed |
761 MB/s |
| Write speed |
761 MB/s |
| S.M.A.R.T. support |
Y |
| Solid-state drive capacity |
120 GB |
| Bytes per sector |
512 |
| Random write (4KB) |
100000 IOPS |
| Random read (4KB) |
100000 IOPS |
| Latency (read) |
100 µs |
| Latency (write) |
100 µs |
| Solid-state drive interface |
PCI Express 2.0 |
| Wi-Fi |
N |
Software
| Mac operating systems supported |
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion |
Additionally
| Native command queuing (NCQ) |
Y |
Mercury Helios+E2, 120GB, SSD, Thunderbolt, eSATA 6Gbps
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