The 500GB 840 EVO mSATA Internal Solid State Drive from Samsung is an mSATA solid state drive designed to provide a fast accessible storage solution for a variety of computers including ultra-thin PCs. With a SATA 6 Gb/s interface you benefit from enhanced data transfer speeds while remaining compatible with both SATA 3 Gb/s and SATA 1.5 Gb/s interfaces. This enhanced performance solid state drive offers sequential data read speeds of up to 540 MB/s and sequential data write speeds of up to 520 MB/s.
Along with enhanced performance this reduced size internal solid state drive features reduced power consumption allowing you to get more battery life from your PC when compared to traditional HDDs. Along with reduced power consumption, this drive remains cool under pressure through the use of Samsung's Dynamic Thermal Guard Algorithm that closely monitors the temperature of the SSD. Once installed this drive keeps your data secure with integrated 256-bit AES encryption, HDD password on BIOS, TCG Opal, and IEEE 1667 compliance.
mSATA III
840 EVO
Application
Yes
Storage
500GB
Key Features
540 MB/s
520 MB/s
98K
90K
Windows, MAC OSX, Linux
Samsung MEX Controller
1y nm Triple Level Cell (TLC) Toggle NAND 2.0
Y (with supported OS)
Y (with RAID Controller)
AES 256-bit Encryption
TCG Opal 2.0 / IEEE 1667 compliant
General
0.145W (Active) / .055W (Idle)
5V ± 5%
1.5M Hours
Environmental Specs
32⁰F - 158⁰F
5% to 95%
Form Factor
mSATA
Dimensions (W x D x H)
2.00” x 1.18” x 0.15”
5.62" x 3.84” x 0.83”
9.57" x 7.48" x 7.6"