Transform your system's perfor­mance.

Dramatically faster than a hard drive, the Crucial M500 SSD isn't just a storage upgrade – it's a complete system transformation. Designed to keep your system up to speed with today's multi­tasking demands that often require instant and simultaneous use of apps, websites, downloads, work files and more, the Crucial M500 delivers nearly instant boot times, powerful data transfer speeds, increased multitasking capability, and rock-solid reliability – all at an affordable price.

The Crucial M500 also includes top-level encryption technology to keep your data safe and is available in capacities up to terabyte-class. Built on proven quality, the Crucial M500 SSD has passed hundreds of SSD quality tests and over a thousand hours of prerelease validation testing. Don't settle for anything less.

Features:

• Includes top-level hardware encryption technology
• Advanced controller technology and Micron custom firmware
• Extensive quality and reliability testing built into every drive
• Compatible with PC and Mac systems

Specifications:

• Capacity (Unformatted): 240GB
• Interface: SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3GB/s compatible)
• Sustained Sequential Read up to (128k transfer): 500MB/s
• Sustained Sequential Write up to (128k transfer): 250MB/s
• Random Read up to (4k transfer): 72,000 IOPS
• Random Write up to (4k transfer): 60,000 IOPS
• Form Factor: 2.5-inch, m-SATA, and M.2
• NAND: 20nm Micron MLC NND
• Life Expectancy: 1.2 million hours mean time to failure (MTTF)
• Endurance: 72TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 40GB per day for 5 years
• Operating Temperature: 0°C to 70°C
• Compliance: RoHS, CE, FCC, UL, BSMI, C-TICK, KCC RRL, W.E.E.E., TUV VCCI, IC
• Firmware: Field upgradable firmware
• Product Health Monitoring: Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) commands