Intel 180GB 520 Series 25 SATA 6Gbs 25nm MLC 95mm SSD

**Introducing the Intel® 520 Series Solid State Drives** Using Intel's industry leading, compute quality 25nm NAND Flash memory manufacturing processes, the Intel® Solid State Drive SSD 520 Series offers exceptional performance over the 6Gb SATA interface to outperform traditional hard disk drives by an even greater margin. With random read performance up to 40,000 inputoutput operations per second IOPS and sequential read performance of up to 550 megabytes per second MBs, your PC will blaze through the most demanding applications and will handle intense multi tasking needs. Couple that read performance with random writes up to 70,000 IOPS, max bursts up to 85k IOPs, and sequential writes of 520MBs, to unleash your applications' potential. Target markets include enthusiasts, gamers, developers, video editing, SMB IT, data center, etc. Customers should transition from the 510 Series, as it will be announced EOL approximately four weeks after the 520 Series launch. In addition, many 320 Series customers will choose to transition to the 520 Series due to the improved performance and the SATA3 6Gbs interface. **Features of the Intel® 180GB SSD 520 Series** Capacity 180GB SATA3 6Gbs Sequential reads up to 550 MBs; sequential write up to 520 MBs Random reads up to 50K IOPS; random writes up to 60K IOPS MTBF 1.2 million hours Data security with AES 256 bit hardware encryption Intel's industry leading five year limited warranty; thorough drive validation ensures reliability