Easy upgrade for faster boot-up, shutdown, application load and response (As compared to 5400 RPM SATA 2.5" hard drive. Based on published specifications and internal benchmarking tests using PCMark Vantage scores.) Boosts burst write performance, making it ideal for typical PC workloads The perfect balance of performance and reliability Read or write speeds of up to 545MB/s/450MB/s (Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending upon drive capacity, host device, OS and application.)