OWC Aura Pro

OWC Aura Pro

OWC
36 Overall Score
vs
MSI SPATIUM M560

MSI SPATIUM M560

MSI
66 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
OWC
17
MSI
68
Workstation
OWC
33
MSI
68
Gaming
OWC
17
MSI
64
Console
OWC
11
MSI
61
Budget
OWC
39
MSI
58
Portable
OWC
45
MSI
17

Specifications

OWC Aura ProMSI SPATIUM M560
Drive
Capacity
250
1,000
Form FactorExternalM.2
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 5.0
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
530
10,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
495
8,700
Hardware
NANDTLC★—
DRAM Cache✗—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
1,200
Warranty (years)55
Features
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

OWC Aura Pro

  • Strong feature (78th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (12th percentile)12th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average speed (23rd percentile)

MSI SPATIUM M560

  • Strong speed (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: MSI SPATIUM M560

Scores 66 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 5 of 13 specs.

OWC Aura Pro Better at:

Portable

MSI SPATIUM M560 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsoleWorkstation