New Price drop 6%
OWC Aura Pro 250GB Proprietary M.2
Capacity 250GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface Proprietary
Read Speed 530 MB/s
NAND TLC
42 Overall Score
Price CA$100
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (91st percentile) 91st
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average capacity (13th percentile)
- Below average speed (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 250 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | Proprietary |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 530 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 495 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | OWC Aura Pro | Crucial T500 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Corsair MP700 Elite | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital Black SN850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | Proprietary | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 530 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWC Aura Pro | 23.4 | 61.7 | 79 | 12.5 | 57.3 | 90.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.3 | 96.7 | 99 | 55.3 | 83 | 56.5 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81.1 | 93.9 | 55.3 | 98.7 | 43.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 95.1 | 97 | 86.1 | 55.3 | 87.4 | 43.6 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.4 | 90.5 | 79 | 78.5 | 83 | 55.6 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 85.7 | 93.3 | 89.4 | 55.3 | 88.2 | 49 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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