New
OWC 250GB SSD
Capacity 250GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface Proprietary
Read Speed 530 MB/s
NAND TLC
44 Overall Score
Price €67
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average capacity (13th percentile)
- Below average speed (24th 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 250GB SSD | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | Proprietary | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 530 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWC 250GB SSD | 23.5 | 61.8 | 78.5 | 12.7 | 57.3 | 92.1 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 91.3 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.4 | 82.9 | 52.8 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81.1 | 93.9 | 55.4 | 98.7 | 43.7 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.5 | 90.6 | 78.5 | 78.5 | 82.9 | 55.4 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 87.1 | 95.8 | 78.5 | 55.4 | 88.1 | 54.7 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 84.1 | 97 | 93.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 59.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall44
- Budget81
- Gaming33.2
- Laptop45
- Console23.9
- Portable8.9
- Workstation40.3
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