OWC Aura Pro 250GB Proprietary M.2

OWC Aura Pro 250GB Proprietary M.2

OWC
36 Overall Score
vs
ADATA LEGEND 860 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

ADATA LEGEND 860 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

ADATA
60 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
OWC
33
ADATA
59
Laptop
OWC
17
ADATA
58
Budget
OWC
39
ADATA
49
Portable
OWC
46
ADATA
14
Gaming
OWC
17
ADATA
46
Console
OWC
11
ADATA
35

Specifications

OWC Aura ProADATA LEGEND 860
Drive
Capacity
250
500
Form FactorM.2M.2 2280
InterfaceProprietaryPCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
530
5,000
Sequential Write (MB/s)
495
3,000
Hardware
NANDTLCSLC★
DRAM Cache✗✗
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
1,600
MTBF (hours)No data
2,000,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

OWC Aura Pro 250GB Proprietary M.2

  • Strong feature (79th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (13th percentile)13th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average speed (23rd percentile)

ADATA LEGEND 860 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong endurance (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong feature (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong speed (69th percentile)
  • Below average social proof (19th percentile)19th %ile
  • Below average capacity (27th percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: ADATA LEGEND 860

Scores 60 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 15 specs.

OWC Aura Pro Better at:

Portable

ADATA LEGEND 860 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsoleWorkstation