OWC Aura Pro

OWC Aura Pro

OWC
35 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
59
Portable
OWC
47
MSI
18

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 (79th 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 (95th percentile)95th %ile

Pricing

OWC Aura Pro is $65 cheaper (2.5x less).

OWC Aura Pro0.823score per dollar
vs
MSI SPATIUM M5600.613score per dollar

OWC Aura Pro offers 1.3x better value for money

MSI SPATIUM M560

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

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