New
OWC Aura Pro
Capacity 250GB
Form Factor External
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 530 MB/s
NAND TLC
30 Overall Score
Price $43
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average social proof (7th percentile)
- Below average capacity (12th percentile)
- Below average random (21st percentile)
- Below average speed (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 250 |
| Form Factor | External |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| 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 | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 | Corsair MP600 Elite | MSI SPATIUM M560 | Team Group T-FORCE G50 TM8FFE512G0C129 | ADATA LEGEND 860 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB | 500GB | 1TB | 1TB | 512GB | 500GB |
| Form Factor | External | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 530 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 10,300 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | - | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | false | false | false | - | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 325 TBW | 640 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWC Aura Pro | 22.7 | 21.2 | 78.4 | 12.4 | 56.6 | 6.5 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 90.9 | 95.7 | 53.3 | 26 | 88.1 | 52.3 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 82.3 | 60.3 | 53.3 | 54.8 | 93.7 | 96.4 |
| MSI SPATIUM M560 Compare | 95 | 60.3 | 36.2 | 54.8 | 94.7 | 54.3 |
| Team Group T-FORCE G50 TM8FFE512G0C129 Compare | 68.5 | 60.3 | 78.4 | 34 | 79.6 | 82.5 |
| ADATA LEGEND 860 Compare | 67.8 | 60.3 | 86.9 | 26 | 95.8 | 29.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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