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Aura Pro SSD 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 162% (142nd of 1072)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: OWC Aura Pro SSD
Poor: 154%Average: 162% Great: 170%

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Outstanding average bench

The OWC Aura Pro SSD 1TB averaged 61.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the OWC Aura Pro SSD 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 652MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 751MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 496MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 34.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 142162%
Min Avg Max
795 Read 808 820
885 Write 904 922
758 Mixed 776 793
427 SusWrite 496 565
168% 746 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32.8 4K Read 34.2 35.5
146 4K Write 159 173
54.4 4K Mixed 56.6 58.7
209% 83.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
829 DQ Read 829 829
749 DQ Write 751 752
651 DQ Mixed 652 652
527% 744 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
799GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C2.3.21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 913 924 544 315 343 354 MB/s
170% Outstanding
Read 820
Write 922
Mixed 793
SusWrite 565
175% 775 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 173
4K Mixed 58.7
221% 89.1 MB/s
DQ Read 829
DQ Write 752
DQ Mixed 651
527% 744 MB/s
799GB free (System drive)
Firmware: C2.3.21
SusWrite @10s intervals: 846 401 331 324 317 346 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 795
Write 885
Mixed 758
SusWrite 427
161% 717 MB/s
4K Read 32.8
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 54.4
197% 77.7 MB/s
DQ Read 829
DQ Write 749
DQ Mixed 652
527% 744 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,712,243 SSDs tested

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Typical Aura Pro SSD 1TB Builds (Compare 10,460 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 128%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 129%
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Motherboard: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS (MS-7C37) - $179

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples1,923x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples1,527x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples1,291x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples762x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples620x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples593x
SSD
Aura Pro SSD 1TBOWCBench 162%, 2 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples427x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples267x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples227x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $824

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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