Aura

Pro S MA258 500GB

Pro S MA258 500GB
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Effective Speed -25%Effective Speed -25%Average Score -32%Read -20%, Write -8%, 4K Read -86%, 4K Write -72%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -66%, SusWrite 24%Peak Score -44%Read -11%, Write -14%, 4K Read -84%, 4K Write -128%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -68%, SusWrite 3%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +12% DQ Read -11%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed -19%, ADQ Read -2%, ADQ Write -15%, ADQ Mixed 1%, Age 163%, AS-SSD Total -19%

Average Bench: 78.5% (512^th of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: Aura Pro S MA258

Poor: 73%Average: 78.5% Great: 88%

Popular builds with this SSD

Apple MacBookAir5,2 (1)

Good average bench

The Aura Pro S MA258 500GB averaged 21.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Aura Pro S MA258 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 263MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 320MB/s

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Unknown consistency

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

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 380MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 51MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 51278.5%

Min	Avg	Max
291	Read 380	458
347	Write 377	424
323	Mixed 370	413
319	SusWrite 369	397
84.4% 374 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.5	4K Read 18.5	23.3
47.3	4K Write 51	53.7
15.9	4K Mixed 27.2	34.7
89.9% 32.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
313	DQ Read 320	330
202	DQ Write 252	341
253	DQ Mixed 263	278
203% 278 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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DEU-User, 6 months ago.

329GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R1016ANR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 396 395 395 405 394 MB/s

88.1% Excellent

Write 424

Mixed 413

SusWrite 397

95% 423 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 52.1

4K Mixed 34.7

107% 36.7 MB/s

DQ Read 313

DQ Write 212

DQ Mixed 257

193% 261 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

433GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R1016ANR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 414 423 395 360 356 MB/s

74.4% Very good

Write 361

Mixed 323

SusWrite 391

83% 366 MB/s

4K Read 11.5

4K Write 53.7

4K Mixed 15.9

66% 27 MB/s

DQ Read 330

DQ Write 341

DQ Mixed 278

225% 316 MB/s

USA-User, 13 months ago.

142GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R1016ANR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 297 331 314 306 334 MB/s

73% Very good

Write 347

Mixed 374

SusWrite 319

75% 333 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 47.3

4K Mixed 31

96% 33 MB/s

DQ Read 318

DQ Write 202

DQ Mixed 253

190% 258 MB/s

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 49%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Apple MacBookAir5,2

CPU
Core i5-3427UIntelBench 49%, 4,182 samples	26x
Core i7-3667UIntelBench 51%, 3,556 samples	6x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	32x

SSD
Pro S MA258 500GBAuraBench 79%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	26x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	6x

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Popular Pro S MA258 500GB systems:

Apple MacBookAir5,2 (1)

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Aura

Pro S MA258 500GB

Average Bench: 78.5% (512^th of 1072)

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Pro S MA258 500GB

Average Bench: 78.5% (512th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 78.5% (512^th of 1072)