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Aura SSD 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 65% (741st of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: OWC Aura SSD
Poor: 49%Average: 65% Great: 77%

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Above average average bench

The OWC Aura SSD 480GB averaged 34.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 236MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 473MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OWC Aura SSD 480GB is 27.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OWC Aura SSD 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 9.64MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 36.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 74165%
Min Avg Max
180 Read 473 607
154 Write 364 489
150 Mixed 305 540
56.8 SusWrite 304 412
80.9% 362 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.4 4K Read 13.9 18.2
20.7 4K Write 36.3 54.7
4.83 4K Mixed 9.64 13.6
52.7% 19.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.6 DQ Read 177 216
25.8 DQ Write 236 357
18.5 DQ Mixed 51.7 70.3
82.2% 155 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 415 411 420 429 374 MB/s
79.4% Very good
Read 589
Write 373
Mixed 267
SusWrite 411
91% 410 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 46.6
4K Mixed 12.3
66% 25.3 MB/s
DQ Read 200
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 70.3
104% 192 MB/s
138GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 437 445 405 380 414 MB/s
71.7% Very good
Read 452
Write 421
Mixed 216
SusWrite 412
84% 375 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 33
4K Mixed 11.2
54% 19.5 MB/s
DQ Read 210
DQ Write 357
DQ Mixed 69.6
113% 212 MB/s
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 340 338 279 300 254 MB/s
70.1% Very good
Read 507
Write 182
Mixed 227
SusWrite 302
68% 304 MB/s
4K Read 14.9
4K Write 54.6
4K Mixed 11.9
67% 27.1 MB/s
DQ Read 200
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 68.8
108% 200 MB/s
406GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 357 365 382 396 354 MB/s
69.7% Good
Read 438
Write 154
Mixed 252
SusWrite 371
68% 304 MB/s
4K Read 12.9
4K Write 45.8
4K Mixed 11.2
58% 23.3 MB/s
DQ Read 213
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 69.8
112% 210 MB/s
237GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 341 352 335 328 331 MB/s
57.9% Above average
Read 404
Write 327
Mixed 220
SusWrite 335
72% 322 MB/s
4K Read 9.4
4K Write 20.7
4K Mixed 8.9
37% 13 MB/s
DQ Read 172
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 61.3
94% 174 MB/s
139GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 126 83 180 149 155 MB/s
43.4% Average
Read 278
Write 317
Mixed 167
SusWrite 149
51% 228 MB/s
4K Read 12.4
4K Write 28.4
4K Mixed 10
47% 16.9 MB/s
DQ Read 194
DQ Write 223
DQ Mixed 66.2
89% 161 MB/s
24GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MV.R00-0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 47 100 53 113 89 MB/s
32.9% Below average
Read 548
Write 146
Mixed 15.7
SusWrite 76
42% 197 MB/s
4K Read 12.5
4K Write 6.4
4K Mixed 0.9
24% 6.6 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 3%
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Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation 3%
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System: Apple MacBookAir6,2

CPU
Core i5-4260UIntelBench 51%, 870 samples29x
Core i5-4250UIntel  $499Bench 50%, 1,765 samples29x
Core i7-4650UIntelBench 51%, 4,310 samples15x
GPU
HD 5000 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 6,906 samples73x
SSD
Aura SSD 480GBOWCBench 65%, 11 samples1x
RAM
0x483943434E4E4E384A544D4C41522D4E544D 2x2GBUnknownBench 49%, 215 samples19x
0x45424A3230554638454455302D474E2D4620 2x2GBUnknownBench 49%, 67 samples13x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples12x
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