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Aura SSD 960GB

Aura SSD 960GB
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Effective Speed -40%Effective Speed -40%Average Score -73%Read 11%, Write -15%, 4K Read -123%, 4K Write -130%, Mixed -51%, 4K Mixed -213%, SusWrite 11%Peak Score -23%Read 20%, Write -7%, 4K Read -81%, 4K Write -70%, Mixed 20%, 4K Mixed -72%, SusWrite 31%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -46%DQ Read -33%, DQ Write 2%, DQ Mixed -64%, ADQ Read -62%, ADQ Write -2%, ADQ Mixed -204%, Age 14%, AS-SSD Total -21%

Average Bench: 70.1% (666^th of 1072)

Based on 21 user benchmarks. Model: OWC Aura SSD

Poor: 46%Average: 70.1% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The OWC Aura SSD 960GB averaged 29.8% 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 283MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 85.7MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OWC Aura SSD 960GB is 44.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the OWC Aura SSD 960GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 237MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 14.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)

Rank 66670.1%

Min	Avg	Max
321	Read 508	610
118	Write 352	455
19.1	Mixed 237	508
84.4	SusWrite 329	508
79.5% 356 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
2.9	4K Read 15.4	23.7
2.9	4K Write 38	71.8
4.8	4K Mixed 14.4	33.8
61.9% 22.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.6	DQ Read 201	275
66	DQ Write 283	364
4.97	DQ Mixed 85.7	202
108% 190 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

FRO-User, 22 months ago.

484GB free

Firmware: N1007C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 428 429 427 429 424 MB/s

93.1% Outstanding

Write 423

Mixed 314

SusWrite 427

92% 409 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 65.6

4K Mixed 33.8

114% 41 MB/s

DQ Read 274

DQ Write 298

DQ Mixed 202

175% 258 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

326GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MV.R00-0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 385 423 430 431 431 MB/s

86.3% Excellent

Write 423

Mixed 243

SusWrite 418

94% 422 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 62.2

4K Mixed 14

84% 32.7 MB/s

DQ Read 199

DQ Write 348

DQ Mixed 66.1

109% 204 MB/s

AUS-User, 6 months ago.

844GB free (System drive)

Firmware: N1007C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 386 383 413 382 393 MB/s

79% Very good

Write 386

Mixed 294

SusWrite 390

85% 377 MB/s

4K Read 15.4

4K Write 49.2

4K Mixed 24.3

80% 29.6 MB/s

DQ Read 274

DQ Write 291

DQ Mixed 199

173% 255 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

138GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MV.R00-0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 345 352 338 337 355 MB/s

67.4% Good

Write 373

Mixed 250

SusWrite 345

83% 371 MB/s

4K Read 13.8

4K Write 31.1

4K Mixed 9.2

49% 18 MB/s

DQ Read 183

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 63

102% 190 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

51GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MV.R00-0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 104 52 53 48 100 MB/s

54% Above average

Write 281

Mixed 236

SusWrite 100

62% 279 MB/s

4K Read 12.4

4K Write 40.1

4K Mixed 11.6

55% 21.4 MB/s

DQ Read 190

DQ Write 331

DQ Mixed 64.1

104% 195 MB/s

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Gaming 17%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 14%

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System: Apple iMac13,2

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	62x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	61x
Core i5-3470SIntelBench 65%, 14,631 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 675MXNvidiaBench 16%, 591 samples	73x
GTX 660MNvidiaBench 7%, 7,381 samples	48x
GTX 680MXNvidiaBench 22%, 279 samples	47x

SSD
Aura SSD 960GBOWCBench 70%, 21 samples	1x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	35x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	34x
24GBUnknownBench 43%, 14,716 samples	31x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $59

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Average Bench: 70.1% (666^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 70.1% (666^th of 1072)