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Aura Pro 2012 SSD 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 60.7% (798th of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Model: OWC Aura Pro 2012 SSD
Poor: 57%Average: 60.7% Great: 63%

Above average average bench

The OWC Aura Pro 2012 SSD 120GB averaged 39.2% 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 Random Read Speed 30.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 27.3MB/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. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 50MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 23.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 79860.7%
Min Avg Max
421 Read 446 470
167 Write 172 176
227 Mixed 239 246
157 SusWrite 166 176
56.6% 256 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27 4K Read 30.9 33.1
21.7 4K Write 23.1 24
23.8 4K Mixed 27.3 29.2
94.1% 27.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
110 DQ Read 110 111
49.7 DQ Write 50 50.5
62.3 DQ Mixed 68.6 77.1
53.9% 76.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
23GB free
Firmware: BBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 160 159 155 154 161 MB/s
62.9% Good
Read 470
Write 172
Mixed 244
SusWrite 157
58% 261 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 23.7
4K Mixed 29.2
100% 28.5 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 49.8
DQ Mixed 77.1
58% 79.1 MB/s
23GB free
Firmware: BBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 164 168 165 173 161 MB/s
62.5% Good
Read 448
Write 176
Mixed 246
SusWrite 165
57% 259 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 24
4K Mixed 28.8
100% 28.6 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 50.5
DQ Mixed 62.3
51% 74.5 MB/s
23GB free
Firmware: BBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 173 184 187 175 MB/s
56.8% Above average
Read 421
Write 167
Mixed 227
SusWrite 176
55% 248 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 21.7
4K Mixed 23.8
83% 24.2 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 49.7
DQ Mixed 66.3
53% 75.3 MB/s

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