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Pro X2 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 154% (149th of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: Aura Pro X2
Poor: 104%Average: 154% Great: 263%

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Outstanding average bench

The Aura Pro X2 480GB averaged 53.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Aura Pro X2 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 384MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,192MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Aura Pro X2 480GB is 159%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Aura Pro X2 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 347MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 547MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 149154%
Min Avg Max
540 Read 1,192 2,440
75.5 Write 851 1,845
115 Mixed 347 967
206 SusWrite 547 1,039
163% 734 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.5 4K Read 32.3 58.3
29.6 4K Write 84.8 161
18.4 4K Mixed 46.6 80.7
153% 54.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
301 DQ Read 641 1,316
78.3 DQ Write 480 1,025
99.6 DQ Mixed 384 562
335% 502 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42A7T1UA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1051 1067 907 625 693 516 MB/s
181% Outstanding
Read 1,299
Write 1,092
Mixed 1,017
SusWrite 810
236% 1,054 MB/s
4K Read 45.4
4K Write 76.1
4K Mixed 56.8
182% 59.4 MB/s
DQ Read 607
DQ Write 399
DQ Mixed 534
390% 513 MB/s
292GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42A7T1UA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1079 1091 831 704 478 916 MB/s
172% Outstanding
Read 1,244
Write 1,104
Mixed 953
SusWrite 850
233% 1,038 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 67.3
4K Mixed 51
165% 53.4 MB/s
DQ Read 505
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 453
329% 430 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42A7T1UA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 615 486 215 526 330 331 MB/s
120% Outstanding
Read 1,069
Write 584
Mixed 878
SusWrite 417
164% 737 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 47
4K Mixed 40
130% 40.8 MB/s
DQ Read 301
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 267
194% 255 MB/s
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42A7T1UA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 430 401 454 463 310 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 1,062
Write 870
Mixed 616
SusWrite 393
164% 735 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 55.5
4K Mixed 30
97% 34.9 MB/s
DQ Read 552
DQ Write 375
DQ Mixed 516
371% 481 MB/s
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Gaming 10%
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Workstation 9%
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System: Apple MacBookPro12,1

CPU
Core i5-5257UIntelBench 55%, 3,465 samples175x
Core i7-5557UIntelBench 61%, 1,590 samples51x
Core i5-5287UIntelBench 58%, 444 samples49x
GPU
Iris Pro HD 6100 (Mobile)IntelBench 6%, 5,403 samples275x
SSD
Pro X2 480GBAuraBench 154%, 25 samples1x
RAM
0x483943434E4E4E424C54414C41522D4E5544 2x4GBUnknownBench 55%, 671 samples79x
0x4B3445364533303445452D45474346 2x4GBUnknownBench 55%, 545 samples54x
0x4544464132333241324D412D4A442D46 2x4GBUnknownBench 56%, 474 samples49x
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