OWC Aura P12 Pro SSD
Best high performance storage for professional creative workflows.
This drive is a workhorse designed for creators and gamers who need consistent, high-speed performance without the premium price tag of top-tier PCIe 4.0 drives. While it lacks the absolute bleeding-edge throughput of newer standards, it offers a rock-solid, reliable boost for internal storage or external enclosures that will easily handle your most demanding projects.
$194.99
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Filmtools
Who it's for
- Creative professionals and serious gamers seeking peak system responsiveness.
- Users requiring long-term data integrity and consistent performance.
- Content creators, power users, and avid gamers with vast digital libraries.
Who should skip it
- Budget-conscious builders and users prioritizing cost savings.
- Users with compact systems or motherboards lacking integrated M.2 heatsinks.
- Users with older systems or those not yet upgraded to PCIe Gen4 platforms.
Performance breakdown
Sequential Read Speed
Blazing throughput handles large media files and game assets with ease.
Write Performance
Consistent write speeds ensure smooth transfers for demanding creative workflows.
Data Endurance
High TBW rating offers exceptional longevity for heavy daily read-write cycles.
Random IOPS
Snappy responsiveness makes system booting and application launching feel instantaneous.
Build Reliability
Robust Phison controller and 3D NAND provide dependable, long-term storage stability.
Versatility
Equally capable inside a PC tower or within external drive enclosures.
Key Specs
Manufacturer
OWC
Form Factor
M.2 - 2280 "M Key" Single-sided
Sequential Read (Max)
Up to 3470 MB/s
Sequential Write (Max)
Up to 2750 MB/s
Random 4K Read
Up to 500,000 IOPS
Random 4K Write
Up to 513,000 IOPS
Endurance
3115TB total bytes written (TBW)
Write Speed
Up to 3000MB/s
Drive Interface
PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3
Controller
Phison E12 with 7% over-provisioning
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